US Patent Issued to Pebble Labs on Sept. 30 for "System and methods for the biocontrol of plant pathogens" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,568, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Pebble Labs Inc. (Los Alamos, N.M.).

"System and methods for the biocontrol of plant pathogens" was invented by Richard Sayre (Los Alamos, N.M.), Karen Yin (Los Alamos, N.M.) and Pedro Costa Nunes (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inventive technology relates to novel systems, methods, and strategies for the control of plant pathogens and herbivores. The inventive technology may specifically include novel compositions, systems, and methods configured to deliver inhibitory RNA molecules to a pathogen-infected plant. In a preferred embodiment, the invention may include genet...