US Patent Issued to Pairwise Plants Services on Dec. 9 for "Methods and compositions for improving plant architecture and yield traits" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,407, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Pairwise Plants Services Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Methods and compositions for improving plant architecture and yield traits" was invented by Lolita George Mathew (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying More Axillary Growth 1 (MAX1) genes in plants, optionally to improve plant architecture and/or improved yield traits. The invention further relates to plants having improved plant architecture and/or improved yield traits produced using the methods and compositions of the invention."

The patent was filed on Sept. 1, 2022, under Appl...