FGI Trait Patents

Roundup Ready® Alfalfa 
Roundup Ready® Alfalfa is protected by one or more of the following US Patent No(s).: - 7,566,817; 8,124,848; 9,068,196. 

HarvXtra® Alfalfa With Roundup Ready® Technology
HarvXtra® Alfalfa with Roundup Ready® Technology is protected by one or more of the following US Patent No(s).: - 7,566,817; 9,068,196; 9,670,498; 9,701,976. 

UltraCut® Alfalfa Disease Package 

UltraCut® Disease Package is protected by one or more of the following US Patent No(s).: -11,051,482; 7,566,817; 9,068,196; 9,670,498; 9,701,976.

Most alfalfa seeds containing traits are still covered by other forms of intellectual property in the United States, including patents on specific alfalfa varieties, native trait patents and Plant Variety Protection certificates that plant breeders obtain when they develop a new variety.