ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,543, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS (Fife, Great Britain).

"Enzymes" was invented by Rebecca Goss (St Andrews, Great Britain) and Danai-Stella Gkotsi (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is based on the identification of a novel sequence motif present in halogenase type enzymes. From this, the disclosure provides methods for identifying and or detecting halogenases (halogenating enzymes) and novel halogenases identifiable using such methods. The disclosure also provides a novel cohort of enzymes and novel methods for achieving substrate haloge...