US Patent Issued to APHEA.BIO, FUNDACION CENTRO DE EXCELENCIA EN INVESTIGACION DE MEDICAMENTOS INNOVADORES EN ANDALUCIA MEDINA on June 24 for "Means and methods for improving plant growth and yield" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,542, issued on June 24, was assigned to APHEA.BIO NV (Zwijnaarde, Belgium) and FUNDACION CENTRO DE EXCELENCIA EN INVESTIGACION DE MEDICAMENTOS INNOVADORES EN ANDALUCIA MEDINA (Granada, Spain).

"Means and methods for improving plant growth and yield" was invented by Behnoush Ghodsalavi (Zwijnaarde, Belgium), Isabel Vercauteren (Zwijnaarde, Belgium), Steven Vandenabeele (Zwijnaarde, Belgium), Thomas Simon (Zwijnaarde, Belgium) and Tom Viaene (Ghent, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention relates to a purified bacterial strain for improving plant growth and/or yield. The invention also relates to a bacterial popula...