ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,812, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Chr. Hansen A/S (Hoersholm, Germany).
"Lipases, compositions, methods and uses thereof" was invented by Christian Jaeckel (Hoersholm, Denmark) and Hans Raj (Hoersholm, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wild-type, non-engineered, microbial lipolytic enzyme with a higher specificity for short-chain fatty acids than for medium to long fatty acids, specially long fatty acids. This invention further relates to a process for preparing a food product, and to the use of the wild-type, non-engineered, microbial lipolytic enzyme."
The patent was filed on Feb. 26, ...