ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,626, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DANISCO US INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for increased protein production in Bacillus licheniformis" was invented by Marc Anton Bernhard Kolkman (Oegstgeest, Netherlands), Steven D. Doig (Wilmington, Del.), Ryan L. Frisch (Newark, Del.), Hongxian He (Wilmington, Del.), Frank Wouter Koopman (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Chris Leeflang (Twisk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is generally related to compositions and methods for obtaining Bacillus licheniformis cells/strains having increased protein production capabilities. Certain embodiments of...