ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,661, issued on June 23, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands).
"Acetyl-transferases" was invented by Peter Louis Houston (Boston), Rene Marcel De Jong (Amsterdam), Valmik Kanubhai Vyas (Winchester, Mass.), Rene Verwaal (Nootdorp, Netherlands), Jenna McMahon (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Anna Symbor-Nagrabska (Reading, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to production of retinyl acetate generated via enzymatic conversion of retinol, said process including the use of modified enzymes with improved activity."
The patent was filed on Dec. 30, 2019, under Application No. 17/419,079.
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