US Patent Issued to COVERCRESS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Regents of the University of Minnesota on Dec. 2 for "Low glucosinolate pennycress meal and methods of making" (Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,502, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to COVERCRESS INC. (St. Louis), BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY (Normal, Ill.) and Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Low glucosinolate pennycress meal and methods of making" was invented by Tim Ulmasov (St. Louis), John C. Sedbrook (Bloomington, Ill.), Michael David Marks (Roseville, Minn.) and Ratan Chopra (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) seed, seed lots, seed meal, and compositions with reduced glucosinolate content as well as plants that yield such seed, seed lots, seed meal, and compositions are provided. Methods of making...