US Patent Issued to AgBiome on Dec. 2 for "Pesticidal genes and methods of use" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,517, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AgBiome Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Pesticidal genes and methods of use" was invented by Jessica Parks (Apex, N.C.), Kira Bulazel Roberts (Bahama, N.C.) and Rebecca E. Thayer (Morrisville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptide sequences having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the pesticidal polypeptides, DNA constructs comprising the nucleic acid molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprisin...