ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,454, issued on April 29, was assigned to FERMENTA BIOTECH Ltd. (Thane, India).
"Irradiation process of pro vitamin D" was invented by Anupama Datla (Thane, India), Prashant Nagre (Thane, India), Jagdish Tamore (Thane, India), Sreenath Trivikram (Dombivli, India) and Sachin Wadhavane (Navi Mumbai, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses an improved process for production of vitamin D3 from 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) and to a simple process for recovery unreacted 7-DHC for further reuse. The invention further describes a process for isolation and purification of Vitamin D3."
The patent was filed on May 11, 2020, ...