US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota, The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University on Dec. 30 for "Oilseed plants having reduced pod shatter" (Minnesota, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,650, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) and The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University (Normal, Ill.).

"Oilseed plants having reduced pod shatter" was invented by Michael David Marks (Roseville, Minn.), John C. Sedbrook (Bloomington, Ill.), Ratan Chopra (Minneapolis) and Maliheh Esfahanian (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document relates to materials and methods for domesticating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants. For example, oilseed plants having reduced seedpod shatter, as well as materials and methods for making and using oilseed plants having red...