INTERNATIONAL PATENT: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION FILES APPLICATION FOR "ENZYMATIC AND CHEMICAL CATALYSIS FOR PRODUCTION FROM GLUCOSE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL PRECURSOR, (S)-3-HYDROXY-Y- BUTYROLACTONE (HBL)"

GENEVA, April 21 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (1400 Independence Ave. S.W.Washington, District of Columbia 20250), UNIVERSITY OF MAINE (168 College AvenueOrono, Maine 04469), WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (614 Walnut Street, 13th FloorMadison, Wisconsin 53726) filed a patent application (PCT/US2024/051127) for "ENZYMATIC AND CHEMICAL CATALYSIS FOR PRODUCTION FROM GLUCOSE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL PRECURSOR, (S)-3-HYDROXY-Y- BUTYROLACTONE (HBL)" on Oct 11, 2024. With publication no. WO/2025/081103, the details related to the patent application was published on Apr 17, 2025.

Notably, the patent application was submitted under the International Patent Classification (IPC) system, which is ...