ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,035, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to WE-WIN BIO-MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Houttuynia cordata hydroponic culture medium and system" was invented by Fang-Rong Chang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Wei-Hung Wu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yi-Hong Tsai (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chung-Hsien Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yen-Chi Loo (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsueh-Er Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yen-Chang Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hui-Ping Hsieh (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Chen Hsieh (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to a hydroponic culture medium and a hydroponic planting system, more particularly to a Houttu...