US Patent Issued to The State of Israel Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center), The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev on May 19 for "Method of selecting ruminating animals for a desirable hereditable trait" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,884, issued on May 19, was assigned to The State of Israel Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center) (Rishon-LeZion, Israel) and The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev Ltd. (Beer-Sheva, Israel).

"Method of selecting ruminating animals for a desirable hereditable trait" was invented by Itzhak Mizrahi (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of selecting a ruminating animal having a desirable, hereditable trait is disclosed. The method comprises analyzing in the microbiome of the animal for an amount of a hereditable microorganism which is associ...