ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,860, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CoverCress Inc. (St. Louis).
"Pennycress varieties with improved shatter resistance and early maturity" was invented by Mark Messmer (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are materials and methods for developing elite or elite commercial varieties using the Thlaspi arvense cultivar 2032 and variety 182002-B-B-31, which demonstrate an improved shatter resistance trait and/or an early maturation trait. The use of these cultivars together with other plants and plant materials in the Brassicaceae family to develop additional varieties having the shatter resistance trait and/or ear...