US Patent Issued to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL on Aug. 19 for "9-LOX5 gene variant providing powdery mildew resistance" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,845, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (De Lier, Netherlands).

"9-LOX5 gene variant providing powdery mildew resistance" was invented by Valentina Bracuto (De Lier, Netherlands), Emilio Sarria Villada (De Lier, Netherlands), Adrianus Cornelis Koeken (De Lier, Netherlands) and Sara Movahedi (De Lier, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a plant with a copy number variation (CNV) of a 9-LOX5 gene, wherein the CNV has at least 2 copies of a 9-LOX5 gene, wherein the 9-LOX5 gene comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, or a sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ...