Patents by Inventor Carole Lyn Cramer

Carole Lyn Cramer 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).

  • HMG2 promoter expression system and post-harvest production of gene products in plants and plant cell cultures
    Publication number: 20030226163
    Abstract: The invention relates in part to plant HMG2 HMGR genes and in part to the “post-harvest” production method of producing gene product of interest in plant tissues and cultures. The HMG2 promoter elements are responsive to pathogen-infection, pest-infestation, wounding, or elicitor or chemical treatments. The HMG2 elements are also active in specialized tissues of the plant including pollen and mature fruits. HMG2 promoter elements and HMG2-derived promoters can be advantageously used to drive the expression of disease and pest resistance genes, whereby transgenic plants containing such gene constructs would be resistant to the targeted disease and pest. In particular, the HMG2 gene expression system can be utilized in developing nematode resistant plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Carole Lyn Cramer, Deborah Louise Weissenborn
  • HMG2 promoter expression system and post-harvest production of gene products in plants and plant cell cultures
    Publication number: 20020065408
    Abstract: The invention relates in part to plant HMG2 HMGR genes and in part to the “post-harvest” production method of producing gene product of interest in plant tissues and cultures. The HMG2 promoter elements are responsive to pathogen-infection, pest-infestation, wounding, or elicitor or chemical treatments. The HMG2 elements are also active in specialized tissues of the plant including pollen and mature fruits. HMG2 promoter elements and HMG2-derived promoters can be advantageously used to drive the expression of disease and pest resistance genes, whereby transgenic plants containing such gene constructs would be resistant to the targeted disease and pest. In particular, the HMG2 gene expression system can be utilized in developing nematode resistant plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Carole Lyn Cramer, Deborah Louise Weissenborn
  • HMG2 promoter expression system
    Patent number: 5689056
    Abstract: The promoter elements of plant HMG2 HMGR genes are described. The HMG2 promoter elements are responsive to pathogen-infection, pest-infestation, wounding, or elicitor or chemical treatments. The HMG2 elements are also active in specialized tissues of the plant including pollen and mature fruits. HMG2 promoter elements and HMG2-derived promoters can be advantageously used to drive the expression of disease and pest resistance genes, whereby transgenic plants having such gene constructs would be resistant to the targeted disease and pest. In particular, the HMG2 gene expression system can be utilized in developing nematode-resistant plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Carole Lyn Cramer, Deborah Louise Weissenborn
  • HMG2 promoter expression system and post-harvest production of gene products in plants and plant cell cultures
    Patent number: 5670349
    Abstract: The invention relates in part to plant HMG2 HMGR genes and in part to the "post-harvest" production method of producing gene product of interest in plant tissues and cultures. The HMG2 promoter elements are responsive to pathogen-infection, pest-infestation, wounding, or elicitor or chemical treatments. The HMG2 elements are also active in specialized tissues of the plant including pollen and mature fruits. HMG2 promoter elements and HMG2-derived promoters can be advantageously used to drive the expression of disease and pest resistance genes, whereby transgenic plants having such gene constructs would be resistant to the targeted disease and pest. In particular, the HMG2 gene expression system can be utilized in developing nematode resistant plants. The post-harvest production method of the invention utilizes plant tissues and cell cultures of plants or plant cells engineered with a expression construct comprising an inducible promoter, such as the HMG2 promoter, operably linked to a gene of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Carole Lyn Cramer, Deborah Louise Weissenborn