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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
John P Gardner, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 47 ; 435 43 ; 435195 ; 435230 ; 435231 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an improved process for preparing cephalosporins by reaction compounds such as 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid, 7-amino-3-deacetoxy-cephalosporanic acid or their derivatives with derivatives of .alpha.-amino acids in the presence of a properly immobilized penicillin acylase enzyme under the following conditions, independently, or in combination: (1) at a temperature ranging from 0.degree. C. to +20.degree. C.; or (2) at ambient pH; with a high molar ratio of .alpha.-amino acid to a cephalosporanic nucleus.