ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,449, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to QINGDAO KINGAGROOT CHEMICAL COMPOUND Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).
"Herbicide-tolerant genes and method for using same" was invented by Sudong Mo (Qingdao, China), Junjie Zhang (Qingdao, China), Yanmin Luo (Qingdao, China) and Huarong Li (Qingdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a polypeptide and recombinant DNA molecule suitable for conferring tolerance to pyridinyloxy acid herbicides, as well as a herbicide-tolerant plant, seed, cell and plant part containing the recombinant DNA molecule and the method of use thereof."
The patent was filed on Feb. 6, 2023, ...