US Patent Issued to University of Kassel on Dec. 9 for "Genetically modified phototrophic cell for in-vivo production of hydrogen" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,413, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to University of Kassel (Kassel, Germany).

"Genetically modified phototrophic cell for in-vivo production of hydrogen" was invented by Kirstin Gutekunst (Kiel, Germany) and Jens Appel (Kiel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A genetically modified phototrophic cell for in-vivo production of hydrogen. The phototrophic cell has been genetically modified to the effect that a) at least one of the native photosystem I components has been deleted, b) the native hydrogenase has been deleted, and c) at least one fusion protein is expressed, comprising i. a hydrogenase or hydrogenase component and ii. a...