ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,042, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to DERMAPHARM AG (Grunwald, Germany).

"Lipase enzyme" was invented by Christopher Moers (Munster, Germany) and Ingo Aldag (Munster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a Lipase enzyme comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO 1, or comprising a functional fragment thereof encompassing position Q55, with the proviso that the lipase enzyme has a substitution of an amino acid with a basic side chain at neutral pH in position Q55 (FIG. 1)."

The patent was filed on June 24, 2021, under Application No. 17/999,980.

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