US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS on March 3 for "Recombinant lac polynucleotides and uses thereof to increase production of C-lignin in plants" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,659, issued on March 3, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Denton, Texas).

"Recombinant lac polynucleotides and uses thereof to increase production of C-lignin in plants" was invented by Richard A. Dixon (Sulphur, Okla.), Fang Chen (Denton, Texas) and Chunliu Zhuo (Denton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides recombinant LAC polynucleotides encoding a laccase (LAC) polypeptide capable of polymerizing caffeyl alcohol, vectors and cells including the recombinant LAC polynucleotide. The disclosure also provides transgenic plants including cells having the recombinant LAC polynucleotide of the present disc...