ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,431, issued on May 12, was assigned to IBI-Ag Innovative Bio Insecticides Ltd. (Ness Ziona, Israel).
"Insect control nanobodies and uses thereof" was invented by Rony Oren-Benaroya (Givat Brenner, Israel), Amir Ayali (Sde Warburg, Israel), Jessica Monserrate (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Jeroen Van Rie (Merelbeke, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Insect control nanobodies are provided. Accordingly there is provided a nanobody which specifically binds to an insect polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a polypeptide comprising a chitin binding domain (CBD), V-ATPase subunit c, trehalase, cytochrome p450 monooxygenase, chiti...