US Patent Issued to Industrial Microbes on Oct. 21 for "Heterologous expression of short-chain monooxygenases in microorganisms" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,609, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Industrial Microbes Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Heterologous expression of short-chain monooxygenases in microorganisms" was invented by Elizabeth Jane Clarke (San Francisco), Baolong Zhu (San Diego), Derek Lorin Greenfield (Kensington, Calif.), Stephanie Rhianon Jones (Berkeley, Calif.) and Noah Charles Helman (El Cerrito, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for the oxidation of short alkanes by engineered microorganisms expressing enzymes are described, along with methods of use."

The patent was filed on June 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/217,021.

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