ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,174, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Modulating alkaloid profiles in Nicotiana tabacum" was invented by Lucien Bovet (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Aurore Hilfiker (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Kacper Piotr Kaminski (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-naturally occurring or transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant cell encompassing a heterologous polynucleotide that encodes arginine decarboxylase (ADC) and a method for producing such a cell are provided. Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants, plant parts, and plant tissues including these cells and plant materials...