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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenzo Yokozeki, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Kubota, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Company, Incorporated, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435128 ; 435132 ; 435146 ;
Abstract
A method for producing L-carnitine which involves contacting crotonbetaine or a non-toxic, soluble salt of this compound with a microorganism or an enzyme fraction of this microorganism which is capable of converting crotonbetaine or its salts into L-carnitine. The conversion is conducted in an aqueous medium under conditions suitable for production of L-carnitine.