US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on March 17 for "Bacillus thuringiensis toxin receptors and uses thereof" (Missouri, New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,284, issued on March 17, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Bacillus thuringiensis toxin receptors and uses thereof" was invented by Edward Kraft (St. Louis), Renata Bolognesi (St. Louis), Artem Evdokimov (Orchard Park, N.Y.), Farhad Moshiri (Chesterfield, Mo.), Meiying Zheng (Wildwood, Mo.) and Victor M. Guzov (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to identification and characterization of recombinant DNA and polypeptides for specific Bt toxin receptors. In particular, the Bt toxin receptors of the invention include those derived from the Lepidopteran super family including the spe...