Inventor

Herbert W. Boyer

Patents indexed

Year range

1980

Associated with

Leland Stanford Junior University

Years active

1980

Total patents

Most recent

1980

Frequent collaborator

Stanley N. Cohen

Domains

biotechpharmaceuticalgene_editingfood_and_beverage

Activity by decade

1980s

Patents

US 4237224·1980·Leland Stanford Junior University

How to Make Hybrid DNA and Grow It in Microbes

This patent describes the foundational method for cutting and pasting DNA from different sources to create new, functional DNA molecules, then inserting them into single-celled organisms like bacteria to make copies or produce new proteins.