ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,514, issued on March 18, was assigned to GENECTIVE (Saint Beauzire, France), COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris), PCAS (Ecully, France), SEMAE (Paris) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris).

"Pesticidal genes and methods of use" was invented by Carine Bonzom-Audiffrin (Poulx, France), Wafa Achouak (Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France), Mohamed Barakat (Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France), Philippe Ortet (Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France), David Vallenet (Evry, France), Thierry Heulin (Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France), Christophe Sallaud (Chappes, France), Mickael Bosio (Chappes, France), Virginie Guyon (Chappes, France) and Wyatt Pa...