US Patent Issued to BASF on April 29 for "Pseudozyma microorganisms and the production of itaconic acid" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,656, issued on April 29, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Pseudozyma microorganisms and the production of itaconic acid" was invented by Gerold Barth (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is the fermentative production of fine chemicals, notably itaconate or itaconic acid, including production microorganisms, fermentation compositions and media, proteins useful in the production of the products, and nucleic acids for expression of such proteins, as well as methods for the production of fine chemicals."

The patent was filed on May 29, 2019, under Application No. 15/734,905.

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