Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'In Vitro Bioproduction Of Specific Chain Length Poly(Hydroxyalkanoate) Monomers' Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517028745 A) filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, U.S.A., on March 26, for 'in vitro bioproduction of specific chain length poly(hydroxyalkanoate) monomers.'

Inventor(s) include Quirk, Stephen.

The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An enzymatic process and system are disclosed for producing homogeneous chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate monomers and/or polymers having a chain length of at least eight carbons from a long-chain fatty acid or precursor thereof. The process also results in specific homogenous chain length p...