Patents by Inventor Joseph D. Reddy

Joseph D. Reddy 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).

  • Use of bacteriophage outer membrane breaching proteins expressed in plants for the control of gram-negative bacteria
    Patent number: 8507650
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for killing or suppressing growth of Gram-negative bacteria that infect, infest or cause disease in plants, including pathogenic, saprophytic and opportunistic microbes that cause disease in plants and food borne illness in people or in animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Integrated Plant Genetics, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean W. Gabriel, Joseph D. Reddy
  • USE OF BACTERIOPHAGE OUTER MEMBRANE BREACHING PROTEINS EXPRESSED IN PLANTS FOR THE CONTROL OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20120316104
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for killing or suppressing growth of Gram-negative bacteria that infect, infest or cause disease in plants, including pathogenic, saprophytic and opportunistic microbes that cause disease in plants and food borne illness in people or in animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: Unviersity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Integrated Plant Genetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean W. GABRIEL, Joseph D. Reddy
  • Use of bacteriophage outer membrane breaching proteins expressed in plants for the control of gram-negative bacteria
    Patent number: 8212110
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for killing or suppressing growth of Gram-negative bacteria that infect, infest or cause disease in plants, including pathogenic, saprophytic and opportunistic microbes that cause disease in plants and food borne illness in people or in animal feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Integrated Plant Genetics, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean W. Gabriel, Joseph D. Reddy
  • USE OF BACTERIOPHAGE OUTER MEMBRANE BREACHING PROTEINS EXPRESSED IN PLANTS FOR THE CONTROL OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20090036307
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for killing or suppressing growth of Gram-negative bacteria that infect, infest or cause disease in plants, including pathogenic, saprophytic and opportunistic microbes that cause disease in plants and food borne illness in people or in animal feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Dean W. Gabriel, Joseph D. Reddy
  • Use of Esterase Genes as Selectable Markers for Transforming Plant Cells
    Publication number: 20080235824
    Abstract: Expression of esterase genes in plant cells results in the production of enzymatically active esterases that effectively resists the otherwise growth inhibitory and/or lethal effects of nonionic, fatty acid ester detergents such as Tween 20 or Span 20. Specifically, expression of a variety of esterases, including pregastric esterase, carboxyesterase, lipase and acyloxyacyl hydrolase from a wide variety of sources in plant cells is disclosed as an excellent method to protect the cells from the effects of these detergents, allowing the exposed plant cells to regenerate into whole plants in the presence of nonionic, fatty acid ester detergents, thereby providing a practical and safe method for plant transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Dean W. GABRIEL, Joseph D. REDDY