US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Aug. 12 for "Surface plasmon resonance genotyping for plant breeding" (Iowa, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,103, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Iowa).

"Surface plasmon resonance genotyping for plant breeding" was invented by Ryan Manuszak (Johnston, Iowa) and Micheal Tuntland (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the use Surface Plasmon Resonance to genotype and sequence polynucleotides. Applications of these methods and compositions utilize Surface Plasmon Resonance for sequencing of a plant genome. Other applications include utilizing the sequence data for plant breeding."

The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2022, under Application...