US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY on Sept. 16 for "Multiplex production and barcoding of genetically engineered cells" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,015, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, Calif.) and BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (Waltham, Mass.).

"Multiplex production and barcoding of genetically engineered cells" was invented by Kevin Roy (Mountain View, Calif.), Justin D. Smith (Redwood City, Calif.), Robert P. St. Onge (San Francisco), Lars M. Steinmetz (Stanford, Calif.) and James E. Haber (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to multiplex production and phenotyping of genetically engineered cells using RNA-guided nucleases and genomic barcoding. In particular, high-th...