US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS on June 3 for "Microbial nanowires modified to contain peptides and methods of making" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,802, issued on June 3, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Westborough, Mass.).

"Microbial nanowires modified to contain peptides and methods of making" was invented by Derek R. Lovley (Amherst, Mass.) and Toshiyuki Ueki (Amherst, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides, in various embodiments, electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs) having surface exposed peptides that confer additional sensing capabilities and/or enhance binding to other materials, as well as fusion proteins and methods for making such nanowires. The present invention also provides sensor devices comprising the nanowire...