US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Aug. 11 for "Production of vanillin-glucoside from lignin-derived carbon" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,875, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Production of vanillin-glucoside from lignin-derived carbon" was invented by Bradley W. Biggs (Evanston, Ill.) and Keith E.J. Tyo (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides engineered bacteria for producing vanillin."

The patent was filed on Feb. 25, 2022, under Application No. 17/681,434.

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