US Patent Issued to AB MAURI, VIB VZW, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN on Sept. 15 for "Yeast strain development for ethanol production" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,728, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to AB MAURI (St. Louis), VIB VZW (Ghent, Belgium) and KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Leuven, Belgium).

"Yeast strain development for ethanol production" was invented by John H. Evans IV (Denver), Aaron J. McKerracher (Belleville, Ill.), Jan Steensels (Lommel, Belgium) and Kevin J. Verstrepen (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are yeast strains and derivatives thereof, as well as compositions comprising the yeast strains for use in ethanol manufacture. The disclosure also relates to processes for producing ethanol from biomass using the yeast strains and composition...