ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,045, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil Malmaison, France).

"Method of producing proteins using a trichoderma fungus strain in which the CEL1A gene is invalidated" was invented by Frederique Bidard-Michelot (Rueil Malmaison, France), Etienne Jourdier (Rueil Malmaison, France), Vincent Grandperret (Rueil Malmaison, France), Christa Ivanova (Rueil Malmaison, France), Sabine Prigent (Rueil Malmaison, France), Celine Cohen (Rueil Malmaison, France) and Antoine Margeot (Rueil Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the various uses of a fungus strain which belongs to the Tric...