US Patent Issued to ENZYME-SENSOR on Nov. 3 for "Method for measuring L-asparagine and kit for the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,257, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ENZYME-SENSOR Co. LTD. (Tsukuba, Japan).

"Method for measuring L-asparagine and kit for the same" was invented by Hitoshi Kusakabe (Tsukuba, Japan), Keiko Shintate (Tsukuba, Japan), Woro Triarsi Sulistyaningdyah (Tsukuba, Japan), Tatsuya Nishiyama (Kawasaki, Japan) and Kenji Ueda (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method for measuring L-asparagine contained in a sample such as foods by using enzymes. There is provided a method with which L-glutamine, L-glutamic acid and L-aspartic acid can be distinguished from L-asparagine and removed, so that L-asparagine alone c...