Patents by Inventor Athony Clark

Athony Clark 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).

  • Transformed plants accumulating terpenes
    Patent number: 8017835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transformed plants with an altered terpene content, preferably over-accumulating a mono- or sesqui-terpene. By transformation of plants with genes encoding terpene synthases (TS), and prenyl transferases (PRT), plants accumulating at least 1000 ng/per g of fresh leaf of a specific terpene were obtained. The present invention provides an advantageous system for production of terpenes in that any desired mono- or sesqui-terpene at the choice of the skilled person can be produced in plants. Preferably, the transformed plants contain at least one recombinant plastid targeted TS and PRT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Joe Chappell, Shuiqin Wu, Michel Schalk, Athony Clark
  • Transformed plants accumulating terpenes
    Publication number: 20090123984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transformed plants with an altered terpene content, preferably over-accumulating a mono- or sesqui-terpene. By transformation of plants with genes encoding terpene synthases (TS), and prenyl transferases (PRT), plants accumulating at least 1000 ng/per g of fresh leaf of a specific terpene were obtained. The present invention provides an advantageous system for production of terpenes in that any desired mono- or sesqui-terpene at the choice of the skilled person can be produced in plants. Preferably, the transformed plants contain at least one recombinant plastid targeted TS and PRT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Joe Chappell, Shuiqin Wu, Michel Schalk, Athony Clark
  • Transformed plants accumulating mono-and/or sesquiterpenes
    Publication number: 20080201796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plant expressing transgenes and to plants transformed to comprise additional copies of genes, said genes encoding at least a HMGR-CoA reductase and a terpene synthase. The invention further claims methods for preparing the plants, and a method for producing terpenes. The present thus provides a reliable and cost effective platform for generating any terpene, in particular any mono- and/or sesquiterpene of interest. For example, the skilled person may use any gene encoding a sesquiterpene synthase for accumulating the respective sesquiterpene in the plant of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Joe Chappell, Shuiqin Wu, Michel Schalk, Athony Clark