Patents by Inventor Phillip Bregitzer

Phillip Bregitzer 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 transformation of cereals using cultured shoot meristematic tissue
    Patent number: 6486384
    Abstract: Methods for transforming plants, particularly commercial genotypes of cereals, are provided. The methods involve transformation of meristematic organogenic tissue, and include the use of defined plant growth media. The methods disclosed provide more stable transgenic plants, and permit the transformation of varieties of cereals that are not amenable to transformation by conventional approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Shibo Zhang, Myeong-Je Cho, Phillip Bregitzer, Peggy G. Lemaux