ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,639, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. (Tel-Aviv, Israel).
"Plant DNA methyltransferases and uses thereof" was invented by Assaf Zemach (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Nir Ohad (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Rafael Yaari (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Aviva Katz (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Katherine Domb (Tel-Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolated polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein which comprises a DNA targeting moiety linked to a catalytic domain of a plant DNA methyltransferase 3 (DNMT3) protein is disclosed. Uses thereof are also disclosed."
The patent was filed on March 4, 2020, under Application No. 17/436...