MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617096473 A) filed by Biocontrol, LLC on August 10, 2026, for Biological Consortia.

Inventors include Kinkel, Linda L.; Arias, Andrea; Kozlowicz, Briana; and Carstens, Keri.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: The disclosure provides microbial signalers that increase the plant growth-promoting function of target microbes present in commercial biological agents. The plant- growth promoting functions may include plant pathogen inhibiting functions (e.g., nematicide functions), zinc solubilizing functions, or phosphate solubilizing functions. The disclosure further relates to compositio...