ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,700, issued on July 29, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Intergenic sequence regions and uses thereof" was invented by Ian W. Davis (Grover, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules comprising novel synthetic Intergenic Sequence Regions for use in plants to reduce the interaction of a first transgene expression cassette on a second transgene cassette when inserted between the first transgene cassette and second transgene cassette. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the novel synthetic Intergenic Sequence Regions....