ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,209, issued on March 11, was assigned to PLANT BIOSCIENCE Ltd. (Norwich, Great Britain).
"Transferase enzymes" was invented by Anne Osbourn (Norwich, Great Britain), James Reed (Norwich, Great Britain), Anastasia Orme (Norwich, Great Britain) and Thomas Louveau (Norwich, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to genes and polypeptides which have utility in glycosylating quillaic acid in host cells, including enzymes capable of successive glycosylation at the C-3 position of quillaic acid. The invention further relates to systems, methods and products employing the same."
The patent was ...