ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,208, issued on May 20, was assigned to NAGASE & Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing sedoheptulose" was invented by Shogo Yamamoto (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sedoheptulose, which is a saccharide falling within the categories of ketoses and heptuloses, is one of a small number of heptuloses occurring in nature. Provided are a method for producing sedoheptulose using a bacterium owing to the deletion or attenuation of a specific enzymatic function, a method for improving the productivity of sedoheptulose by the bacterium, and the bacterium."

The patent was filed on Aug. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/454...