US Patent Issued to Inner Mongolia University of Technology on Jan. 20 for "Klebsiella pneumoniae and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,028, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Inner Mongolia University of Technology (Inner Mongolia, China).

"Klebsiella pneumoniae and use thereof" was invented by Zhanying Liu (Inner Mongolia, China), Dong Wu (Inner Mongolia, China) and Jian Pang (Inner Mongolia, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a Klebsiella pneumoniae Y7-3 with a deposit number of CCTCC NO: M2019851. The strain can degrade corn stover into acetic acid, ethanol, and hydrogen, and can further metabolize into acetic acid, ethanol, 1,3-propanediol, lactic acid, and hydrogen."

The patent was filed on March 9, 2021, under Application No....