Patents by Inventor Assaf Distelfeld

Assaf Distelfeld 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).

  • Kinase-start gene conferring resistance to plant disease and transgenic plants comprising it
    Patent number: 9464299
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes a polypeptide comprising both a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid transfer (START) domain and a kinase domain is provided, as well as plant cells and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acid molecule, said transgenic plants being resistant to plant diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: Carmel—Haifa University Economic Corporation Ltd., The Regents of The University of California, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Jorge Dubcovsky, Tzion Fahima, Assaf Distelfeld, Cristobal Uauy, Ann E. Blechl, Daolin Fu
  • NOVEL KINASE-START GENE CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO PLANT DISEASE AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS COMPRISING IT
    Publication number: 20120047604
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes a polypeptide comprising both a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid transfer (START) domain and a kinase domain is provided, as well as plant cells and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acid molecule, said transgenic plants being resistant to plant disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Jorge Dubcovsky, Tzion Fahima, Assaf Distelfeld, Cristobal Uauy, Ann E. Blechl, Daolin Fu
  • NAC from wheat for increasing grain protein content
    Patent number: 7820882
    Abstract: The present invention provides wheat NAC nucleic acids and proteins that modulate grain protein content and senescence in plants. Overexpression of a NAC coding sequence can accelerate senescence and increase grain protein content and inhibition of expression can delay senescence. The invention also provides methods of using the nucleic acids to produce transgenic plants with altered grain protein content or senescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Carmel-Haifa University Economic Corp.
    Inventors: Jorge Dubcovsky, Tzion Fahima, Cristobal Uauy, Assaf Distelfeld