US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Aug. 19 for "Insecticidal polypeptides having improved activity spectrum and uses thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,730, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Insecticidal polypeptides having improved activity spectrum and uses thereof" was invented by Michi Izumi Willcoxon (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Takashi Yamamoto (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, derived from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding variant polypeptides having increased pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera and Coleopteran. Particular embodiments of the disclosure provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal p...