Patents by Inventor Catherine J. Thopre

Catherine J. Thopre 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).

  • Amino acid transporters
    Patent number: 6165792
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a amino acid transporter. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the amino acid transporter, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the amino acid transporter in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, Catherine J. Thopre