Patents Represented by Attorney Tom Hoxie

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  • Genetic stabilizing elements
    Patent number: 6040185
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stabilized gene for transforming a host plant cell said gene comprising a gene exogenous to the plant cell and at least one stabilizing DNA segment in a 3'- or 5'-flanking region to said exogenous gene. Additionally, the invention relates to vectors comprising at least one stabilizing DNA segment in a 3'- or 5'-flanking region to the exogenous gene and methods for transforming plant cells. These stabilizing DNA segments include MAR, SAR, LCR, or LAR, HR and other repetitive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Paul S. Dietrich, Martinus Quirinus Joseph Marie Van Grinsven, Johannes Jacobus Ludgerus Gielen, Johannes Maria de Haas, Roeland Van Driel
  • Inbred sweet corn line R398D
    Patent number: 6034306
    Abstract: An inbred sweet corn line, designated R398D, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R398D, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R398D with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R398D with another maize line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis Ag
    Inventors: Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton