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US3140239A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Microbiological oxidation of kojic acid to comenic acid

Assignee: Pfizer Inc
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Filing: 1962-09-26
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Granted: 1964-07-07
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Expires: 1982-09-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Fred W Tanner
  • 👤 Joseph L Sardinas

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 10:32
CPC Classifications
C; C12; C12P; C12P17/00; C12P17/02; C12P17/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S435/00; Y10S435/8215; Y10S435/911; Y10S435/912; Y10S435/929

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 57 words
A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF COMENIC ACID FROM KOJIC ACID WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES CULTIVATING UNDER SUBMERGED AEROBIC CONDITIONS A COMENIC ACID-PRODUCING SPECIES SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE GENUS FUSARIUM AND THE GENUS ABSIDIA IN AN AQUEOUS NUTRIENT MEDIUM COMPRISING KOJIC ACID, A SOURCE OF NITROGEN, A SOURCE OF CARBON AND A SOURCE OF MINERALS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 57 words
A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF COMENIC ACID FROM KOJIC ACID WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES CULTIVATING UNDER SUBMERGED AEROBIC CONDITIONS A COMENIC ACID-PRODUCING SPECIES SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE GENUS FUSARIUM AND THE GENUS ABSIDIA IN AN AQUEOUS NUTRIENT MEDIUM COMPRISING KOJIC ACID, A SOURCE OF NITROGEN, A SOURCE OF CARBON AND A SOURCE OF MINERALS.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1967-07-07 1968-01-06 1968-07-07 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1975-07-07 1976-01-06 1976-07-07 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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