US Patent Issued to BASF on Feb. 24 for "Methods for improving yields of L-glufosinate" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,777, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

"Methods for improving yields of L-glufosinate" was invented by Brian Michael Green (Lutherville, Md.) and Danielle Marie Estridge (Lutherville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for the production of L-glufosinate are provided. The method involves converting racemic glufosinate to the L-glufosinate enantiomer or converting PPO to L-glufosinate in an efficient manner. In particular, the method involves the specific amination of PPO to L-glufosinate, using L-glutamate, racemic glutamate, or another amine source as an amine donor. PPO can...