ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,103, issued on March 4, was assigned to Ajinomoto Co. Inc. (Tokyo) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo).

"Production system and method of production for organic compound or microorganism" was invented by Mitsuhiro Kishino (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroyuki Kojima (Kanagawa, Japan), Hideo Hosono (Tokyo), Michikazu Hara (Tokyo), Masaaki Kitano (Tokyo), Toshiharu Yokoyama (Tokyo), Toru Numaguchi (Tokyo), Munenobu Ito (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuteru Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiromi Noguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a novel production system that does not involve, or can minimize, the transport of liquid amm...