Patents by Inventor Alison Mary Smith

Alison Mary Smith 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).

  • Method for producing modified starch
    Patent number: 7534931
    Abstract: A method for modifying plants by manipulating the activity of a combination of plant enzymes having starch synthase activity, in particular starch synthase II (SSII) and starch synthase III (SSIII). Modified plants, their use as food products and starch, in particular obtained from a modified potato plant, having novel properties and uses thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Brunob II B.V.
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Jobling, Roger John Westcott, Gerhard Peter Schwall, Catherine Rosemary Martin, Elizabeth Anne Edwards, Alison Mary Smith
  • Plants and plant products
    Publication number: 20040025204
    Abstract: A method for modifying plants by manipulating the activity of a combination of plant enzymes having starch synthase activity, in particular starch synthase II (SSII) and starch synthase III (SSIII). Modified plants, their use as food products and starch, in particular obtained from a modified potato plant, having novel properties and uses thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Jobling, Roger John Westcott, Gerhard Peter Schwell, Catherine Rosemary Martin, Elizabeth Anne Edwards, Alison Mary Smith
  • Starch obtainable from modified plants
    Patent number: 6635756
    Abstract: A starch obtained from a plant modified by manipulating the activity of a combination of plant enzymes having starch synthase activity, in particular starch synthase II (SSII) and starch synthase III (SSIII). Modified plants, their use as food products and starch, in particular obtained from a modified potato plant, having unexpected properties and uses thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Jobling, Roger John Westcott, Gerhard Peter Schwall, Catherine Rosemary Martin, Elizabeth Anne Edwards, Alison Mary Smith
  • Starch debranching enzymes
    Patent number: 6469230
    Abstract: The invention relates to isolated nucleic acids obtainable from potato which encode isoamylases, a type of starch branching enzyme, particularly SEQ ID NOS:1-3 or variants encoding SEQ ID NOS:4-6; vectors comprising the nucleic acids; plant cells and plants transformed therewith; and methods for making plants which produce starches with modified branching characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: Elizabeth Anne Edwards, Alison Mary Smith, Catherine Rosemary Martin, Regla Bustos Guillen
  • Process for the preparation of fluoroalkenylthio heterocyclic derivatives
    Patent number: 5728833
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I):HetSCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.dbd.CF.sub.2 (I)wherein Het is an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, which comprises reacting a compound of formula (II):HetSH (II)with a compound of formula (III):CF.sub.2 .dbd.CHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 L (III)wherein L is chlorine or bromine or a group --OSO2R.sup.a wherein R.sup.a is a C1-4 alkyl group or a phenyl group optionally substituted by a C1-4 alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventors: Michael Drysdale Turnbull, Nigel James Willetts, Steven Fitzjohn, Prafula Govind Kholia, Alison Mary Smith, Roger Salmon, Harjinder Singh Bansal
  • Oxazoles and their agricultural compositions
    Patent number: 5705516
    Abstract: A compound having the formula R--S(O).sub.n CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.dbd.CF.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventors: Michael Drysdale Turnbull, Alison Mary Smith, Roger Salmon