US Patent Issued to BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH on Aug. 5 for "Compositions and methods for modulating immunity in plants" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,588, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC. (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Compositions and methods for modulating immunity in plants" was invented by Murli Manohar (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Frank Schroeder (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for protecting an organism from a pathogen are disclosed."

The patent was filed on April 17, 2020, under Application No. 17/603,021.

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