ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,039, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PERFECT DAY INC. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Recombinant milk proteins and compositions comprising the same" was invented by Timothy Geistlinger (Oakland, Calif.), Ravirajsinh P. Jhala (Castro Valley, Calif.), Heather Jensen (Oakland, Calif.) and Hendrik Meerman (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are recombinant milk proteins with non-native PTMs, food products comprising the recombinant milk proteins, and methods of obtaining the recombinant milk proteins and for manufacturing the food products."

The patent was filed on April 22, 2020, under Application No. 17/605,920.

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