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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. 30, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Tatsuo Hoshino, Kamakura, JP;
Setsuko Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Setoguchi, Fujisawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DSM IP Assets B. V., TE Heerlen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a biological process for producing carotenoids utilizing a microorganism which is capable of producing carotenoids and belonging to the genus() in the presence of an inhibitor for biosynthesis of sterols from farnesyl pyrophosphate.