US Patent Issued to FARMHANNONG on Aug. 4 for "Methods and compositions for conferring and/or enhancing herbicide tolerance using protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase of various cyanobacteria or variant thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,507, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to FARMHANNONG Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Methods and compositions for conferring and/or enhancing herbicide tolerance using protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase of various cyanobacteria or variant thereof" was invented by Soon-Kee Sung (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Ock Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo Yong Woo (Daejeon, South Korea), Joonseon Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Hanul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Myoung-Ki Hong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Joonghyuk Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are protoporphyrinogen IX oxidases derived from various organism or variants ther...