US Patent Issued to TORAY INDUSTRIES on July 15 for "Mutant strain of Trichoderma reesei and method of producing protein using same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,958, issued on July 15, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Mutant strain of Trichoderma reesei and method of producing protein using same" was invented by Yusuke Kagawa (Kamakura, Japan), Haruka Saito (Kamakura, Japan), Shingo Hiramatsu (Kamakura, Japan) and Katsushige Yamada (Kamakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mutant strain of Trichoderma reesei, the mutant strain having a mutation that eliminates or reduces a function of a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by any of SEQ ID Nos: 4 to 6. A method produces a cellulast, the method including a step of cultivating the mutant strain o...