Patents by Inventor Alfhous Freddie Weir

Alfhous Freddie Weir 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).

  • Modification of starch content in plants
    Patent number: 6486383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which comprises a recombinant gene encoding one of the subunit proteins of adenosine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase (“ADPG PPase”). In plants, functional ADPG PPase holoenzyme is a heterotetrameric protein composed of two subunits, each encoded by a different gene. The present invention shows that the activity of ADPG PPase in the cell of plants can be increased by expressing only one of the two subunit proteins required to make an active enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited
    Inventors: Michael Meyrick Burrell, Stephen Andrew Coates, Alfhous Freddie Weir