US Patent Issued to ENI on March 24 for "Oleaginous yeast strain and use thereof for the production of lipids" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,096, issued on March 24, was assigned to ENI S.P.A. (Rome).

"Oleaginous yeast strain and use thereof for the production of lipids" was invented by Daniele Bianchi (Novara, Italy), Daniela Cucchetti (Novara, Italy), Concetta Compagno (Spino d'Adda, Italy) and Silvia Donzella (Salerno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oleaginous yeast strain of the species Trichosporon oleaginosus, deposited on May 28, 2020 at Leibniz-Institut DSMZ, deposit number DSM 33530 can be used in the production of lipids by fermentation and was obtained by mutagenesis and subsequent selection from the oleaginous yeast strain of the species Trichosporon...