US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on Sept. 30 for "Methods and compositions for making and using compatible insecticidal proteins" (Missouri, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,649, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Methods and compositions for making and using compatible insecticidal proteins" was invented by James A. Baum (Webster Groves, Mo.), Artem G. Evdokimov (Orchard Park, N.Y.), Agoston Jerga (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Farhad Moshiri (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pesticidal proteins (FFPP's) are used to produce derivatives (DP's) that are ineffective and disabled relative to conferring toxic properties upon a target pest, yet the ability of the DP to bind to the receptor to which said FFPP binds is unaffected. Such DP's are useful in inhibiti...