ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,527, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES (Rueil-Malmaison, France).
"Optimized genetic tool for modifying bacteria" was invented by Nicolas Lopes Ferreira (Croisilles, France), Remi Hocq (Paris) and Francois Wasels (Metz, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, tools and kits allowing genetic modification, involving in particular a nucleic acid sequence used to facilitate the transformation of bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes, the sequence comprising i) all or part of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 126 and ii) a sequence allowing the modification of the genetic material of a bacterium and/or expression, within ...