US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on Nov. 3 for "Insect inhibitory proteins" (Missouri, California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,240, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Insect inhibitory proteins" was invented by David J. Bowen (Wildwood, Mo.), Catherine A. Chay (Ballwin, Mo.), Todd A. Ciche (San Diego), Stanislaw Flasinski (Ballwin, Mo.), Arlene R. Howe (Clarkson Valley, Mo.), Jason S. Milligan (Troy, Ill.), James K. Roberts (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Yong Yin (Creve Coeur, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pesticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran, Lepidopteran, Hemipteran, and Thysanopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC6280, TIC6281, TIC6282, TIC6283, TIC8808, T...