US Patent Issued to Pivot Bio on June 2 for "Modified bacterial strains for improved fixation of nitrogen" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,837, issued on June 2, was assigned to Pivot Bio Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.).

"Modified bacterial strains for improved fixation of nitrogen" was invented by Karsten Temme (Berkeley, Calif.), Neal Shah (Berkeley, Calif.), Bilge Ozaydin Eskiyenenturk (Berkeley, Calif.), Sarah Bloch (Berkeley, Calif.) and Alvin Tamsir (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for generating and utilizing a genetically engineered bacterium comprising a modification in a gene regulating nitrogen fixation or assimilation, wherein the modification in the gene regulating nitrogen fixation or assimilation results in one or ...