US Patent Issued to British American Tobacco on May 12 for "Method for modulating the alkaloid content of a tobacco plant" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,365, issued on May 12, was assigned to British American Tobacco Ltd. (London).

"Method for modulating the alkaloid content of a tobacco plant" was invented by Sara Ben Khaled (London) and Francisco Anastacio De Abreu E Lima (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods of modulating the alkaloid content of a plant or a part thereof by modulating the activity or expression of at least one gene encoding a BTB/POZ NPH3 domain-containing protein. Methods of reducing the content of at least one tobacco specific nitrosamine (TSNA) precursor in tobacco are also provided."

The patent was filed on July 3, 2020, under Applicatio...