US Patent Issued to GLYCOMICS AND GLYCAN BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (GGBRC), NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY on Feb. 24 for "Process for the direct enzymatic conversion of amino sugars; enzyme and compositions for use in the process" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,740, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GLYCOMICS AND GLYCAN BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (GGBRC), NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (Nanjing, China).

"Process for the direct enzymatic conversion of amino sugars; enzyme and compositions for use in the process" was invented by Josef Voglmeir (Jiangsu, China) and Li Liu (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for converting amino sugar to fructose and ammonia using one enzyme. Also provided are compositions and enzymes for converting amino sugar to fructose and ammonia."

The patent was filed on March 30, 2021, under Application No. 17/917,859.

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