US Patent Issued to Salk Institute for Biological Studies on July 28 for "Engineering increased suberin levels by altering gene expression patterns in a cell-type specific manner" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,508, issued on July 28, was assigned to Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Engineering increased suberin levels by altering gene expression patterns in a cell-type specific manner" was invented by Julie Ann Law (La Jolla, Calif.), Mina Rostamza (La Jolla, Calif.), Joseph P. Noel (La Jolla, Calif.), Suzanne Thomas (La Jolla, Calif.), Jeffrey Todd Mindrebo (La Jolla, Calif.) and Luke Alden Sarre (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing suberin production in plants."

The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2021, under Application No. 18/032,129.

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