US Patent Issued to Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Qingzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company), Wuhan Tianwen Biotechnology on Nov. 25 for "Use of pyramid of ZlRc and ZlRd genes from Zizania latifolia in increasing polyphenol content of rice seed" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,133, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Qingzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Co.) (Qingdao, China) and Wuhan Tianwen Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (Hubei, China).

"Use of pyramid of ZlRc and ZlRd genes from Zizania latifolia in increasing polyphenol content of rice seed" was invented by Ning Yan (Qingdao, China), Wanhong Li (Qingdao, China), Qing Ma (Qingdao, China), Nuosi Lin (Hubei, China), Xi Chen (Hubei, China), Yali Li (Qingdao, China), Lixia Wang (Qingdao, China), Hongbo Zhang (Qingdao, China) and Zhongfeng Zhang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent ...