US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on June 2 for "Cells and methods for producing methyl ketones" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,139, issued on June 2, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Cells and methods for producing methyl ketones" was invented by Brian F. Pfleger (Madison, Wis.), Qiang Yan (Madison, Wis.), Trevor R. Simmons (Austin, Texas) and Nestor Hernandez-Lozada (Jena, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Recombinant cells and methods for producing methyl ketones, such as medium-chain methyl ketones. The recombinant cells include recombinant acyl-ACP thioesterase genes, recombinant Beta-ketoacyl-CoA thioesterase genes, and recombinant acyl-CoA synthetase genes, in addition to other modifications. The methods includ...