ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,747, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Microorganism producing L-amino acid and method of producing L-amino acid using the same" was invented by Hye Ryun Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), So-Yeon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hye Min Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Gun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Nam Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Ah Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sol Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Lan Huh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a microorganism producing an L-amino acid or a precursor thereof, and a method of producing an L-amino acid or a precursor thereof using t...