ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,729, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Enzyme method" was invented by Ruth Moysey (Oxford, Great Britain) and Andrew John Heron (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a new method of characterizing a target polynucleotide. The method uses a pore and a Hel308 helicase or amolecular motor which is capable of binding to the target polynucleotide at an internal nucleotide. The helicase or molecular motor controls the movement of the target polynucleotide through the pore."
The patent was filed on May 31, 2022, under Application No. 17/829...