US Patent Issued to AgroSpheres on April 21 for "Compositions and methods for enzyme immobilization" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,813, issued on April 21, was assigned to AgroSpheres Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Compositions and methods for enzyme immobilization" was invented by Ameer Hamza Shakeel (Charlottesville, Va.), Zachery George Davis (Charlottesville, Va.), Joseph Thomas Frank (Charlottesville, Va.), Sepehr Zomorodi (Charlottesville, Va.) and Payam Pourtaheri (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to compositions of immobilized enzymes on the surface of achromosomal and/or anucleate cells and uses thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides genetically engineered minicells with enzymes self-ass...