US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on July 14 for "Engineered lipase variants" (California, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,091, issued on July 14, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Engineered lipase variants" was invented by Chinping Chng (Menlo Park, Calif.), William Casey Hallows (San Francisco), Judy Victoria Antonio Viduya (South San Francisco, Calif.), Nikki Dellas (San Carlos, Calif.), Stephanie Sue Galanie (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Kristen Jean Vallieu (Union City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Engineered lipase polypeptides have been optimized to provide improved thermostability, protease stability, and stability under a range of pH conditions, including acidic (pHgreater than7) and basic (pHless than7) ...