US Patent Issued to NOSTER on Aug. 19 for "Production method for rare fatty acid using novel enzyme, and novel rare fatty acid" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,968, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to NOSTER INC. (Muko, Japan).

"Production method for rare fatty acid using novel enzyme, and novel rare fatty acid" was invented by Jun Ogawa (Kyoto, Japan), Shigenobu Kishino (Kyoto, Japan) and Kohey Kitao (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a hydroxylated fatty acid by a hydration reaction using a novel enzyme derived from the genus Clostridium in the soil and using fatty acid as a substrate is provided by the present invention. In addition, a novel rare fatty acid with utility value which is obtained by the production method is also provided."

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