US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on April 29 for "Insecticidal toxin receptors and methods of use" (California, Indiana, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,459, issued on April 29, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Insecticidal toxin receptors and methods of use" was invented by Claire Marie Bazyk (Fremont, Calif.), Catherine J Clark (Altoona, Iowa), Ruth Cong (Palo Alto, Calif.), James M Hasler (Danville, Ind.), Jingtong Hou (San Pablo, Calif.), Naga Kishore Kakani (Fremont, Calif.), Deirdre Kapka-Kitzman (Ankeny, Iowa), Song Leng (Castro Valley, Calif.), John P Mathis (Johnston, Iowa), Mark Edward Nelson (Waukee, Iowa) and Takashi Yamamoto (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to insecticidal toxin resistance managemen...