ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,190, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

"Production of fructose from oligo-/ and/or polysaccharides" was invented by Andre Pick (Bebra-Breitenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for converting at least one oligo- and/or polysaccharide into fructose comprising the steps of: a) adding to a composition comprising water, phosphate and at least one oligo- and/or polysaccharide at least four enzymes, and b) subsequently enzymatically converting the at least one oligo- and/or polysaccharide to fructose in the presence of the at least four enzymes, wherein in ste...