Patents by Inventor Claire McCallum

Claire McCallum 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).

  • Tomatoes having reduced polygalacturonase activity caused by non-transgenic mutations in the polygalacturonase gene
    Patent number: 7928298
    Abstract: A series of independent non-transgenic mutations found in the fruit PG gene of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in their fruit PG gene; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the PG gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit reduced PG enzyme activity and fruit that soften more slowly post harvest without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Claire McCallum, Ann J. Slade, Trenton G. Colbert, Vic C. Knauf, Susan Hurst
  • Tomatoes having reduced polygalacturonase activity caused by non-transgenic mutations in the polygalacturonase gene.
    Publication number: 20060037112
    Abstract: A series of independent non-transgenic mutations found in the fruit PG gene of tomato; tomato plants having these mutations in their fruit PG gene; and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the PG gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit reduced PG enzyme activity and fruit that soften more slowly post harvest without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Claire McCallum, Ann Slade, Trenton Colbert, Vic Knauf, Susan Hurst