US Patent Issued to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN on July 29 for "Circularly permutated haloalkane transferase fusion molecules" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,676, issued on July 29, was assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. (Munich).

"Circularly permutated haloalkane transferase fusion molecules" was invented by Julien Hiblot (Heidelberg, Germany), Magnus Huppertz (Oldenburg, Germany), Kai Johnsson (Heidelberg, Germany) and Wilhelm Jonas (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a modular polypeptide comprising a first partial effector sequence comprising a first part of a circular permutated halotag protein connected to a sensor module sequence, which is connected to a second part of a circular permutated halotag prot...