Patents by Inventor José Botella

José Botella 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).

  • Plant promoter and uses therefor
    Patent number: 7745603
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a novel plant promoter. More particularly, the present invention provides a plant promoter capable of induction by physical and/or environmental stimuli in cells in which the promoter is indigenous and, in the absence of any negative regulatory mechanism, is capable of constitutive expression in cells in which the promoter is non-indigenous. The present invention is further directed to derivatives of the subject promoter including modular forms of the promoter which are, for example, inducible by different physical and environmental stimuli or which are constitutively expressed. The promoter of the present invention has a range of uses including directing expression of genes conferring useful traits on plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Jose Botella Mesa, Christopher Ian Cazzonelli
  • ACC synthase genes from pineapple
    Patent number: 6194639
    Abstract: New ACC synthase genes from pineapple are disclosed which have utility as targets for the generation of transgenic plants in which the expression of ACC synthase is substantially controlled to effect the regulation of plant development, and, in particular, initiation of natural flowering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignees: The University of Queensland, Golden Circle Limited, The State of Queensland
    Inventors: José Botella, Garth Sanewski