US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO on July 15 for "Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus strain and variants thereof" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,226, issued on July 15, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago).

"Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus strain and variants thereof" was invented by Laurens Mets (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an isolated Methanothermobacter microorganism that is (a) a microorganism of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus strain UC 120910, deposited on Dec. 21, 2010, with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) under ATCC(R) Patent Deposit Designation No. PTA-11561, (b) a variant of the microorganism of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus strain UC 120910, or (c) a progeny of the microorganism of Meth...