US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA on Nov. 18 for "Beta-amylase and method for utilization and production thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,542, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA (Osaka, Japan).

"Beta-amylase and method for utilization and production thereof" was invented by Jun-ichi Sumitani (Sakai, Japan), Shuji Tani (Sakai, Japan) and Takashi Kawaguchi (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to obtain a Beta-amylase having heat resistance even to high temperatures exceeding 60deg C. By screening Beta-amylase producing bacteria from a soil sample, a novel Bacillus halosaccharovorans strain having a novel Beta-amylase with heat resistance and the Beta-amylase from the novel B. halosaccharovorans strain were obtained...