US Patent Issued to Pivot Bio on May 6 for "Agricultural compositions comprising remodeled nitrogen fixing microbes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,074, issued on May 6, was assigned to Pivot Bio Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Agricultural compositions comprising remodeled nitrogen fixing microbes" was invented by Mark Reisinger (Berkeley, Calif.), Ernest Sanders (Berkeley, Calif.), Richard Broglie (Berkeley, Calif.) and Karsten Temme (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides non-intergeneric remodeled microbes that are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen and deliver such to plants in a targeted, efficient, and environmentally sustainable manner. The utilization of the taught microbial products will enable farmers to realize more productive and pre...