US Patent Issued to Arium BioLabs on June 24 for "Systems and methods for engineering enzymes using identified energy transfer networks" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,872, issued on June 24, was assigned to Arium BioLabs LLC (Edmond, Okla.).

"Systems and methods for engineering enzymes using identified energy transfer networks" was invented by Pratul K. Agarwal (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for identifying different parts of enzyme structure that can be engineered and/or assisted by engineered technologies to improve the speed and efficiency of the catalyzed chemical reactions. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to identifying and modifying distal surface regions that affect catalytic activity. These su...