MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517045568 A) filed by Tokuyama Corporation, Yamaguchi, Japan, on May 12, for 'method for producing hydroxybiotin derivative and vinylbiotin derivative.'

Inventor(s) include Mori Hiroyuki; Hayashi Tatsuru; and Matsuura Keisuke.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing a hydroxybiotin derivative and a vinylbiotin derivative that can carry out a smooth highly efficient coupling reaction between a thiolactone derivative and a zinc reagent containing a halogen ato...