MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517046584 A) filed by AB Mauri Food Inc., St. Louis, on May 14, for 'yeast strain development for ethanol production.'

Inventor(s) include Barbieri, Maria Del Rosario; Perrine, Zoee Gokhale; and Evans, John Henry, IV.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed herein are yeast strains and derivatives thereof, as well as compositions comprising the yeast strains for use in ethanol manufacture. The disclosure also relates to processes for producing ethanol from biomass using the yeast strains and compositions. In particular, the yeast strains produce lower glycerol and higher ethanol, and have a higher temperature tolerance and higher fermentation rate than strains and products currently used in ethanol production processes."

The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 31, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/036514.

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