ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,878, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Touchlight IP Ltd. (Hampton, Great Britain).
"Closed linear DNA production" was invented by Thomas Adie (Hampton, Great Britain), Neil Porter (Hampton, Great Britain) and Paul Rothwell (Hampton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to improved processes for production of closed linear deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), in particular cell-free enzymatic production of closed linear DNA molecules, preferable using a closed linear DNA as a template for DNA synthesis. The invention further relates to a novel closed linear DNA species, suitable for use as a template in...