US Patent Issued to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION on April 7 for "Simultaneous gene editing and haploid induction" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,765, issued on April 7, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Simultaneous gene editing and haploid induction" was invented by Qiudeng Que (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) and Timothy Kelliher (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed subject matter relates to using a haploid inducing line (whether existing or created) and transforming the haploid line so that it encodes cellular machinery capable of editing genes. The transformed haploid inducing line is used as a parent in a cross between two plants. During pollination, the parental gametes fuse to form an embryo...