Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Gary M. Pace
  • Methods for stable transformation of wheat
    Patent number: 5610042
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to the production of fertile transformed wheat plants. The method involved subjecting wheat tissues to high velocity microprojectile bombardment, selecting for transformed cells, and regenerating stably transformed fertile plants from the transformed cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Yin-Fu Chang, James R. Wong, Andrea Itano, Stephen J. Mejza, Leslie Walker
  • 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