US Patent Issued to Nanjing Agricultural University on March 24 for "Use of gene encoding gibberellin 3beta-hydroxylase of Glycine max , GmGA3ox1" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,117, issued on March 24, was assigned to Nanjing Agricultural University (Nanjing, China).

"Use of gene encoding gibberellin 3beta-hydroxylase of Glycine max , GmGA3ox1" was invented by Deyue Yu (Nanjing, China), Fang Huang (Nanjing, China), Dezhou Hu (Nanjing, China), Hui Wang (Nanjing, China), Zhongyi Yang (Nanjing, China), Shaoqi Lu (Nanjing, China) and Xiao Li (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a use of gene encoding gibberellin 3B-hydroxylase of G. max, GmGA3ox1. The use of gibberellin 3Beta-hydroxylase gene of G. max, GmGA30x1, set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, is in genetic engineering of seed weight of Arabid...