INTERNATIONAL PATENT: UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN FILES APPLICATION FOR "EFFICIENT GENOME EDITING IN MICROORGANISMS BY TARGETING AN ESSENTIAL GENE"

GENEVA, Jan. 20 -- UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN (Rapenburg 702311 EZ Leiden) filed a patent application (PCT/NL2025/050344) for "EFFICIENT GENOME EDITING IN MICROORGANISMS BY TARGETING AN ESSENTIAL GENE" on Jul 14, 2025. With publication no. WO/2026/015027, the details related to the patent application was published on Jan 15, 2026.

Notably, the patent application was submitted under the International Patent Classification (IPC) system, which is managed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Inventor(s): BAI, Chaoxian (c/o Rapenburg 702311 EZ Leiden), VAN WEZEL, Gilles Philippus (c/o Rapenburg 702311 EZ Leiden)

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of altering a genome of a microorganism with a non-replicating construct and...