US Patent Issued to Board Of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, University of York on Aug. 5 for "Green algal bestrophin bicarbonate transporters" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,568, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Board Of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, La.) and University of York (York, Great Britain).

"Green algal bestrophin bicarbonate transporters" was invented by Ananya Mukherjee (Baton Rouge, La.), James V. Moroney (Baton Rouge, La.), Chun Sing Lau (York, Great Britain) and Luke C. M. Mackinder (York, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure relate to genetically modified plants and/or algae with increased carbon use efficiency as a result of an increased ability for bicarbonate to cross membranes w...