ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,305, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Kerry Group Services International Ltd (Tralee, Ireland).
"Lactase enzymes with improved properties" was invented by Hans Raj (Hoersholm, Denmark), Pernille Smith (Broenshoej, Denmark), Thomas Eckhardt (Birkeroed, Denmark), Vojislav Vojinovic (Graested, Denmark), Charlotte Elisabeth Gruner Scholler (Virum, Denmark) and Johannes Maarten Van Den Brink (Herlev, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to new improved peptide or dimeric peptides exhibiting beta-galactosidase enzyme activity as well as improved methods for reducing the lactose content in compositions option...