US Patent Issued to Anatara Lifesciences on Oct. 6 for "Protease composition" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,997, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Anatara Lifesciences Ltd. (Queensland, Australia).

"Protease composition" was invented by Tang Yongqing (Queensland, Australia) and Michael Leo West (Queensland, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention disclosed herein relates generally to compositions comprising the cysteine protease ananain, a reducing agent and a buffer. Also disclosed generally herein are methods of stabilizing the cysteine protease, ananain while retaining protease activity, as well as methods of activating ananain zymogen for proteolysis."

The patent was filed on June 15, 2021, under Application No. 18/002,...