Patents by Inventor Christopher Andrew Helliwell

Christopher Andrew Helliwell 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).

  • RNA MOLECULES FOR MODULATING FLOWERING IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20220275381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new double stranded RNA (dsRNA) structures and their use in modulating flowering in plants. The present invention also relates to methods of modulating the time of plant flowering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul ANDERSON, Ming Bo WANG, Neil Andrew SMITH, Christopher Andrew HELLIWELL, Stephen Mark SWAIN
  • Efficient gene silencing in plants using short dsRNA sequences
    Publication number: 20040231016
    Abstract: Methods and means are provided to increase the efficiency of gene silencing when using dsRNA sequences which have a stem length shorter than about 200 base pairs by providing chimeric genes encoding such dsRNA sequences with a promoter recognized by DNA dependent RNA polymerase III comprising all cis-acting promoter elements which interact with DNA dependent RNA polymerase III.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
    Inventors: Ming Bo Wang, Christopher Andrew Helliwell, Peter Michael Waterhouse