US Patent Issued to Manus Bio on Nov. 25 for "Uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferase enzyme" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,082, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Manus Bio Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferase enzyme" was invented by Ryan Philippe (Waltham, Mass.), Ajikumar Parayil Kumaran (Waltham, Mass.), Jason Donald (Waltham, Mass.), Krishna Patel (Waltham, Mass.), Swati Gupta (Waltham, Mass.), Ryan Lim (Waltham, Mass.) and Liwei Li (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods for making steviol glycosides, including RebM and glycosylation products that are minor products in stevia leaves, and provides enzymes, encoding polynucleotides, and host cells for use in these methods. The ...