US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on May 12 for "Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof for autoexcision" (Missouri, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,364, issued on May 12, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof for autoexcision" was invented by Pokchun Jennifer To (Wildwood, Mo.), Zarir Vaghchhipawala (Madison, Wis.) and Xudong Ye (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Recombinant DNA molecules and constructs are provided that are useful for modulating gene expression in plants. One or more expression cassette(s) of a recombinant DNA molecule or construct may be excised from transgenic plants following transformation by the presence of flanking site-specific recombination sites in the recombinant DNA molecule or ...