Patents by Inventor Barbara J. Baker

Barbara J. Baker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Transgenic plants having non-pathogen induced systemic acquired resistance (SAR)
    Patent number: 6630618
    Abstract: The present invention discloses the production of transgenic plants that exhibit a systemic acquired resistance (SAR) response even in the absence of an infecting pathogen. The transgenic plants are produced by a method comprising obtaining a plant having a first nucleic acid molecule encoding one or more protein products of the N gene sufficient to confer resistance to a phytopathogen and introducing into the genome of said plant a second nucleic acid molecule encoding the TIR domain of the N gene, wherein co-expression of the first and second nucleic acid molecules is sufficient to produce a systemic acquired resistance response in the plant in the absence of an infecting pathogen. The invention encompasses such plants, methods and biological molecules useful for producing the plants, and methods for increasing the disease resistance of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Barbara J. Baker, Savithramma Puttaswamy Dinesh-Kumar
  • Pathogen resistance in plants using CDNA-N/intron constructs
    Patent number: 6372962
    Abstract: Constructs comprising (1) a cDNA molecule corresponding to the tobacco N gene and (2) at least a portion of the third intron of the N gene are disclosed. Such constructs are useful for producing TMV resistance in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Barbara J. Baker, S. P. Dinesh-Kumar
  • Non-pathogen induced systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in plants
    Publication number: 20020004944
    Abstract: The present invention discloses the production of transgenic plants that exhibit a systemic acquired resistance (SAR) response even in the absence of an infecting pathogen. The invention encompasses such plants, methods and biological molecules useful for producing the plants, and methods for increasing the disease resistance of plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Barbara J. Baker, S. P. Dinesh-Kumar
  • Plant virus resistance gene and methods
    Patent number: 5571706
    Abstract: Genomic and cDNA sequences encoding plant virus resistance proteins are provided herein. Specifically exemplified are sequences encoding the N protein derived from tobacco mosaic virus resistant Nicotiana glutinosa. TMV-sensitive tobacco plants genetically engineered to contain and express an N protein coding sequence from a TMV-resistant line acquire the TMV-resistant phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Barbara J. Baker, Steven A. Whitham