US Patent Issued to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN on June 23 for "Modified terpene synthases and their use for production of pseudopterosin intermediates and/or pseudopterosins" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,665, issued on June 23, was assigned to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN (Munich).

"Modified terpene synthases and their use for production of pseudopterosin intermediates and/or pseudopterosins" was invented by Marion Ringel (Munich), Thomas Bruck (Eichenried, Germany), Markus Reinbold (Augsburg, Germany) and Daniel Garbe (Unterfohring, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to novel modified terpene synthases and their use for a preparation method for pseudopterosin intermediates and/or pseudopterosins. The method is based on the use of a modified terpene synthase comprising at least one modified amino ...