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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biopure Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435189 ; 43525232 ;
Abstract
An enzyme preparation that exhibits cephalosporin chloroperoxidase activity is isolatable from a microorganism species of the Rathayibacter genus. This enzyme preparation can convert cephalexin to cefaclor in a single step. A particular, unique microorganism that can provide the cephalosporin chloroperoxidase enzyme preparation is Rathayibacter biopuresis.