US Patent Issued to CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC) on Sept. 22 for "Mammal kinase inhibitors to promote in vitro embryogenesis induction of plants" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,520, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC) (Madrid).

"Mammal kinase inhibitors to promote in vitro embryogenesis induction of plants" was invented by Pilar Sanchez Testillano (Madrid), Ana Martinez Gil (Madrid), Carmen Gil Ayuso-Gontan (Madrid), Eduardo Berenguer Peinado (Madrid), Elena Carneros Garcia (Madrid) and Yolanda Perez Perez (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of mammal kinase inhibitors, preferably human kinase inhibitors, to promote the induction of in vitro embryogenesis, a strategy never used in plants systems before. The r...