ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,563, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA (Einbeck, Germany).
"Immature inflorescence meristem editing" was invented by Ling Meng (Saint Louis, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for plant genome modification of at least one plant cell being in the developmental stage of a plant immature inflorescence meristem (IIM) cell, wherein the modification of the specific cell type is achieved by providing a genome modification or editing system, optionally together with at least one regeneration booster, preferably wherein the effector molecules are introduced by particle bombardm...