US Patent Issued to Pacific Biosciences of California on Dec. 30 for "Engineered polymerases for improved sequencing by binding" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,669, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Engineered polymerases for improved sequencing by binding" was invented by Pinar Iyidogan (Menlo Park, Calif.), Mariam Iftikhar (Menlo Park, Calif.), Bridget Kidd (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Lewis Churchfield (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are engineered DNA polymerases comprising modifications improving accuracy and processivity of the polymerase including modifications in the Motif A region, optionally, along with additional modifications in the palm and/or exonuclease domains of the polymerase. Als...