Patents by Inventor Christian T. Harms

Christian T. Harms 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).

  • Inducible herbicide resistance
    Patent number: 5942662
    Abstract: The present invention provides chemically regulatable DNA sequences capable of regulating transcription of an associated DNA sequence in plants or plant tissues, chimeric constructions containing such sequences, vectors containing such sequences and chimeric constructions, and transgenic plants and plant tissues containing these chimeric constructions. In one aspect, the chemically regulatable DNA sequences of the invention are derived from the 5' region of genes encoding pathogenisis-related (PR) proteins. The present invention also provides anti-pathogenic sequences derived from novel cDNAs coding for PR proteins which can be genetically engineered and transformed into plants to confer enhanced resistance to disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Novartis Finance Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Ryals, Christian T. Harms, Leslie B. Friedrich, James J. Beck, Scott J. Uknes, Eric R. Ward
  • Regeneration of graminaceous plants of the subfamily pooideae from protoplasts
    Patent number: 5596131
    Abstract: The present invention provides cell cultures derived from graminaceous plants which cultures are capable of being regenerated into plants, including fertile plants. Methods of accomplishing this regeneration are also provided. In addition, a novel procedure for the cryopreservation of embryogenic cell cultures is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Horn, Christian T. Harms, Raymond D. Shillito