US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture on Sept. 23 for "Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain and derivatives thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,490, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washingto, D.C.).

"Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain and derivatives thereof" was invented by James G. Thomson (El Cerrito, Calif.) and Diaa F. Alabed (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to novel disarmed Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains, uses of these disarmed Agrobacterium strains, and kits comprising such disarmed Agrobacterium strains. The disarmed Agrobacterium strains are effective for the transformation of plant, fungal, or algae cells. The Agrobacterium strains are very ...