ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,040, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Carbonic anhydrase complex and method for bioimmobilizing carbon dioxide and enhancing lipid production thereby" was invented by Sung Ok Han (Seoul, South Korea), Seung-Kyou You (Jeonju-si, South Korea) and Hyun-Min Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a carbonic anhydrase complex and a method for preparing same, in which a conjugate of a carbonic anhydrase and a dockerin module is bound to a small cellulose binding protein including a cohesin module and a cellulose bind...