US Patent Issued to NOVOZYMES BIOAG on July 28 for "Methods of protecting a plant from fungal pests" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,588, issued on July 28, was assigned to NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Methods of protecting a plant from fungal pests" was invented by Sharon Inch (Durham, N.C.), Tine Hoff (Holte, Denmark), Michael Frodyma (Roanoke, Va.), Michelle Maranta (Davis, Calif.) and Barbara Cherry (Winters, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Phytoprotective compositions comprising one or more polypeptides having proteolytic activity in an agriculturally acceptable carrier, as well as methods of preparing such compositions and methods of using such compositions for preventing and/or treating phytopathogenic pests to reduce damage in plant pro...