US Patent Issued to DSM IP ASSETS, Cargill on June 23 for "Microorganisms for diterpene production" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,680, issued on June 23, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands) and Cargill Inc..

"Microorganisms for diterpene production" was invented by Catharina Petronella Antonia Maria Kolen (Echt, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention disclosed herein relates generally to the field of recombinant production of a steviol glycoside, to the field of bioconversion of steviol into a steviol glycoside and to the field of bioconversion of a steviol glycoside into a further steviol glycoside. Particularly, the invention provides a process for recombinant production of a steviol glycoside, a process of bioconversio...