ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,640, issued on April 29, was assigned to BOLT THREADS INC. (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Modified strains for improved secretion of recombinant proteins" was invented by Thomas Stevens (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are modified strains for improving secretion of recombinantly expressed products secreted from a host organism with improved growth and productivity characteristics, as well as methods of using the modified strains."

The patent was filed on March 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/178,275.

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