US Patent Issued to Ceres on March 11 for "Modulating light response pathways in plants, increasing light-related tolerances in plants, and increasing biomass in plants" (Virginia, California, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,211, issued on March 11, was assigned to Ceres Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Modulating light response pathways in plants, increasing light-related tolerances in plants, and increasing biomass in plants" was invented by Shing Kwok (Alexandria, Va.), Kenneth Bounds (Tarzana, Calif.), Ryan Miller (Sacramento, Calif.), Sam Harris (Newbury Park, Calif.), James Burns (Valley Village, Calif.), Roger I. Pennell (Malibu, Calif.), Vijay Sharma (Wildwood, Mo.), Michael F. Portereiko (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Han-Suk Kim (Pinole, Calif.) and Gerard Magpantay (Woodland Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and materials for modul...