ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,781, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN (Munich).

"Circular use of food residues by microbial fermentation" was invented by Mahmoud Masri (Dachau, Germany), Thomas Bruck (Eichenried, Germany), Petra Graban (Geretsried, Germany), Farah Qoura (Munich), Corinna Dawid (Freising, Germany), Ludovic Gerboin (Moosinning, Germany) and Melania Pilz (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for producing microbial lipids, optionally for producing microbial lipids and protein biomass and/or aromatic compounds. The present invention further relates to a use of a microbial lip...