ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,825, issued on April 21, was assigned to PureCircle USA Inc. (Chicago).
"Stevia cultivar '18136109'" was invented by Avetik Markosyan (Yerevan, Armenia), Runchun Jing (Ganzhou, China), Seong Siang Ong (Bandar Enstek, Malaysia), Yucheng Bu (Ganxian, China), Jianning Chen (Ganxian, China), Yeen Yee Wong (Bandar Enstek, Malaysia), Chunhui Wang (Ganxian, China) and Hongwei Liao (Ganxian, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stevia cultivar containing a high Rebaudioside M content, designated '18136109', is disclosed. The invention relates to the plant parts of stevia cultivar '18136109', to the plants of stevia '18136109' and to metho...