US Patent Issued to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY on Oct. 6 for "Biosynthesis of chemically diversified non-natural terpene products" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,423, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Mich.).

"Biosynthesis of chemically diversified non-natural terpene products" was invented by Edmund Ellsworth (Vicksburg, Mich.), Matthew Giletto (Lansing, Mich.), Bjorn Hamberger (Okemos, Mich.), Garret Miller (Lansing, Mich.) and Richard Neubig (East Lansing, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to compounds of the formulae (I)-(IV) and their use as substrates for making terpenoids. New substrates for terpene biosynthesis and methods for making new types of terpenes are described herein. Diterpenes occupy a un...