ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,584, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ENGENES BIOTECH GMBH (Vienna).
"Methionine analogue synthesis" was invented by Birgit Wiltschi (Graz, Austria), Patrik Fladischer (Gerasdorf, Austria), Lisa-Ramona Offner-Marko (Kraubath an der Mur, Austria), Kathrin Heckenbichler (Linz, Austria) and Rolf Breinbauer (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for preparing a methionine analogue, comprising contacting a host cell with L-homoserine and one or more nucleophiles and cultivating said host cell and said one or more nucleophiles of (a) in a fermentation broth to produce said methionine analogu...