US Patent Issued to CERES on Sept. 15 for "Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics in response to cold" (Colorado, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,717, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CERES INC. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics in response to cold" was invented by Cory Christensen (Zionsville, Ind.) and Bonnie Hund (Pueblo, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased cold tolerance levels and plant products...