US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on June 17 for "Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,305, issued on June 17, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof" was invented by Ian W. Davis (Durham, N.C.) and Aabid Shariff (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules and constructs, as well as their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the recombinant DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable DNA molecules, as are methods of their use."

The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2023, unde...