Patent 7803988 was granted and assigned to Biogemma S.A.S. on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention provides a transformation method comprising inoculation and co-cultivation of a target tissue, from a target plant, with Agrobacterium, at a time when the target tissue is in its natural plant environment, followed by generation of a transgenic plant via dedifferentiation and regeneration of the target tissue.