US Patent Issued to Danstar Ferment on Sept. 16 for "Recombinant production of steviol glycosides" (Danish, Swiss, American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,034, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Danstar Ferment AG (Schweiz, Switzerland).

"Recombinant production of steviol glycosides" was invented by Jens Houghton-Larsen (Birkerod, Denmark), Paula Hicks (Bend, Ore.), Michael Naesby (Huninque, France), Thomas Tange Ostergaard (Reihen, Switzerland), Jorgen Hansen (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Michael Mikkelsen Dalgaard (Vaerlose, Denmark), Esben Hansen-Halkjaer (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Ernesto Simon (Glostrup, Denmark) and Sabina Tavares (Basel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to express ...