US Patent Issued to Codexis on Nov. 25 for "Ketoreductase polypeptides for the preparation of phenylephrine" (Singaporean, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,100, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Codexis Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Ketoreductase polypeptides for the preparation of phenylephrine" was invented by Oscar Alvizo (Fremont, Calif.), Steven J. Collier (Concord, Mass.), Hans-Georg Joerg Hennemann (Bedburg, Germany), Seong Ho Oh (Singapore) and Wenjuan Zha (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to engineered ketoreductase polypeptides and processes of using the polypeptides for production of phenylephrine."

The patent was filed on May 22, 2024, under Application No. 18/671,324.

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