ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,698, issued on March 18, was assigned to Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Insecticidal proteins" was invented by Clarence Michael Reynolds (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insect inhibitory proteins comprising two different components, both of which are required for biological activity against at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insectici...