Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Thioesterase Variants Having Improved Activity For The Production Of Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Derivatives' Filed by Genomatica, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202518046736 A) filed by Genomatica, Inc., San Diego, on May 15, for 'thioesterase variants having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives.'

Inventor(s) include Bautista, Angelica, Zabala; Park, Min, Sun; Ramos-Solis, Alma, Itzel; Torres Da Costa, Bernardo, Moura; Behrouzian, Behnaz; Trimbur, Donald, E.; Popova, Emanuela; Hu, Qijun; and De Cardayre, Stephen, Bralley.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The disclosure relates to engineered plant acyl-ACP thioesterases having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives including e.g., eight carbon and ten carbon fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives. The disclosure further relates to recombinant host cells comprising the engineered plant acyl-ACP thioesterases having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives. The disclosure also relates to methods of decreasing toxicity and improving production of medium-chain fatty acids and derivatives."

The patent application was internationally filed on Apr. 03, 2018, under International application No.PCT/US2018/025970.

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