US Patent Issued to AMYRIS on Feb. 11 for "Stevia rebaudiana kaurenoic acid hydroxylase variants for high efficiency production of rebaudiosides" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,641, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to AMYRIS INC. (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Stevia rebaudiana kaurenoic acid hydroxylase variants for high efficiency production of rebaudiosides" was invented by Gale A. Wichmann (Emeryville, Calif.), Wenzong Li (Emeryville, Calif.), Sean Lund (Emeryville, Calif.), Shaina J. Jackson (Emeryville, Calif.), Chantal V. Garcia De Gonzalo (Emeryville, Calif.), Hailley Warbington (Emeryville, Calif.), Yi Xiong (Emeryville, Calif.) and Svetlana Alekseyevna Borisova (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions and methods for improved production of steviol glycosides in a ...