Patents
US 12435318 B2: Reverse transcriptase mutants with increased activity and thermostability
- Granted
- 2025-10-07
- Filed
- 2021-07-20 application 17380982
- Type
- Utility · 12 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The disclosure provides Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) reverse transcriptase (RTase) mutants. The disclosure as provides suitable amino acid positions in MMLV RTase for mutagenesis and methods and kits for using MMLV RTase mutants to synthesize cDNA from RNA templates.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251007.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 103 patents | US company or organization | Coralville, IA | INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Franz Beaudoin | Iowa City, IA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher Anthony Vakulskas | North Liberty, IA | 22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C12N | Microorganisms or enzymes; compositions thereof; propagating, preserving, or maintaining microorganisms; mutation or genetic engineering; culture media | C12N9/1276 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C12P | Fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture | C12P19/34 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C12Q | Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms ; compositions or test papers therefor; processes of preparing such compositions; condition-responsive control in microbiological or enzymological processes | C12Q1/686 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BEAUDOIN, SARAH FRANZ signed 2023-01-17 VAKULSKAS, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY signed 2023-01-17 | INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CORALVILLE, IA | 72201/301 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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