US Patent Issued to PIONEER OVERSEAS, SINOBIOWAY BIO-AGRICULTURE GROUP on April 7 for "Sterile genes and related constructs and applications thereof" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,489, issued on April 7, was assigned to PIONEER OVERSEAS Corp. and SINOBIOWAY BIO-AGRICULTURE GROUP Co. LTD. (China).

"Sterile genes and related constructs and applications thereof" was invented by Guihua Lu (San Diego), Guanfan Mao (Beijing), Guokui Wang (Beijing), Wei Wang (Beijing), Huanhuan Ding (Beijing City, China), Yuzhen Zheng (Zhengzhou City, China), Marc C Albertsen (Grimes, Iowa) and Tim Fox (Des Moines, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and recombinant DNA constructs useful for regulating plant sterility are provided, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs are a...