Patents Assigned to Massachusetts Institude of Technology
  • CRISPR enzymes and systems
    Patent number: 9790490
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for targeting nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides non-naturally occurring or engineered DNA or RNA-targeting systems comprising a novel DNA or RNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein and at least one targeting nucleic acid component like a guide RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: The Broad Institute Inc., Massachusetts Institude of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Bernd Zetsche, Ian Slaymaker, Jonathan Gootenberg, Omar O. Abudayyeh