US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on June 9 for "Pale yellow locus and its applications in tobacco" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,927, issued on June 9, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Pale yellow locus and its applications in tobacco" was invented by Sreepriya Pramod (Fredricksburg, Va.), Andrew C. Adams (Midlothian, Va.), Marcos Fernando De Godoy Lusso (Chesterfield, Va.), Gregory A. Davis (Midlothian, Va.), Jerry W. Morris (Jetersville, Va.), Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.) and Jesse Frederick (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to tobacco plants, tobacco seeds, compositions, and methods related to the identification and introgression of the Pale Yellow locus in tobacco. It also relates to gen...