ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,674, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Embryogenesis factors for cellular reprogramming of a plant cell" was invented by Jon Aaron Tucker Reinders (Clive, Iowa) and Huaxun Ye (Johnston, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Plant cell fate and development is altered by treating cells with cellular reprogramming factors. Embryogenesis inducing embryogenesis factor genes and/or morphogenic developmental genes are used as cellular reprogramming factors, specifically comprising polypeptides or polynucleotides encoding gene products for generating doubled haploids or haploid plants from...