US Patent Issued on Oct. 6 for "Method for preparing 2-hydroxy-5-oxoproline" (New Mexico, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,153, issued on Oct. 6.

"Method for preparing 2-hydroxy-5-oxoproline" was invented by Rodolfo Martinez (Santa Fe, N.M.), Robert Blaskovic (Marietta, Ga.), David Rembert Glass (Santa Fe, N.M.) and Clifford J Unkefer (Los Alamos, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compound 2-hydroxy-5-oxoproline salt can be used to produce an increase in carbon dioxide fixation, growth, dry weight, nutritional value (proteins and amino acids), nodulation and nitrogen fixation and photosynthetically derived chemical energy when applied to plants through their roots and/or through their foliar portions. The embodiments provide an improved chemical syn...