US Patent Issued to TORAY INDUSTRIES on March 17 for "Genetically modified microorganism for producing 3-hydroxyhexanedioic acid and/or (e)-hex-2-enedioic acid and production method for said chemicals" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,592, issued on March 17, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Genetically modified microorganism for producing 3-hydroxyhexanedioic acid and/or (e)-hex-2-enedioic acid and production method for said chemicals" was invented by Kyohei Isobe (Kamakura, Japan), Kenji Kawamura (Kamakura, Japan) and Katsushige Yamada (Kamakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A genetically modified microorganism that can produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid and/or Alpha-hydromuconic acid with a high yield; and a method of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid and/or Alpha-hydromuconic acid using the genetically modified microorganism, are disclosed. The ...