ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,579, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).
"Enzymatically modified gellan gum" was invented by Kenneth Boetkjaer (Risskov, Denmark), Lise Stouby (Skanderborg, Denmark) and Graham Sworn (Montlignon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to process for preparing partially deacylated gellan gum, the process comprising subjecting native or high acyl gellan gum to treatment with an esterase capable of partially deacylating gellan gum."
The patent was filed on Dec. 9, 2022, under Application No. 18/063,849.
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