ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,961, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NewLeaf Symbiotics Inc. (St. Louis).
"Methods and compositions for improving corn yield" was invented by Marcus Jones (Ballwin, Mo.) and Gregg Bogosian (Clarkson Valley, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides yield and early vigor enhancing compositions comprising Methylobacterium sp., methods for improving corn yield and early vigor, and methods of making the compositions. Also provided are isolated yield enhancing Methylobacterium sp."
The patent was filed on April 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/235,715.
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