US Patent Issued to WOODLIGHT on June 23 for "Method for producing bioluminescent plants" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,682, issued on June 23, was assigned to WOODLIGHT (Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France).

"Method for producing bioluminescent plants" was invented by Rose-Marie Vesin-Auclair (Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns bioluminescent plants and methods for producing them. Among said methods, the invention relates, in particular, to a method of introducing luciferase genes and luciferin biosynthesis genes into the chloroplasts of a plant. In addition, the invention concerns a method of producing light comprising adding chemical compounds to a culture medium of the plant according to the inv...