US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Feb. 10 for "Isopropylmalate synthase variant and a method of producing L-leucine using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,937, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Isopropylmalate synthase variant and a method of producing L-leucine using the same" was invented by Hayun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ju Eun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Ji Hye Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an isopropylmalate synthase variant and a method of producing L-leucine using the same."

The patent was filed on Jan. 28, 2022, under Application No. 18/274,912.

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