ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,237, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to OHLY GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Trehalose-rich yeast extract" was invented by Dominik Spickermann (Hamburg, Germany), Mariet van der Werf (Hamburg, Germany), Cornelia Reimers (Hamburg, Germany) and Catharina Kleist (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for preparing a trehalose-rich yeast extract, said method comprising a step in which yeast cells are enzymatically disrupted by use of one or more proteases. The present invention further relates to a novel trehalose-rich yeast extract obtainable by the method of the invention. The novel trehalose...