US Patent Issued to Arbor Biotechnologies on Jan. 13 for "CRISPR-associated systems and components" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,812, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Arbor Biotechnologies Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"CRISPR-associated systems and components" was invented by David R. Cheng (Boston), David A. Scott (Somerville, Mass.) and Winston X. Yan (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of DNA, RNA, and protein substrates. Each system includes one or more protein components and one or more nucleic ...