Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Metal Binding Bacterial Protein Fibers' Filed by Vib Vzw; and Vrije Universiteit Brussel

MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517034832 A) filed by Vib Vzw; and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Gent, Belgium, on April 9, for 'metal binding bacterial protein fibers.'

Inventor(s) include Remaut Han; Sleutel Mike; Van Molle Inge; and Sherdrack Sylvia.

The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to the field of bacterial protein engineering and protein fibers applicable as metal binding bionanomaterials. More specifically the present invention relates to engineered bacterial endospore appendage (Ena) proteins modified to contain metal bindin...