Patents by Inventor Christie Min Dewes

Christie Min Dewes 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).

  • Nucleic acid compositions conferring disease resistance
    Patent number: 7901935
    Abstract: This invention encompasses the identification and isolation of genes that confer disease control properties in plants, as well as plants comprising such genes. These genes are derived from the following sources: Nicotiana benthamiana, Oryzae sativa (var. Indica IR7), Papaver rhoeas, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Trichoderma harzianum (Rifai 1295-22). The control conferred is against the one or more of the following phytopathogens: Aspergillus flavus, Cercospora zeae-maydis, Fusarium monilforme, Fusarium graminearum, Helminthosporium maydis, Phoma lingam, Phomopsis helianthi, Phytopthera infestans, Pyricularia oryzae, Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Ustilago maydis, and Verticillium dahliae. Further, this invention encompasses other homologous and heterologous sequences with a high degree of functional similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Vipula Kiran Shukla, Holly Jean Butler, Anthony Thinh Ngoc Trieu, Aaron Todd Woosley, Pamela Rene Haygood, Christie Min Dewes, James Patrick Connell, Ignacio Mario Larrinua, Zihua Hu, Avutu Sambi Reddy