US Patent Issued to Science on Sept. 23 for "Modular genetically engineered cell and methods of generation thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,529, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Science Corp. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Modular genetically engineered cell and methods of generation thereof" was invented by Alan Mardinly (Alameda, Calif.), Kevin Smith (Alameda, Calif.) and Satoru Miura (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In variants, the method for generating a modular cell can include: integrating a landing site into a cell genome, and integrating a gene of interest into the landing site. The method can optionally include performing a cell selection, removing the gene of interest from the landing site, and/or any other suitable steps."

The patent was filed on May...