US Patent Issued to Genomatica on April 7 for "Methods of producing omega-hydroxylated fatty acid derivatives" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,495, issued on April 7, was assigned to Genomatica Inc. (San Diego).

"Methods of producing omega-hydroxylated fatty acid derivatives" was invented by Andreas W. Schirmer (San Diego), Haibo Wang (San Diego), Stephen B. Del Cardayre (San Diego), Zhihao Hu (San Diego), Louis G. Hom (San Diego), Baolong Zhu (San Diego), Cindy Chang (San Diego) and Emanuela E. Popova (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to omega-hydroxylated fatty acid derivatives and methods of producing them. Herein, the disclosure encompasses a novel and environmentally friendly production method that provides omega-hydroxylated fatty acid d...