US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung on Sept. 2 for "Method to obtain low triterpene/triterpenoid-containing natural rubber latex" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,516, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V. (Munich).

"Method to obtain low triterpene/triterpenoid-containing natural rubber latex" was invented by Christian Schulze Gronover (Muenster, Germany) and Kristina Unland (Muenster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method of reducing or eliminating the content of triterpenes and/or triterpenoids of latex or rubber from a laticiferous plant or part thereof, comprising genetically modifying the laticiferous plant or part thereof, such that the activity of at least one oxidosqualene cyclase is red...