US Patent Issued to NOVOZYMES BIOAG on June 2 for "Methods of protecting a plant from insect pests" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,272, issued on June 2, was assigned to NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Methods of protecting a plant from insect pests" was invented by Brian R. Scott (Kanata, Canada), Jarrod Leland (Blacksburg, Va.), Calum Russell (Roanoke, Va.) and Dave Greenshields (Saskatoon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling or preventing pathogenic damage and/or pest damage in a plant propagation material, a plant, part of a plant and/or plant organ, comprising applying on the plant, part of the plant, plant organ, plant propagation material or a surrounding area thereof a phytoprotective agent comprising an enzyme and an ...