Patents by Inventor Carroll P. Vance

Carroll P. Vance 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 expressing bacterial atrazine degrading gene AtzA
    Patent number: 6369299
    Abstract: The present invention provides plants that dehalogenate at least one s-triazine. The plants can include an exogenous coding region that imparts the ability to degrade at least one s-triazine. The present invention further provides methods for degrading, more preferably detoxifying, at least one s-triazine with an s-triazine degrading plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: Michael J. Sadowsky, Lawrence P. Wackett, Carroll P. Vance, Deborah A. Samac