ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,053, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Genomic alteration of plant germline" was invented by Michael Lee Nuccio (Salem, N.H.) and Mircea Achiriloaie (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions containing chimeric RNA molecules which comprise meristem targeting sequences that are fused to RNA cargo sequences that include gene editing molecules are provided. Methods of using the compositions to efficiently edit plant genomes without intervening tissue culture steps are also provided. The solutions described here relate to engineered RNA molecules useful in produc...