ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,844, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"Methods and systems for targeted gene manipulation" was invented by Bo Feng (Shatin, China), Xiangjun He (Shatin, China), Zhenjie Zhang (Shatin, China) and Kwan Yuen Katherine Xue (Shatin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides novel methods and systems, including cell lines, recombinant polynucleotide constructs, compositions, and kits, for targeted yet universal genomic manipulation."

The patent was filed on Jan. 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/412,406.

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