US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture, Cornell University on June 23 for "Methods to block aphid transmission of poleroviruses and to develop virus management tools" (New York, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,514, issued on June 23, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington) and Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Methods to block aphid transmission of poleroviruses and to develop virus management tools" was invented by Michelle L. Heck (Ithaca, N.Y.), Jennifer R. Wilson (Ithaca, N.Y.), Carl J. Schiltz (Joelton, Tenn.), Joshua S. Chappie (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Myfanwy C. Adams (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are plant-based, molecular and diagnostic tools that can be used to block aphid transmission of poleroviruses, including stabilized proteins for ...