date:Nov 13, 2012
DuPont Pioneer recently prevailed in a major European patent challenge to its bacterial strain used in the Pioneer brand inoculants portfolio. The decision in favor of Pioneer by the European Patent Office (EPO) means that the key bacterial strain designed to improve fiber digestibility for livestock is patent-protected and covers all Pioneer fiber technology as silage inoculants.
The Pioneer patent was challenged by Lactosan Starterkulturen GmbH Co.KG, a subsidiary of H. Wilhelm Schaumann Gmb