MUMBAI, India, May 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311074007 A) filed by Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research, New Delhi, on Oct. 30, 2023, for 'a process for the biotransformation of geraniol to geranic acid.'
Inventor(s) include Vikash Babu; Prasoon Gupta; Sumeet Gairola; Haseena Shafeeq; Bashir Ahmad Lone; Ananta Ganjoo; Nargis Ayoub Bhat; Amit Kumar; and Zabeer Ahmed.
The application for the patent was published on May 2, under issue no. 18/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to the biotransformation of geraniol to geranic acid by the fungal mycelia of Mucor irregularis [MTCC 25582] with 97-100% conversion after 72...