ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,681, issued on March 31, was assigned to Weedout Ltd. (Nes Ziona, Israel).
"Compositions, kits and methods for weed control" was invented by Efrat Lidor-Nili (Nes Ziona, Israel) and Orly Noivirt-Brik (Givataim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of weed control is provided. The method comprises artificially pollinating at least one weed species of interest with pollen of the same species that reduces fitness of said at least one weed species of interest. Also provided are compositions and kits which can be used for performing the methods described herein."
The patent was filed on May 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/8...