US Patent Issued to Cassiopea on June 9 for "Enzyme-decorated nanocatalysts" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,150, issued on June 9, was assigned to Cassiopea LLC (Phoenix).

"Enzyme-decorated nanocatalysts" was invented by Keith Laderoute (Redwood City, Calif.), Mark P. Andrews (Montreal), Egor Katkov (Montreal), Sally Royal Hamry (Montreal), Janine Mauzeroll (Montreal) and John Thomas Marino (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are vesicular nanocatalysts decorated on their surface with enzymes, such as for industrial use. More particularly, the nanocatalysts include outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) presenting on their surface carbonic anhydrase or a functional fragment or derivative thereof. Uses, methods of manufacture, an...