ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,073, issued on July 14, was assigned to COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AN INDIAN REGISTERED BODY Inc. UNDER THE REGN. OF SOC. ACT (ACT XXI OF 1860) (New Delhi).

"Bioprocess for the simultaneous production of polyhydroxybutyrate and violacein pigment from himalayan bacterium iodobacter sp. PCH 194" was invented by Vijay Kumar (Palampur Himachal Pradesh, India), Sanjay Kumar (Palampur Himachal Pradesh, India) and Dharam Singh (Palampur Himachal Pradesh, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a bioprocess for the simultaneous production of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and Violacein pigment in a ...