Patents Assigned to Valent BioSciences Corporation
  • Deposit assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin
    Patent number: 6344338
    Abstract: The invention relates to an immunochemical method for detecting deposit of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin or pesticidally-active fragment thereof on a plant or tree. The invention further relates to kits for using such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Valent BioSciences Corporation
    Inventors: A. Temple Bowen, Penny L. Hunst, Jennifer K. Swank
  • Methods for producing a potentiator of Bacillus pesticidal activity
    Patent number: 6268181
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for obtaining a factor which potentiates the pesticidal activity of a Bacillus related pesticide, a chemical pesticide and/or a virus with pesticidal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Valent BioSciences, Corporation
    Inventors: Denise Carol Manker, William D. Lidster, Susan C. MacIntosh, Robert L. Starnes