US Patent Issued to 10X GENOMICS on March 17 for "MMLV reverse transcriptase variants" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,545, issued on March 17, was assigned to 10X GENOMICS INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"MMLV reverse transcriptase variants" was invented by Josephine Lee (Hayward, Calif.), Samuel Marrs (San Mateo, Calif.), Geoffrey McDermott (Pleasanton, Calif.), Francesca Meschi (Pleasanton, Calif.), Luz Montesclaros (Pittsburg, Calif.), Katherine Pfeiffer (Berkeley, Calif.), Joseph Francis Shuga (Pleasanton, Calif.), Jessica Michele Terry (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Solongo B. Ziraldo (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, are compositions, methods, and kits comprising engineered reverse transcription enzymes that exhibit se...