US Patent Issued to OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION on July 28 for "Glucuronosyltransferase, gene encoding same and method for using the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,527, issued on July 28, was assigned to OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Suita, Japan) and NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (Tsukuba, Japan).

"Glucuronosyltransferase, gene encoding same and method for using the same" was invented by Toshiya Muranaka (Suita, Japan), Hikaru Seki (Suita, Japan), Soo Yeon Chung (Suita, Japan), Masao Ishimoto (Tsukuba, Japan), Susumu Hiraga (Tsukuba, Japan) and Yukiko Satou (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Glucuronosyltransferase 1 gene which catalyzes glucuronic acid transfer to the hydroxyl group at the 3-position in an oleanane-type triterpenoid is identified. Glucuronosyltransferase...