US Patent Issued to INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY on May 20 for "Polynucleotides for expression of RNA-guided nucleases and DNA binding proteins in soybean" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,176, issued on May 20, was assigned to INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Polynucleotides for expression of RNA-guided nucleases and DNA binding proteins in soybean" was invented by Scott A. Bevan (Cambridge, Mass.) and Adam Patrick Joyce (Stow, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for obtaining plant cells, plants, and plant parts, including soybean plant cells, plants, and plant parts, comprising synthetic polynucleotides that provide for increased expression of encoded RNA-guided endonucleases (RGEs), RNA guided nickase (RGNs), and RNA guided DNA binding proteins are disclosed. Also provided are soybean...