ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,587, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to String Bio Private Ltd. (Karnataka, India).

"Recombinant methanotrophic bacteria for indigo biosynthesis and methods thereof" was invented by Rajeev S. Kumar (Karnataka, India), Vinita Lukose (Karnataka, India), Shruthi S (Karnataka, India), Ezhilkani Subbian (Karnataka, India), Shirish Gajanan Gole (Karnataka, India) and Deepika Singh (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant disclosure is in the field of biosciences, more particularly towards molecular and industrial biotechnology. The present disclosure relates to recombinant methanotrophic bacteria capable of synthesizing i...