ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,950, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Fusion constructs as protein over-expression vectors" was invented by Anastasios Melis (El Cerrito, Calif.) and Cinzia Formighieri (Saugus, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides compositions and methods for providing high product yield of transgenes expressed in cyanobacteria and microalgae."

The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/544,275.

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