ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,333, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to AgBiome Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Pesticidal genes and methods of use" was invented by Jessica Parks (Apex, N.C.), Kira Bulazel Roberts (Bahama, N.C.) and Rebecca E. Thayer (Morrisville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptides having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides, DNA constructs and vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the polypeptides. Poly...