ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,437, issued on June 10, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).
"Insect inhibitory proteins" was invented by David J. Bowen (Wildwood, Mo.), Catherine A. Chay (Ballwin, Mo.), Danqi Chen (Ballwin, Mo.), Todd A. Ciche (San Diego), Arlene R. Howe (Clarkson Valley, Mo.), Jennifer L. Lutke (Ballwin, Mo.), Barbara E. Wiggins (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Yuanji Zhang (Weldon Spring, 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, TIC7941, TIC7941PL_1, TIC7941PL_2, and TIC7941PL_3. DNA constructs are provided which c...