ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,601, issued on March 25, was assigned to BONUMOSE INC. (Charlottesville, Va.).
"Enzymatic production of tagatose" was invented by Daniel Joseph Wichelecki (Charlottesville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are improved processes for making tagatose including the steps of converting F6P to T6P, catalyzed by a F6PE; and converting the T6P to tagatose, catalyzed by a T6PP, using enzymes with higher activities compared to F6PEs and T6PPs previously used in a process to produce tagatose."
The patent was filed on Oct. 18, 2019, under Application No. 17/284,838.
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