ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,849, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Amyris Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).
"Microbial production of cannabinoids" was invented by Victor F. Holmes (Emeryville, Calif.), John E. Hung (Emeryville, Calif.), Irina A. Koryakina (Emeryville, Calif.), Andrew P. Klein (Emeryville, Calif.), Yi Xiong (Emeryville, Calif.), William E. Draper (Emeryville, Calif.) and Hailley S. Warbington (Emeryville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compositions and methods of the disclosure can be used to produce a cannabinoid in a host cell, such as a yeast cell. For example, the disclosure features host cells (e.g., yeast cells) modified to express on...