US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Oregon State University on Feb. 24 for "Bioactive peptides having detrimental effects on pest slugs" (Oregon, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,817, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington) and Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Bioactive peptides having detrimental effects on pest slugs" was invented by Man Y. Choi (Albany, Ore.), Ruth C. Martin (Corvallis, Ore.), Seungjoon Ahn (Corvallis, Ore.), Rory Mc Donnell (Corvallis, Ore.) and Sujaya Rao (Roseville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are synthetic peptides developed from slug and insect neuropeptides. Peptides described can be used to repel, control or deter slugs, including the gray garden slug (Deroceras r...