US Patent Issued to YAMADA BEE on March 18 for "Conversion method, conversion agent, method for producing royal jelly composition, and Lactobacillus bacteria" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,689, issued on March 18, was assigned to YAMADA BEE COMPANY INC. (Okayama, Japan).

"Conversion method, conversion agent, method for producing royal jelly composition, and Lactobacillus bacteria" was invented by Hayate Itatani (Okayama, Japan) and Ayanori Yamaki (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for converting 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid to 10-hydroxydecanoic acid, the method including: reacting Lactobacillus bacteria having an ability to convert 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid to 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid with 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid."

The patent was filed on Aug. 19, 2020, under Application No. 17/...