MUMBAI, India, May 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547036301 A) filed by Evonik Operations Gmbh, Essen, Germany, on April 15, for 'enzymatic method for producing l-glufosinate and its phosphoesters.'

Inventor(s) include Fischer, Daniel; Lautenschutz, Ludger; Schaffer, Steffen; and Potter, Markus.

The application for the patent was published on May 9, under issue no. 19/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an enzymatically catalyzed method for producing L-glufosinate or a phosphoester thereof. The method comprises a step in which an activated L-homoserine HA (like acetyl or succinyl L-homoserine) is reacted with a substrate S ...