US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Jan. 27 for "Method of producing L-glufosinate" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,482, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of producing L-glufosinate" was invented by Jinwoo Jeon (Seoul, South Korea), Joo Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Changsuk Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunjin Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jun Ok Moon (Seoul, South Korea) and In Seok Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for preparing L-glufosinate from an L-homoserine derivative compound, the method including a step (step a) of preparing a compound of Chemical Formula 2 from a compound of Chemical Formula 1, and a step (step b) of preparing a compound of Chemical...