ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,725, issued on March 18, was assigned to FIRMENICH SA (Satigny, Switzerland).
"Method for producing vanillin" was invented by Fredi Bruhlmann (Satigny, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a novel method of producing vanillin and/or derivatives thereof by applying improved biocatalysts. Also provided herein are expression systems for preparing said improved biocatalysts. Moreover provided herewith are novel enzyme mutants, corresponding coding sequences and vectors applicable in the biochemical production of vanillin. The present disclosure further provides recombinant host cells or organisms ...