ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,141, issued on March 24, was assigned to AB Enzymes Finland Oy (Finland).

"Polypeptides having phytase activity" was invented by Marja Paloheimo (Rajamaki, Finland), Merja Oja (Rajamaki, Finland), Stefanie Scholten (Darmstadt, Germany), Dietrich Lobel (Trebur, Germany), Kari Juntunen (Rajamaki, Finland), Sandra Meyerjurgens (Mainaschaff, Germany), Hanna-Mari Merilainen (Rajamaki, Finland), Thomas Haarmann (Darmstadt, Germany), Imke Kuhn (Darmstadt, Germany) and Terhi Puranen (Rajamaki, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses novel phytases that have improved phytase activity, compositions comprising th...