Patents by Inventor Brian J. Staskawicz

Brian J. Staskawicz 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).

  • RPS gene family, primers, probes, and detection methods
    Patent number: 5981730
    Abstract: Disclosed is substantially pure DNA encoding an Arabidopsis thaliana Rps2 polypeptide; substantially pure Rps2 polypeptide; and methods of using such DNA to express the Rps2 polypeptide in plant cells and whole plants to provide, in transgenic plants, disease resistance to pathogens. Also disclosed are conserved regions characteristic of the RPS family and primers and probes for the identification and isolation of additional RPS disease-resistance genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Frederick M. Ausubel, Brian J. Staskawicz, Fumiaki Katagiri, Barbara Baker, Jeffrey Ellis, John Salmeron
  • Method of identifying plant pathogen tolerance
    Patent number: 5674701
    Abstract: A process for identifying a plant having disease tolerance comprising administering to a plant an inhibitory amount of ethylene and screening for ethylene insensitivity, thereby identifying a disease tolerant plant, is described. Plants identified by the foregoing process are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Joseph R. Ecker, Brian J. Staskawicz, Andrew F. Bent, Roger W. Innes
  • Ice nucleating microorganisms
    Patent number: 4464473
    Abstract: DNA sequences encoding for ice nucleation activity are isolated and introduced into unicellular hosts. The modified hosts demonstrate ice nucleation activity analogous to the DNA source host. The cellular products find use in inhibiting supercooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Cindy S. Orser, Steven E. Lindow, Nickolas J. Panopoulos, Brian J. Staskawicz