Patents by Inventor Cory Whaley

Cory Whaley 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).

  • Gene encoding resistance to acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides
    Publication number: 20060130172
    Abstract: A mutant acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme that confers cross-resistance to all sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, pyrimidinyloxybenzoate, triazolopyrimidine and sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides is provided. The mutant enzyme contains an aspartic acid to glutamic acid substitution mutation at a newly identified conserved region of the ALS enzyme. A gene encoding the enzyme is also provided, as are transgenic plants that have been genetically engineered to contain and express the gene. The transgenic plants are cross-resistant to sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, pyrimidinyloxybenzoate, triazolopyrimidine and sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Cory Whaley, Henry Wilson, James Westwood