ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,221, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH (Ludwigshafen, Germany).
"Method for the production of high levels of PUFA in plants" was invented by Toralf Senger (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), Hui Yang (Saskatoon, Canada), Carl Andre (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) and Patricia Vrinten (Saskatoon, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is concerned with materials and methods for the production of genetically modified plants, particularly where the plants are for the production of at least one unsaturated or polyunsaturated fatty acid. The invention is also concerned with identification of ...