ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,749, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LIVING JIN Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Starter strain and sourdough using the same" was invented by Jin A Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sung Cheol Koh (Busan, South Korea) and Yeon Ju Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A starter for producing sourdough is provided. The starter includes Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y3-1 (KCTC 15070BP) and Leuconostoc mesenteroides M1-2 (KCTC 15071BP). The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y3-1 (KCTC 15070BP), Leuconostoc mesenteroides M1-2 (KCTC 15071BP), and Bacillus belezensis Kh2-2 (KCTC 14642BP) are used in a weight ratio of 6 to 7:2 to 3:...