US Patent Issued to CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE, Pioneer Hi-Bred International on June 3 for "Plant promoter for transgene expression" (Iowa, Delaware, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,918, issued on June 3, was assigned to CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC (Ind.) and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Iowa).

"Plant promoter for transgene expression" was invented by Lyudmila Sidorenko (Johnston, Iowa), Cory M. Larsen (Zionsville, Ind.), Geny Anthony (Urbandale, Iowa), Shreedharan Sriram (Waukee, Iowa), Holly Jean Butler (Indianapolis), Lynne E. Sims (Polk City, Iowa), Scott H. Diehn (West Des Moines, Iowa), Gilda M. Rauscher (Johnston, Iowa), Kevin G. Ripp (Des Moines, Iowa) and Knut Meyer (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucle...