US Patent Issued to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY on Nov. 25 for "Plants with increased yield and method for producing said plants" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,134, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris) and UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY (Gif-sur-Yvette, France).

"Plants with increased yield and method for producing said plants" was invented by Linda De Bont (Les Ulis, France) and Bertrand Gakiere (Gif S/Yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for increasing the yield and biomass of a plant, by means of an increase in the expression of the L-aspartate oxidase in the plant. The method according to the invention allows an increase in the photosynthetic capacities of the plants as a result of an increase ...