US Patent Issued to Danisco US on Sept. 16 for "Subtilisin variants" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,996, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Subtilisin variants" was invented by Viktor Yuryevich Alekseyev (Palo Alto, Calif.), Lilia Maria Babe (Palo Alto, Calif.), H. Billur Engin (Palo Alto, Calif.), David A. Estell (Palo Alto, Calif.), Frits Goedegebuur (Leiden, Netherlands), Thijs Kaper (Palo Alto, Calif.), Harm Mulder (Leiden, Netherlands), Sina Pricelius (Leiden, Netherlands) and Sander Van Stigt Thans (Leiden, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is one or more subtilisin variant, nucleic acid encoding same, and compositions and methods related to the production and ...