US Patent Issued to CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE on Sept. 30 for "Methylobacterium sp. nov. strain, compositions comprising it, and its use as bio-stimulant and endophyte nitrogen-fixing bacterium" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,600, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC (Indianapolis).

"Methylobacterium sp. nov. strain, compositions comprising it, and its use as bio-stimulant and endophyte nitrogen-fixing bacterium" was invented by Jesus Juarez Molina (Murcia, Spain), Felix Fernandez Martin (Murcia, Spain), Antonio Jose Bernabe Garcia (Murcia, Spain), Ana Vila Martinez (Murcia, Spain), Francisco Jose Carmona Alvarez (Murcia, Spain) and Rocio Torres Vera (Murcia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Methylobacterium sp. nov. strain, deposited under accession number CECT 9580, to compositions comprising it, and its use as bio-stimulan...