US Patent Issued to Genomatica on June 23 for "Production of fatty acid derivatives" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,679, issued on June 23, was assigned to Genomatica Inc. (San Diego).

"Production of fatty acid derivatives" was invented by Derek L. Greenfield (South San Francisco, Calif.), Andreas W. Schirmer (Hayward, Calif.), Elizabeth J. Clarke (South San Francisco, Calif.), Eli S. Groban (South San Francisco, Calif.), Bernardo M. Da Costa (South San Francisco, Calif.), Zhihao Hu (Zhajalgang, China), Kevin Holden (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Noah Helman (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to recombinant host cells including strain modifications effective to improve titer, yield and/or producti...