US Patent Issued to MINT BIOTECHNOLOGIES on Dec. 30 for "Methods for preparing pantoic acid, pantothenic acid and panthenol as well as salts thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,706, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MINT BIOTECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Methods for preparing pantoic acid, pantothenic acid and panthenol as well as salts thereof" was invented by Kechun Zhang (Zhejiang, China) and Jilong Wang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pantoic acid is obtained by fermenting substrate 2-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-4-aldehydobutyric acid by using bacteria or yeast. A microorganism is selected from bacteria or fungi. The microorganism is selected from wild or genetically engineered Escherichia coli, Bacillus, Corynebacterium, yeast or Streptomyces. Pantothenic acid is obtained by chemic...