ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,681, issued on July 29, was assigned to DSM Austria GmbH (Getzersdorf, Austria).

"Means and methods for cleavage of zearalenone" was invented by Michaela Thamhesl (Goellersdorf, Austria), Sebastian Fruhauf (Tulln, Austria), Wulf-Dieter Moll (Stockerau, Austria), Andreas Hoebartner (Obermeisling, Austria), Gerd Schatzmayr (Tulln, Austria), Eva Maria Binder (Tulln, Austria), Markus Aleschko (Vienna) and Martin Pfeffer (Tulln, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for increasing the stability of an Alpha/Beta-hydrolase. In addition, the present invention relates to an Alpha/Beta-hydrolase obtai...