ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,852, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Hangzhou, China).

"Method for preparing L-glufosinate ammonium by biological enzymatic de-racemization, glufosinate ammonium dehydrogenase mutant and use thereof" was invented by Yaping Xue (Hangzhou, China), Feng Cheng (Hangzhou, China), Chenghao Cao (Hangzhou, China), Yuguo Zheng (Hangzhou, China), Shuping Zou (Hangzhou, China) and Jianmiao Xu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a method for preparing L-glufosinate ammonium by biological enzymatic de-racemization, a glufosinate ammonium dehydrogenase mutant and a u...