ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,892, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Carlsberg Breweries A/S (Copenhagen V, Denmark).

"Barley with increased hydrolytic enzyme activity" was invented by Christoph Dockter (Copenhagen, Denmark), Pai Rosager Pedas (Copenhagen, Denmark), Soren Knudsen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Ole Olsen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Lucia Marri (Copenhagen, Denmark), Katarzyna Krucewicz (Copenhagen, Denmark), Finn Lok (Copenhagen, Denmark), Toni Wendt (Copenhagen, Denmark), Massimiliano Carciofi (Copenhagen, Denmark), Hanne Thomsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Magnus Rasmussen (Copenhagen, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to barley pla...