US Patent Issued to Spogen Biotech on April 14 for "Bioactive polypeptides for improvements in plant protection, growth and productivity" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,649, issued on April 14, was assigned to Spogen Biotech Inc. (St. Louis).

"Bioactive polypeptides for improvements in plant protection, growth and productivity" was invented by Brian Thompson (Creve Coeur, Mo.) and Michelle Leslie (Webster Groves, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bioactive priming polypeptides are provided that are useful when applied to plants in agricultural formulations. Methods of using the formulations containing the bioactive priming polypeptides are also provided which are applied exogenously to the surface of a plant or a plant cell membrane or endogenously to the interior of a plant or to a plant cell. Th...