ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,359, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Novozymes BioAg A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).
"Plasmid for bacillus expressing fluorescent reporter genes" was invented by Jared Heffron (Salem, Va.) and John William Rice (Pittsboro, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to fluorescence reporter plasmid systems for enabling a Bacillus strain to fluoresce, and to methods for visualizing the state of Bacillus strains."
The patent was filed on Jan. 15, 2021, under Application No. 17/793,337.
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