ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,823, issued on June 2, was assigned to LACTOMASON Co. LTD. (Jinju-si, South Korea) and KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Sleep improvement method using Limosilactobacillus reuteri strain LM1063" was invented by Eun Ju Park (Changwon-si, South Korea), Yun Jung Lee (Changwon-si, South Korea), Hee Soo Jeong (Changwon-si, South Korea), Minn Sohn (Jinju-si, South Korea), Hyeon Tak Han (Bucheon-si, South Korea), So Lim Shin (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Doo-Sang Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method according to the present disclosure improves sleep states, maintain...