Patents by Inventor Lisa Kalischuk-Tymensen

Lisa Kalischuk-Tymensen 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).

  • Method for controlling insects of the order diptera using a Bacillus thuringiensis strain
    Publication number: 20060083726
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling insects of the Order Diptera by providing a Bacillus thuringiensis strain or variant thereof, or a spore or crystal of the Bacillus thuringiensis strain or variant thereof, and either contacting the insect with or administering to an animal the Bacillus thuringiensis strain or variant thereof, or the spore or crystal of the Bacillus thuringiensis strain or variant thereof; or applying the Bacillus thuringiensis strain or variant thereof, or the spore or crystal of Bacillus thuringiensis strain or variant thereof to an infested area. The Bacillus thuringiensis strain contains a plasmid carrying endotoxin genes for encoding delta-endotoxins Cry1A, Cry1B, Cry1F, Cry1H, Cry1I, Cry1K, Cry2 or a variant thereof. Preferably, the strain is Bacillus thuringiensis strain LRC3 deposited as ATCC PTA-6248. Methods for preparing the strain, spores, crystals, mutants, variants, and compositions incorporating same are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as Rep. by the Minister of Agriculture & Agri-Food
    Inventors: Timothy Lysyk, Leonard Selinger, Lisa Kalischuk-Tymensen, Richard Lancaster, Danica Baines