Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Carbon Sequestration With Transgenic Plants Expressing Carbonic Anhydrase' Filed by Wild Bioscience Ltd.

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517071665 A) filed by Wild Bioscience Ltd., Abingdon, U.K., on July 28, for 'carbon sequestration with transgenic plants expressing carbonic anhydrase.'

Inventor(s) include Hendron, Ross; Kelly, Steven; and Costello, Rona.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Root-specific expression of carbonic anhydrase increases the environmental carbon sequestration ability of plants. Here, a plant is genetically engineered so that its heritable genetic material comprises a gene encoding a transportable carbonic anhydrase protein under the control of a promoter active in root cells, such that the carbonic anhydrase is transported from the roots of the plant into the extracellular environment. These genetically altered plants demonstrate increased levels of carbonic anhydrase activity in the extracellular environment of the plant roots, which enhances carbon sequestration in extracellular environments such as soil."

The patent application was internationally filed on Jan. 05, 2024, under International application No.PCT/GB2024/050026.

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