Patents by Inventor Bernardus T. Vernooij

Bernardus T. Vernooij 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).

  • Chemically regulatable and anti-pathogenic DNA sequences and uses thereof
    Patent number: 5804693
    Abstract: The present invention provides chemically regulatable DNA sequences capable of regulating transcription of an associated DNA sequence in plants or plant tissues, chimeric constructions containing such sequences, vectors containing such sequences and chimeric constructions, and transgenic plants and plant tissues containing these chimeric constructions. In one aspect, the chemically regulatable DNA sequences of the invention are derived from the 5' region of genes encoding pathogenisis-related (PR) proteins. The present invention also provides anti-pathogenic sequences derived from novel cDNAs coding for PR proteins which can be genetically engineered and transformed into plants to confer enhanced resistance to disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Novartis Finance Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Gaffney, John A. Ryals, Leslie B. Friedrich, Scott J. Uknes, Eric R. Ward, Helmut Kessmann, Bernardus T. Vernooij