ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,163, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Artisan Developments Labs INC (Boulder, Colo.).

"Modified nucleases" was invented by Roland Baumgartner (Angern an der March, Austria) and Tanya Warnecke (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and compositions utilizing modified nucleases and/or other components, such as guide nucleic acids and donor templates, for use in a CRISPR system."

The patent was filed on May 6, 2022, under Application No. 18/289,723.

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