US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on March 18 for "Cotton transgenic event MON 88701 and methods of use thereof" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,696, issued on March 18, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Cotton transgenic event MON 88701 and methods of use thereof" was invented by Ronald Joseph Brinker (Ellisville, Mo.), Wen C. Burns (Chesterfield, Mo.), Paul C. C. Feng (Creve Coeur, Mo.), John A. Kendig (Chesterfield, Mo.), Sherry Leclere (Ballwin, Mo.), Jennifer Lutke (Ballwin, Mo.) and Marianne Malven (Ellisville, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides cotton event MON 88701, and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising event MON 88701. The invention also provides polynucleotides specific for event M...