ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,477, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FMC AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS A/S (Ronland, Denmark).

"Methods for production, recovery and secretion of hydrophobic compounds in a fermentation" was invented by Bettina Lorantfy (Harboore, Denmark) and Irina Borodina (Harboore, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to improved methods for producing a hydrophobic compound, in particular a hydrophobic compound which is a pheromone such as an insect pheromone, in a fermentation process involving cultivation of a microorganism such as a yeast, said microorganism producing said hydrophobic compound, wherein the methods f...