US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama on Oct. 21 for "Bacterial N-demthylases as biocatalysts for the production of methylxanthines" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,633, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

"Bacterial N-demthylases as biocatalysts for the production of methylxanthines" was invented by Ryan M. Summers (Northport, Ala.), Shelby Mills (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and Meredith Mock (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to mutant enzymes and bacterial strains constructed to produce paraxanthine and 7-methylxanthine from caffeine and methods for the manufacture and use thereof."

The patent was filed on Aug. 8, 2022, under Application No. 17/883,115.

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