US Patent Issued to Watchmaker Genomics on Dec. 23 for "Reverse transcriptase variants" (South African, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,690, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Watchmaker Genomics Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Reverse transcriptase variants" was invented by Julie Walker (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), Bjarne Faurholm (Cape Town, South Africa), Ross Wadsworth (Cape Town, South Africa) and Brian A. Kudlow (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides MML V reverse transcriptase enzymes with increased thermal stability as compared with wild type MML V and AMV reverse transcriptases. The improved thermal stability allows for reverse transcription of RNA to cDNA at temperatures above 37deg C., thereby reducing error rates introduced during ...