US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY on April 14 for "Rod-shaped plant viral nanoparticles or virus-like particles for agricultural applications" (California, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,141, issued on April 14, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Rod-shaped plant viral nanoparticles or virus-like particles for agricultural applications" was invented by Nicole F. Steinmetz (San Diego) and Paul L. Chariou (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural composition includes a plurality of rod-shaped plant viral nanoparticles (VNPs) and/or virus-like particles (VLPs), each VNP and/or VLP having an exterior surface and an interior surface that extend from a first end to a second of the rod-shaped VNP and/or VLP, the interior surface defining a channel that extends through rod-shaped V...