"The Monsanto patents are for the method of using a particular herbicide in combination with the modified plant seeds." - I don't think that's true. I looked at

"The Monsanto patents are for the method of using a particular herbicide in combination with the modified plant seeds." - I don't think that's true. I looked at some of the Monsanto patents [1] and they are for specific herbicide-resistance gene sequences, just the sequences alone. Do you know of a patent on using the herbicide with the seeds, or is this an urban legend? [1] http://www.monsanto.com/products/Pages/product-patents.aspx http://www.monsanto.com/products/Pages/product-patents.aspx specifically 5717084, 5728925, 5717084