US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on May 13 for "Modified plants containing combination of apyrase genes and method for making modified plants with combination of apyrase genes" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,464, issued on May 13, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Modified plants containing combination of apyrase genes and method for making modified plants with combination of apyrase genes" was invented by Stanley J. Roux (Austin, Texas) and Gregory B. Clark (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a modified plant cell, plant tissue, plantlet, plant part, plant, and progeny thereof containing a combination of apyrase genes, including at least one modified gene and/or at least one additional apyrase gene. The disclosure is also directed to a metho...