Patents by Inventor Catherine A. G. Cornett

Catherine A. G. Cornett 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).

  • Pathogen-inducible regulatory element
    Patent number: 6100451
    Abstract: Qualitative transcriptional regulatory sequences functional in plants, plant tissue and in plant cells for inducible gene expression and quantitative transcriptional regulatory sequences for increasing the transcriptional expression of downstream genetic information in plants, plant tissue and plant cells are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods and recombinant DNA molecules for improving the disease resistance of transgenic plants, especially wherein an inducible promoter controls the expression of a protein capable of evoking the hypersensitive response in a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky
    Inventors: Joseph Chappell, Catherine A. G. Cornett, Shauhui Yin