US Patent Issued to Sasya on April 21 for "Synthesis of beta-hydroxyisovalerate and methods of use" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,850, issued on April 21, was assigned to Sasya Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Synthesis of beta-hydroxyisovalerate and methods of use" was invented by Goutham Vemuri (Maple Grove, Minn.), Christopher Lindsay (Saint Paul, Minn.), Kevin Roberg-Perez (Minneapolis), Christopher D. Snow (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Elizabeth A. Cameron (New Brighton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The biological production of beta-hydroxyisovalerate (BetaHIV) using a non-natural microorganism. The non-natural microorganism for the biologically-derived BetaHIV provides more beta-hydroxyisovalerate synthase activity than the wild-type parent. The non-natural mi...