Patents by Inventor Bruce Allan Philip

Bruce Allan Philip 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).

  • Publication number: 20080235822
    Abstract: This invention relates to nucleic acids encoding chimeric polypeptides comprising vacuole targeting sequences and plant-noxious sequences and especially pest control proteins. The polypeptides are useful in methods for targeting non-vacuolar harmful proteins to plant vacuoles. Chimeric polypeptides of the invention containing pest control proteins are useful for conferring pest resistance on plants and in the production of compositions useful as pesticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: John Tane Christeller, Paul William Sutherland, Colleen Murray, Ngaire Patricia Markwick, Bruce Allan Philip, Louise Anne Malone, Elisabeth Phyllis June Burgess, Margaret Mary Phung, Tammy Sherrie Fongsavanh
  • Patent number: 6972350
    Abstract: This invention relates to nucleic acids encoding chimeric polypeptides comprising vacuole targeting sequences and sequences encoding avidin or streptavidin. The nucleic acids are useful for conferring pest resistance on plants and in the production of compositions useful as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand
    Inventors: John Tane Christeller, Paul William Sutherland, Colleen Murray, Ngaire Patricia Markwick, Bruce Allan Philip, Louise Anne Malone, Elisabeth Phyllis June Burgess, Margaret Mary Phung, by Tammy Sherrie Fongsavanh, legal representitive