MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517044006 A) filed by Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, on May 6, for 'nucleic acid active agents against various plant pathogens.'

Inventor(s) include Ghasemzadeh, Aysan; Knoblich, Marie; Behrens, Sven-Erik; Gago-Zachert, Selma Persida; and Gursinsky, Torsten.

The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to newly identified nucleic acids, ribonucleic acids (RNAs) and deoxyribonucleic acids (DNAs), specifically esiRNAs/ERNAs (effective small interfering RNAs) and RNAs derived therefrom, as we...