US Patent Issued to University of Kentucky Research Foundation on Sept. 23 for "Photon-induced accelerated enzymes and bioactive compounds accumulation in barley during malting" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,481, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Ky.).

"Photon-induced accelerated enzymes and bioactive compounds accumulation in barley during malting" was invented by Akinbode A. Adedeji (Lexington, Ky.) and Al Fadhl Y. Al Khaled (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to methods to increase hydrolytic enzyme activity in a barley grain. The methods include application of photon energy to barley grain during the germination period of a malting process. The applied photon energy causes a stress to the barley grain that is sufficient to increase enzymatic ...