US Patent Issued to HY on April 7 for "Coated probiotic, food composition containing the same and method for producing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,862, issued on April 7, was assigned to HY Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Coated probiotic, food composition containing the same and method for producing the same" was invented by Seong Eun Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Hee Jung (Incheon, South Korea), Keon Heo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Jung Shim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jung Lyoul Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jae Hun Sim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a coated probiotic having enhanced acid tolerance, bile tolerance, gastrointestinal survivability, cold storage stability and room temperature storage stabi...