ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,997, issued on April 14, was assigned to Chr. Hansen A/S (Hoersholm, Denmark).
"Fermentative production of sialylated saccharides" was invented by Stefan Jennewein (Bad Honnef, Germany) and Dirk Wartenberg (Gau-Algesheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods for the fermentative production of a sialylated saccharide and genetically engineered microbial cells for use in said method, wherein the genetically engineered microbial cells comprise (i) a sialic acid biosynthesis pathway comprising a glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase, (ii) a cytidine 5'-monophospho-(CMP)-N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase; a...