Patents Represented by Attorney Gary M. Pace, Ph.D.

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  • Pesticidal proteins and strains
    Patent number: 5849870
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to pesticidal strains and proteins. Bacillus strains which are capable of producing pesticidal proteins and auxiliary proteins during vegetative growth are provided. Also provided are the purified proteins, nucleotide sequences encoding the proteins and methods for using the strains, proteins and genes for controlling pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Novartis Finance Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory W. Warren, Michael G. Koziel, Martha A. Mullins, Gordon J. Nye, Brian Carr, Nalini M. Desai, Kristy Kostichka, Nicholas B. Duck, Juan J. Estruch
  • Detection of fungal pathogens using the polymerase chain reaction
    Patent number: 5585238
    Abstract: DNA sequences from the Internal Transcribed Spacer of the ribosomal RNA gene region are described for different species and strains of Septoria, Pseudocercosporella and Mycosphaerella. Specific primers from within these sequences are identified as being useful for the identification of the fungal isolates using PCR-based techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Ligon, James J. Beck