ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,981, issued on April 14, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).
"Insect inhibitory proteins" was invented by Gregory J. Bean (St. Louis), David J. Bowen (Wildwood, Mo.), Catherine A. Chay (Ballwin, Mo.), Arlene R. Howe (Clarkson Valley, Mo.), Jason S. Milligan (Troy, Ill.) and Yong Yin (Creve Coeur, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Insecticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran and Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC3668, TIC3669, TIC3670, TIC4076, TIC4078, TIC4260, TIC4346, TIC4826, TIC4861, TIC4862, TIC4863, TIC11239, TIC11243, TIC11256, TIC4544, TI...