US Patent Issued to Danstar Ferment on Aug. 18 for "Methods for improved production of Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside M" (Danish, American, French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,769, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Danstar Ferment AG (Schweiz, Switzerland).

"Methods for improved production of Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside M" was invented by Michael Dalgaard Mikkelsen (Vaerlose, Denmark), Jorgen Hansen (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Ernesto Simon (Copenhagen, Denmark), Federico Brianza (Riehen, Switzerland), Angelika Semmler (Copenhagen, Denmark), Kim Olsson (Soborg, Denmark), Simon Carlsen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Louis During (Copenhagen, Denmark), Alexei Ouspenski (Mulhouse, France) and Paula Hicks (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for recombinant production of steviol glycoside and composit...