US Patent Issued to Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University on June 10 for "Chlamydomonas mutant and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,852, issued on June 10, was assigned to Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University (Seoul, South Korea).

"Chlamydomonas mutant and use thereof" was invented by Eon Seon Jin (Seoul, South Korea), Kwang Ryul Baek (Goyang-si, South Korea) and In Hwa Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel Chlamydomonas strain with an improved oil generation function, the strain of the present invention having useful mycological characteristics as a strain that provides a useful substance, such as a vegetable oil, in a microalga, as the strain has a fast cell growth speed and an ...