US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on Sept. 9 for "Keratinase composition" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,421, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Keratinase composition" was invented by Arwa Ali B. Mahasheer (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Amal Mahmoud (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Hesham El-Komy (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Amany Alqosaibi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Engineered, modified, or mutated Bacillus strains that produce keratinases or serine proteases (KerS) that biologically degrade keratin-containing materials, such as feathers; compositions containing these Bacillus strains or the keratinases they produce, and methods for biologically degrading keratin...