ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,170, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LIAONING GREATEST BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Benxi City, China).

"Product derived from Rhodococcus ruber , and pharmaceutical use thereof" was invented by Bo Gai (Benxi City, China), Chunyan Dou (Benxi City, China), Yi Zhang (Benxi City, China) and Guoying Zhang (Benxi City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Isolated Rhodococcus ruber, a product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber (in particular, a product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber cell wall), a method for preparing the product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber, and use of the product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber in preventi...