US Patent Issued to Universite de Lorraine, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique on April 15 for "Biofertilizing bacterial strain" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,677, issued on April 15, was assigned to Universite de Lorraine (Nancy, France) and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Paris).

"Biofertilizing bacterial strain" was invented by Sophie Slezack-Deschaumes (Commercy, France), Severine Piutti (Barisey au Plain, France), Pierre L'Yvonnet (Perreux, France) and Sandro Roselli (Commercy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of crop fertilization, and particularly to a biofertilizing bacterial strain. In particular, the present invention relates to the bacterial strain deposited on Oct. 24, 2018, at the Collection Nationale de Culture de ...