US Patent Issued to The University of Bristol on Nov. 25 for "Compositions and methods for delivery of nucleic acid to plant cells" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,135, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The University of Bristol (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Compositions and methods for delivery of nucleic acid to plant cells" was invented by M. Carmen Galan (Bristol, Great Britain), David Benito-Alifonso (Bristol, Great Britain), Thomas A. Swift (Bristol, Great Britain) and Heather M. Whitney (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present proposals relate to the delivery of nucleic acids to plant cells and particularly, although not exclusively, to bioengineering of plants by delivery of DNA and expression in a host plant. The proposals also relates to enhancement of photosyn...