US Patent Issued to CERES on Oct. 21 for "Polynucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,627, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CERES INC. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Polynucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics" was invented by Vyacheslav Brover (Simi Valley, Calif.), Timothy J. Swaller (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Kenneth A. Feldmann (Newbury Park, Calif.) and Maxim Troukhan (Agoura Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides. The present invention further relates to the uses of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. For example, the nucleic acid molecules...