ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,137, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany).
"Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides" was invented by Stefan Tresch (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Doreen Schachtschabel (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Mihiret Tekeste Sisay (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Jens Lerchl (Limburgerhof, Germany), Julia Major (Freinsheim, Germany), Florian Vogt (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Frederick Calo (Dusseldorf, Germany) and Jill Marie Paulik (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, the...