US Patent Issued to AMANO ENZYME on Sept. 29 for "Collagenase agent and use thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,435, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AMANO ENZYME INC. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Collagenase agent and use thereof" was invented by Masahiro Kamon (Kakamigahara, Japan), Kensuke Yuki (Kakamigahara, Japan) and Hiroyuki Yachi (Kakamigahara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object of the present invention is to provide highly safe collagenase that is useful for food or medical use, and the use thereof. Provided is an enzyme agent comprising, as an active ingredient, collagenase having an amino acid sequence having an identity of 90% or more to the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1. This enzyme agent is useful for pro...