Patents by Inventor Adrian J. Cutler

Adrian J. Cutler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Synthesis and biological activity of bicyclic ABA analogs
    Patent number: 8969249
    Abstract: Bicyclic abscisic acid (ABA) analogs of Formula (I) and (II) and the process for their production are disclosed. The bicyclic ABA analogs include the structural elements and functional groups of the parent molecule that are required for activity, and have an aromatic ring fused to the ring replacing the vinyl methyl group of absicisie acid. Methods for using the bicyclic ABA analogs to inhibit cell growth and seed germination are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Suzanne Abrams, Adrian J. Cutler, Patricia Rose, James Nyangulu, Ken M. Nelson
  • Synthesis and Biological Activity of Bicyclic Aba Analogs
    Publication number: 20080200339
    Abstract: Bicyclic abscisic acid (ABA) analogs of Formula (I) and (II) and the process for their production are disclosed. The bicyclic ABA analogs include the structural elements and functional groups of the parent molecule that are required for activity, and have an aromatic ring fused to the ring replacing the vinyl methyl group of absicisie acid. Methods for using the bicyclic ABA analogs to inhibit cell growth and seed germination are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
    Inventors: Suzanne Abrams, Adrian J. Cutler, Patricia Rose, James Nyangulu, Ken M. Nelson
  • Abscisic acid 8'-and 7'-hydroxylase genes and related sequences from plants
    Publication number: 20040103451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plant enzymes responsible for hydroxylation of abscisic acid, said enzymes capable of 7′- and 8′-hydroxylation of abscisic acid, and polynucleotides encoding the same. The invention further relates to methods for using said polynucleotides to alter plant metabolism, in particular metabolism of abscisic acid. The invention further relates to plants exhibiting altered characteristics as a result of the alteration of abscisic acid metabolism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Joan E. Krochko, Adrian J. Cutler, Suzanne R. Abrams
  • Hyperabas: biologically active abscisic acid analogs with unsaturated carbon substituents at the 8'-methyl or 9'-methyl carbon atoms
    Patent number: 6004905
    Abstract: The invention disclosed relates to a new class of abscisic acid (ABA) analogs of formula I ##STR1## wherein one of R.sub.1 is alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, cycloalkenyl, other farther substituted carbon chain including deuterium containing residues, and carbon containing substituents with heteroatoms and halogens and the other is methyl, and wherein the five member carbon side chain includes a methyl group at C3, with C5 attached to the ring as shown, including a trans double bond at the C4-C5 position, or a triple bond at this position, and either a cis or a trans double bond at the C2-C3 position, and R.sub.2 is CH.sub.2 OH, CHO, COOH, COO alkyl, or derivatives thereof, and wherein the cyclohexanone ring double bond may also be reduced and to a novel process for synthesizing such ABA analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Suzanne R. Abrams, John J. Balsevich, Adrian J. Cutler, Bo Lei, Patricia A. Rose