ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,224, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Keygene N.V. (Wageningen, Netherlands).
"Modified promoter of a parthenogenesis gene" was invented by Rik Hubertus Martinus Op Den Camp (Wageningen, Netherlands) and Peter Johannes Van Dijk (Wageningen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method to produce a mutant gene, wherein said gen comprises a modified promoter and wherein said gene is capable of inducing the parthenogenesis phenotype to a plant. The invention further provides said mutant gene, isolated nucleic acid molecule, construct or vector comprising the same. Also, the invention provides for a method t...