ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,464, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER (Suresnes, France).

"Method for the biosynthesis of diosmin and/or hesperidin in a microorganism" was invented by Cyrille Pauthenier (Juvisy-sur-Orge, France), Andre Le Jeune (Draveil, France), Helene Scornec (Longjumeau, France), Celia Roussel (Saintry sur Seine, France) and Laetitia Joubert (Palaiseau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism which is modified to be capable of producing diosmin and hesperidin and to the use thereof for producing diosmin and/or hesperidin."

The patent was filed on May 20, 202...