Patents by Inventor Cristopher Oppert

Cristopher Oppert 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).

  • Cadherin receptor peptide for potentiating Bt biopesticides
    Patent number: 8354371
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel cadherin peptide that enhances the toxicity of Cry proteins. A novel insecticide composition comprising an effective amount of cadherin peptide having SEQ. ID. NO:2 and an effective amount of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry protein wherein the cadherin peptide comprises a Cry3Aa toxin binding region from the full-length T. molitor cadherin and has synergistic characteristics of a binary toxin potentiating Cry3 and Cry1 toxins against coleopterans and lepidopteran species, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, The University of Tennesse Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brenda S. Oppert, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Jeffrey A. Fabrick, Cristopher Oppert
  • NOVEL CADHERIN RECEPTOR PEPTIDE FOR POTENTIATING Bt BIOPESTICIDES
    Publication number: 20090175974
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel cadherin peptide that enhances the toxicity of Cry proteins. A novel insecticide composition comprising an effective amount of cadherin peptide having SEQ. ID. NO:2 and an effective amount of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry protein wherein the cadherin peptide comprises a Cry3Aa toxin binding region from the full-length T.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Brenda S. Oppert, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Jeffrey A. Fabrick, Cristopher Oppert