US Patent Issued to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION on May 26 for "Metabolic pathway for producing itaconic acid and method for producing itaconic acid using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,700, issued on May 26, was assigned to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Metabolic pathway for producing itaconic acid and method for producing itaconic acid using same" was invented by Gyoo Yeol Jung (Pohang-si, South Korea), Dae Yeol Ye (Miryang-si, South Korea), Myung Hyun Noh (Seoul, South Korea) and Myeong Won Min (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel metabolic pathway for producing itaconic acid and a recombinant microorganism, for producing itaconic acid, into which the metabolic pathway is introduced. It has been confirmed tha...