US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, TWO BLADES FOUNDATION, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL SE VICOSA on March 31 for "Polynucleotides and methods for transferring resistance to Asian soybean rust" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,317, issued on March 31, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa), TWO BLADES FOUNDATION (Evanston, Ill.) and UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL SE VICOSA (Vicosa, Brazil).

"Polynucleotides and methods for transferring resistance to Asian soybean rust" was invented by Ebony Johnson (Johnston, Iowa), Shawn Thatcher (Johnston, Iowa), Karen E. Broglie (Johnston, Iowa), Peter Van-Esse (Evanston, Ill.), Cintia Goulart Kawashima (Evanston, Ill.), Jonathan Jones (Evanston, Ill.) and Sergio Hermino Brommonschenkel (Vicosa, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for improving or enhan...