Patents by Inventor Benjamin A. Moll

Benjamin A. Moll 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).

  • Patent number: 5589613
    Abstract: Carnation plant material is transformed by cocultivation with Agrobacterium cells carrying an exogenous DNA sequence. In particular, by initiating callus formation on the plant material, transformed shoots may be produced in a suitable medium. Plantlets may be produced from the shoots by initiating root formation and subsequently transferring the rooted shoots to soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Florigene Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Ebrahim Firoozabady, Christine Lemieux, Benjamin A. Moll, Karol Robinson
  • Patent number: 5270175
    Abstract: Soluble metabolic products, such as ethanol, are produced by growing modified algal cells in a growth medium and recovering the products from the growth medium. The algal cells are modified to overproduce the metabolic product by providing for overexpression of at least one enzyme in the metabolic pathway for the product. For the production of ethanol, the alcohol dehydrogenase gene, the pyruvate decarboxylase gene, or both, are overexpressed, typically under the control of a heterologous promoter. The algal cells may be modified by transformation with a DNA construct including coding sequence(s) of the enzyme(s) under the control of a heterologous promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Benjamin A. Moll
  • Patent number: 4650336
    Abstract: A method of testing a plant to determine the variable fluorescence of the plant, and instrumentation for carrying out the method, is described. The method has use in determining the extent to which a plant has been damaged by photoinhibitory stress, or is susceptible to damage by such stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Advanced Genetic Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin A. Moll