US Patent Issued to DANISCO US on Jan. 28 for "Overexpression of fumarate reductase results in an increased fermentation rate in yeast" (Delaware Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,236, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DANISCO US INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Overexpression of fumarate reductase results in an increased fermentation rate in yeast" was invented by Celia Emily Gaby Payen (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are compositions and methods relating to modified yeast that overexpress fumarate reductase. The yeast cells have an increased fermentation rate compared to their parental cells. Such yeast cells ae particularly useful for large-scale ethanol production from starch substrates where an increased rate of ethanol production is desirable."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2019,...