ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,520, issued on Sept. 2, 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), Stanislaw Flasinski (Ballwin, Mo.), Arlene R. Howe (Clarkson Valley, Mo.) and Krishnakumar Sridharan (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pesticidal protein class exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran and Lepidopteran pest species is disclosed, and includes, but is not limited to, TIC7040, TIC7042, TIC7381, TIC7382, TIC7383, TIC7386, TIC7388, and TIC7389. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombina...