ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,977, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to International N&H Denmark ApS (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).
"Lactic acid bacteria" was invented by Anais Jedrzejowski (Dange-Saint-Romain, France), Christophe Fremaux (Dange-Saint-Romain, France), Sabine Van Dillen (Dange-Saint-Romain, France), Thomas Desfougeres (Dange-Saint-Romain, France), Max Charles Jodeau (Dange-Saint-Romain, France) and Damien Lugand (Dange-Saint-Romain, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a polynucleotide comprising a lacZ gene (lacZFS) encoding a Beta-galactosidase characterized by a particular profile regarding its efficiency of hydrolysis of l...