Patents Examined by Aswin Mehta
  • Constitutive expression cassettes for regulation of plant expression
    Patent number: 7378572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with constitutive expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At5g17920, At3g03780, At2g01100, At2g34770, At5g61560, At4g00830, At3g10220, At4g38520, At3g11110, At2g47170, At1g64090, At5g60690, At1g76350, At1g76580, At1g31930, At5g18230, At1g20970, or At4g35620.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Keetman, Ute Linemann, Karin Herbers, Helke Hillebrand
  • Nucleic acids from rice conferring resistance to bacterial blight disease caused by spp
    Patent number: 7351817
    Abstract: The present invention provides plants, plant cells and methods of making transgenic plants or plant cells, wherein the plants or cells are resistant to bacterial blight. The invention provides isolated nucleic acid sequences comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 or fragments thereof which provide a plant with resistance to bacterial blight disease when transfected into the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited
    Inventors: Zhong Chao Yin, Guo-Liang Wang, Dong Sheng Tian, Ke Yu Gu
  • Expression cassettes for root-preferential expression in plants
    Patent number: 7342147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with root-preferential or root-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At1g66280, At1g74500, At1g49570, At1g70710, At5g66690, At3g29630, At5g48070, or At4g17800.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: SunGene GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Keetman, Ute Linemann, Karin Herbers, Helke Hillebrand
  • Method to control the ripening of papaya fruit and confer disease resistance to papaya plants
    Patent number: 7071377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA constructs which include DNA molecules which affect papaya fruit ripening and DNA molecules which encode papaya ringspot virus coat protein. The present invention further relates to a method of controlling papaya fruit ripening while conferring resistance to Papaya Ringspot Virus by transforming plants with the DNA construct. The present invention also relates to expression systems, host cells, and transgenic plants containing the DNA constructs of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Institute of Applied Science and Technology (ICAT)-Laboratory for Plant Biotechnology
    Inventors: Dennis Gonsalves, Aladje Baldé, Maria Salomé Soares Pais, Chu-Hui Chiang