ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,993, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Jiangnan University (Wuxi, China).

"Bifidobacterium animalis in enriching organic zinc to promote growth and reproductive development" was invented by Bingyong Mao (Wuxi, China), Shumao Cui (Wuxi, China), Xinran Han (Wuxi, China), Xin Tang (Wuxi, China), Qiuxiang Zhang (Wuxi, China), Jianxin Zhao (Wuxi, China) and Wei Chen (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a strain of highly organic zinc-enriched Bifidobacterium animalis capable of promoting growth and reproductive development, belonging to the technical field of microorganisms. The B. animalis CCFM1230 ...