Patents by Inventor Anthony Alan Millar

Anthony Alan Millar 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).

  • Wheat plants with immunity to wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV)
    Patent number: 8536403
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transgenic wheat cell or wheat plant, the wheat cell or wheat plant comprising a chimeric DNA molecule which encodes a dsRNA molecule which is capable of inhibiting wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) replication, wherein the wheat cell or plant is immune to WSMV. The present invention also provides a chimeric DNA, the chimeric DNA comprising (i) a wheat expressible promoter; (ii) a region which encodes a dsRNA which is capable of inhibiting WSMV replication; and (iii) a transcription termination and polyadenylation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Muhammad Fahim, Philip John Larkin, Ligia Isabel Ayala-Navarrete, Anthony Alan Millar
  • Cereals with altered dormancy
    Patent number: 8269082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding therefor, which influence seed dormancy in cereals such as wheat and barley. In particular, the present invention relates to polypeptides with ABA 8?-hydroxylase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these proteins. Also provided are cereal plants which produce seeds that have altered rates of germination, and/or levels of dormancy, when compared to seeds from wild-type plants, as well as methods of producing such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Anthony Alan Millar, John Viggo Jacobsen, Franz Jacques Marie Gubler
  • Wheat plants with immunity to wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV)
    Publication number: 20110154534
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transgenic wheat cell or wheat plant, the wheat cell or wheat plant comprising a chimeric DNA molecule which encodes a dsRNA molecule which is capable of inhibiting wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) replication, wherein the wheat cell or plant is immune to WSMV. The present invention also provides a chimeric DNA, the chimeric DNA comprising (i) a wheat expressible promoter; (ii) a region which encodes a dsRNA which is capable of inhibiting WSMV replication; and (iii) a transcription termination and polyadenylation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Muhammad Fahim, Philip John Larkin, Ligia Isabel Ayala-Navarrete, Anthony Alan Millar
  • Cereals with Altered Dormancy
    Publication number: 20090291193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding therefor, which influence seed dormancy in cereals such as wheat and barley. In particular, the present invention relates to polypeptides with ABA 8?-hydroxylase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these proteins. Also provided are cereal plants which produce seeds that have altered rates of germination, and/or levels of dormancy, when compared to seeds from wild-type plants, as well as methods of producing such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Anthony Alan Millar, John Viggo Jacobsen, Franz Jacques Marie Gubler