US Patent Issued to Certis U.S.A. on Aug. 26 for "Modified biological control agents and their uses" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,364, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Certis U.S.A. LLC (Columbia, Md.).

"Modified biological control agents and their uses" was invented by Philip E. Hammer (Cary, N.C.), Janice C. Jones (Apex, N.C.), Michael G. Koziel (Raleigh, N.C.) and Scott Joseph Uknes (Apex, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for improving the ability of a population of biological agents to compete and survive in a field setting are provided. By improving the population of biological agents, the modified population of agents is able to grow, compete with other microbial strains and fungi, and provide protection for plants from pathogens. In particul...