US Patent Issued to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY, Trans Chromosomics on Sept. 30 for "Mouse artificial chromosome vector and use thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,652, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY (Tottori, Japan) and Trans Chromosomics Inc. (Yonago, Japan).

"Mouse artificial chromosome vector and use thereof" was invented by Yasuhiro Kazuki (Tottori, Japan), Mitsuo Oshimura (Tottori, Japan) and Satoshi Abe (Tottori, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mouse artificial chromosome vector is stable in rodent cells, tissues, and/or individuals, specifically a mouse artificial chromosome vector derived from a mouse chromosome selected from mouse chromosome 10 and mouse chromosome 16. A cell or a non-human animal may include the vector. ...