US Patent Issued to Life Technologies on Feb. 4 for "Polymerase compositions and methods of making and using same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,383, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Polymerase compositions and methods of making and using same" was invented by Daniel Mazur (San Diego), Eileen Tozer (San Diego), Sihong Chen (Vista, Calif.), Peter Vander Horn (Encinitas, Calif.) and Tommie Lincecum (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for nucleic acid polymerization. In particular, modified polymerases and biologically active fragments thereof, such as modified Taq polymerases, are provided that allow for improved nucleic ac...