ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,944, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MYLAND COMPANY INC. (Phoenix).

"Systems and methods to prevent citrus greening" was invented by Sascha J. Welz (Phoenix), Matthew J. Olson (Phoenix), Andrew D. Ayers (Phoenix) and Dane N. Hague (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods to treat citrus greening. In some embodiments, one or more samples are taken from a location where citrus greening occurs or may occur. In some embodiments, native microorganisms are isolated and propagated. In some embodiments, the microorganisms include algae. In some embodiments, propagated n...