US Patent Issued to VIB VZW, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Oxford Nanopore Technologies on April 15 for "Mutant CsgG pores" (British, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,761, issued on April 15, was assigned to VIB VZW (Ghent, Belgium), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Mutant CsgG pores" was invented by Stefan Howorka (London), Han Remaut (Roosbeek, Belgium), Lakmal Jayasinghe (Oxford, Great Britain), Elizabeth Jayne Wallace (Oxford, Great Britain), James Clarke (Oxford, Great Britain), Richard George Hambley (Oxford, Great Britain) and Jonathan Bankes Pugh (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to mutant forms of CsgG. The invention also related to analyte detection and characterisation using CsgG...