US Patent Issued to Pairwise Plants Services on Oct. 6 for "Modification of Brassinosteroid receptor genes to improve yield traits" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,415, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Pairwise Plants Services Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Modification of Brassinosteroid receptor genes to improve yield traits" was invented by Nicholas Bate (Raleigh, N.C.), Lolita George Mathew (Cary, N.C.) and Devin O'Connor (Hillsborough, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying Brassinosteroid Insensitive-1 (BRI1) genes in plants, optionally to improve yield traits. The invention further relates to plants having increased improved yield traits produced using the methods and compositions of the invention."

The patent was filed on March 1, 20...