ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,471, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).
"Insect inhibitory proteins" was invented by David J. Bowen (Wildwood, Mo.), Catherine A. Chay (Ballwin, Mo.), Todd A. Ciche (San Diego), Uma R. Kesanapalli (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Jennifer L. Lutke (Ballwin, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pesticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC6757, TIC6757PL, TIC7472, TIC7472PL, TIC7473, and TIC7473PL. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more of the disclosed pesticid...