US Patent Issued to Ball Horticultural on Jan. 20 for "Flower color and color intensity allele in Angelonia angustifolia" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,065, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Ball Horticultural Co. (West Chicago, Ill.).

"Flower color and color intensity allele in Angelonia angustifolia" was invented by Jason Jandrew (Nipomo, Calif.), Arun Sharma (Santa Maria, Calif.), Laura L. Masor (Grover Beach, Calif.), Christopher R. Barbey (St. Charles, Ill.), Shankar K. Shakya (Batavia, Ill.) and Megan J. Bowman (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides Angelonia plants comprising a recessive amf1-1 allele that confers to the plant a desired flower color, wherein said flower color is of a higher intensity when at least two copies of said allele ar...