ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,735, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
"Mannanase variants" was invented by Katie Kline (San Diego), Amanda Rae Logue (San Diego), Asfia Qureshi (San Diego), Cindy Hoang (San Diego), Jesper Nielsen (San Diego), Mark Miller (San Diego) and Tong Li (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mannanase at least 75% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, or SEQ ID NO: 4, a polynucleotide encoding the mannanase, an expression construct comprising the polynucleotide, and a host cell comprising the polynucleotide or the expression construct."
The patent was filed on Feb. 12, 2021, under Applicat...