US Patent Issued to INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY on Aug. 18 for "Plant cells, plants, and seeds having targeted enhancer element insertions" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,756, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Plant cells, plants, and seeds having targeted enhancer element insertions" was invented by Yajie Niu (Lexington, Mass.), Randall William Shultz (Acton, Mass.), Maria Margarita D. Unson (Pawcatuck, Conn.), Michael Andreas Kock (Rheinfelden, Germany) and John Patrick Casey Jr. (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to novel plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in plant genomes."

The patent was filed on Feb. 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/16...