ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,019, issued on April 29, was assigned to Syngenta Participations 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 insecticidal proteins having toxicity to 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 insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, f...