US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture on March 24 for "Germination/sprouting and fruit ripening regulators" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,132, issued on March 24, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington).

"Germination/sprouting and fruit ripening regulators" was invented by Tianbao Yang (Rockville, Md.) and Jorge M. Fonseca (Hyattsville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to compositions comprising at least one ABA agonist for inhibiting plant or plant part germination/sprouting, and/or promoting fruit ripening and pigmentation; kits comprising such compositions; and methods of using such compositions to inhibiting plant or plant part germination/sprouting and promoting fruit ripeni...