US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Nov. 11 for "Pollen collection methods, pollen compositions and uses thereof" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,046, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Pollen collection methods, pollen compositions and uses thereof" was invented by Shawn Kaeppler (Middleton, Wis.), Heidi Kaeppler (Middleton, Wis.), Michael William Petersen (Merrimac, Wis.), Brian Joseph Martinell (Mount Horeb, Wis.) and Frank McFarland (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides pollen compositions, methods and kits for making said compositions, and methods of using said compositions to fertilize a plant. The pollen within these compositions has increased longevity and can be used to fer...