US Patent Issued to Universitetet I Tromso-Norges Arktiske Universitet on April 7 for "DNA polymerase and Dna polymerase derived 3'-5'exonuclease" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,467, issued on April 7, was assigned to Universitetet I Tromso-Norges Arktiske Universitet (Tromso, Norway).

"DNA polymerase and Dna polymerase derived 3'-5'exonuclease" was invented by Atle Noralf Larsen (Kvaloya, Norway) and Yvonne Piotrowski (Tromso, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to enzymes having DNA polymerase and 3'-5' exonuclease activities. In particular, the present invention relates to a heat labile enzyme possessing a DNA polymerase II activity and a 3'-5' exonuclease activity of marine origin. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a DNA polymerase primarily exerting a 3'-5' ac...