ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,991, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to BISY GMBH (Hofstatten an der Raab, Austria).

"Recombinant heme thiolate oxygenases" was invented by Kay Domenico Novak (Graz, Austria), Anton Glieder (Graz, Austria), Astrid Weninger (Graz, Austria), Christoph Reisinger (Graz, Austria), Claudia Rinnofner (Graz, Austria) and Carsten Pichler (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to polypeptides having peroxygenase activity and compositions comprising such polypeptides. The invention also relates to improved methods of producing such polypeptides in yeasts."

The patent was filed on July 6, 2020, under Application N...