Patents by Inventor Russell J. McMaster

Russell J. McMaster 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).

  • Patent number: 6337431
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chimeric recombinant DNA molecule comprising: a plurality of DNA sequences, each of which comprises a plant-functional promoter linked to a coding region, which encodes a virus-associated coat protein, wherein said DNA sequences are preferably linked in tandem so that they are expressed in virus-susceptible plant cells transformed with said recombinant DNA molecule to impart resistance to said viruses; as well as methods for transforming plants with the chimeric recombinant DNA molecule and for selecting plants which express at least one of said DNA sequences imparting viral resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: David M Tricoli, Kim J. Carney, Paul F. Russell, Hector D. Quemada, Russell J. McMaster, John F. Reynolds, Rosaline Z. Deng
  • Patent number: 6127601
    Abstract: Coat protein genes of cucumber mosaic virus strains V27, V33, V34 and A35 (CMV V27, CMV V33, CMV V34, and CMV A35 respectively) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Maury L. Boeshore, Russell J. McMaster, David M. Tricoli, John F. Reynolds, Kim J. Carney
  • Patent number: 6002072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coat protein gene of papaya ringspot virus strain FLA83 W. This coat protein gene can be used to prepare plants which are resistant to papaya ringspot virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignees: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell J. McMaster, Maury L. Boeshore, David M. Tricoli, John F. Reynolds, Kim J. Carney, Dennis Gonsalves