ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,193, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KnipBio Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).
"Heterologous carotenoid production in microorganisms" was invented by Lawrence F. Feinberg (Lowell, Mass.), Daniel R. Smith (Lowell, Mass.), Bonnie D. McAvoy (Lowell, Mass.), Catherine J. Pujol-Baxley (Lowell, Mass.) and Christopher J. Marx (Lowell, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Non-naturally occurring microorganisms are provided that produce C40 carotenoid compound(s), utilizing exogenously added enzyme activities. Methods of producing C40 carotenoid compounds in microbial cultures, and feed and nutritional supplement compositions that include the C40 ca...