US Patent Issued to Vestaron on June 9 for "Proteolytically stable U1-agatoxin-Ta1b variant polypeptides for pest control" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,572, issued on June 9, was assigned to Vestaron Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

"Proteolytically stable U1-agatoxin-Ta1b variant polypeptides for pest control" was invented by Kyle Schneider (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Alexandra Haase (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Breck Davis (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Ryan Garrett (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, and their expression in plants. Methods of producing new nucleotides and new peptides, new processes, new production techniques, new formulations, and new organisms. The present disclosure is also related to and describes novel peptides called TVPs, whic...