US Patent Issued to Mozza Foods on July 15 for "Recombinant micelle and method of in vivo assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,212, issued on July 15, was assigned to Mozza Foods Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Recombinant micelle and method of in vivo assembly" was invented by Cory J. Tobin (Pasadena, Calif.) and Noah Brookes (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant cell co-expressing at least one casein protein and at least one kinase. The at least one casein protein is phosphorylated by the at least one kinase in vivo. Casein micelles comprising phosphorylated Kappa-casein and at least one of AlphaS1-casein, AlphaS2-casein, and Beta-casein can be made in vivo and/or in vitro. The casein micelles can be used to make food products including milk and cheese....