Patents Examined by Stuart J Baum
  • Cotton plants with improved cotton fiber characteristics and method for producing cotton fibers from these cotton plants
    Patent number: 6559363
    Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Randy Dale Allen, Yoshihisa Kasukabe, Izumi Ihara, Yoshihiko Maekawa