US Patent Issued to LACTOMASON on April 14 for "Probiotic composition for improving soy protein proteolysis and amino acid production activity" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,641, issued on April 14, was assigned to LACTOMASON Co. LTD. (Jinju-si, South Korea).

"Probiotic composition for improving soy protein proteolysis and amino acid production activity" was invented by Young Jin Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Woo Hyun Jung (Incheon, South Korea), So Lim Shin (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Minn Sohn (Jinju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure can improve the degree of soy protein proteolysis and the ability to produce valine, isoleucine, and leucine, which are branched-chain amino acids, as well as other amino acids, such as threonine, glycine, tyrosine, and lysine. Accordingly...