ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,591, issued on March 25, was assigned to Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Modified helicases" was invented by Mark Bruce (Oxford, Great Britain), Andrew John Heron (Oxford, Great Britain), Ruth Moysey (Oxford, Great Britain), Szabolcs Soeroes (Oxford, Great Britain), Elizabeth Jayne Wallace (Oxford, Great Britain) and James White (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a new method of characterising a target polynucleotide. The method uses a pore and a Dda helicase. The helicase controls the movement of the target polynucleotide through the pore. The invention also rel...