Patents by Inventor Carl Bergmann

Carl Bergmann 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).

  • Nucleotide sequences coding an endopolygalacturonase inhibitor
    Patent number: 5744692
    Abstract: The gene coding for a fungal endopolygalacturonase inhibitor (PGIP) is cloned and sequenced from both Phaseolus vulgaris genomic and cDNA libraries. The PGIP amino acid sequence, vectors comprising the PGIP gene or parts thereof, and cells transformed by said vecors are also disclosed.This isolated sequences are useful to transform plants, which are sensitive to fungi or microorganism pathogen activities, into plants producing the PGIP protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Felice Cervone, Giulia De Lorenzo, Giovanni Salvi, Peter Albersheim, Alan Darvill, Carl Bergmann