Patents by Inventor Catherine Rosemary Martin

Catherine Rosemary Martin 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).

  • Methods and compositions for modifying plant flavonoid composition and disease resistance
    Patent number: 9580725
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, compositions and transformation systems for modifying the levels of transcription factors in plants such as Solanaceous plants, and introducing disease resistance genes into plants, to produce products with elevated levels of antioxidant compounds, including but not limited to flavonols and chlorogenic acid, as well as exhibiting enhanced disease resistance, and optionally altered appearance. Preferred plants are those in which introduced genes are from Solanaceous species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Norfolk Plant Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Jie Luo, Eugenio Butelli, Jonathan Jones, Laurence Tomlinson, Catherine Rosemary Martin
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING PLANT FLAVONOID COMPOSITION AND DISEASE RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20150074846
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, compositions and transformation systems for modifying the levels of transcription factors in plants such as Solanaceous plants, and introducing disease resistance genes into plants, to produce products with elevated levels of antioxidant compounds, including but not limited to flavonols and chlorogenic acid, as well as exhibiting enhanced disease resistance, and optionally altered appearance. Preferred plants are those in which introduced genes are from Solanaceous species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jie Luo, Eugenio Butelli, Jonathan Jones, Laurence Tomlinson, Catherine Rosemary Martin
  • Method for modifying anthocyanin expression in solanaceous plants
    Patent number: 8802925
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, compositions and transformation systems for modifying the levels of transcription factors in plants such as Solanaceous plants, and introducing disease resistance genes into plants, to produce products with elevated levels of antioxidant compounds, including but not limited to flavonols and chlorogenic acid, as well as exhibiting enhanced disease resistance, and optionally altered appearance. Preferred plants are those in which introduced genes are from Solanaceous species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Norfolk Plant Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Jie Luo, Eugenio Butelli, Jonathan Jones, Laurence Tomlinson, Catherine Rosemary Martin
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING PLANT FLAVONOID COMPOSITION AND DISEASE RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20110126313
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, compositions and transformation systems for modifying the levels of transcription factors in plants such as Solanaceous plants, and introducing disease resistance genes into plants, to produce products with elevated levels of antioxidant compounds, including but not limited to flavonols and chlorogenic acid, as well as exhibiting enhanced disease resistance, and optionally altered appearance. Preferred plants are those in which introduced genes are from Solanaceous species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Norfolk Plant Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Jie Luo, Eugenio Butelli, Jonathan Jones, Laurence Tomlinson, Catherine Rosemary Martin
  • Method for producing modified starch
    Patent number: 7534931
    Abstract: A method for modifying plants by manipulating the activity of a combination of plant enzymes having starch synthase activity, in particular starch synthase II (SSII) and starch synthase III (SSIII). Modified plants, their use as food products and starch, in particular obtained from a modified potato plant, having novel properties and uses thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Brunob II B.V.
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Jobling, Roger John Westcott, Gerhard Peter Schwall, Catherine Rosemary Martin, Elizabeth Anne Edwards, Alison Mary Smith
  • Plants and plant products
    Publication number: 20040025204
    Abstract: A method for modifying plants by manipulating the activity of a combination of plant enzymes having starch synthase activity, in particular starch synthase II (SSII) and starch synthase III (SSIII). Modified plants, their use as food products and starch, in particular obtained from a modified potato plant, having novel properties and uses thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Jobling, Roger John Westcott, Gerhard Peter Schwell, Catherine Rosemary Martin, Elizabeth Anne Edwards, Alison Mary Smith
  • Starch obtainable from modified plants
    Patent number: 6635756
    Abstract: A starch obtained from a plant modified by manipulating the activity of a combination of plant enzymes having starch synthase activity, in particular starch synthase II (SSII) and starch synthase III (SSIII). Modified plants, their use as food products and starch, in particular obtained from a modified potato plant, having unexpected properties and uses thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Jobling, Roger John Westcott, Gerhard Peter Schwall, Catherine Rosemary Martin, Elizabeth Anne Edwards, Alison Mary Smith
  • Starch debranching enzymes
    Patent number: 6469230
    Abstract: The invention relates to isolated nucleic acids obtainable from potato which encode isoamylases, a type of starch branching enzyme, particularly SEQ ID NOS:1-3 or variants encoding SEQ ID NOS:4-6; vectors comprising the nucleic acids; plant cells and plants transformed therewith; and methods for making plants which produce starches with modified branching characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: Elizabeth Anne Edwards, Alison Mary Smith, Catherine Rosemary Martin, Regla Bustos Guillen