US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Dec. 16 for "Variant dihydrodipicolinate reductase polypeptide and method of producing L-threonine using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,626, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Variant dihydrodipicolinate reductase polypeptide and method of producing L-threonine using the same" was invented by Mina Baek (Seoul, South Korea), Su Yon Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Imsang Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seung-ju Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwang Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a variant polypeptide having attenuated dihydrodipicolinate reductase activity and a method of producing L-threonine using the same."

The patent was filed on Aug. 6, 2020, under Application No. 17/623,2...