Patents by Inventor Daniel N Riggsbee

Daniel N Riggsbee 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).

  • Methods for the identification of inhibitors of serine acetyltransferase activity in plants
    Patent number: 6770452
    Abstract: The present inventors have discovered that serine acetyltransferase (SAT) is essential for plant growth. Specifically, the inhibition of SAT gene expression in plant seedlings results in reduced growth and altered pigmentation. Thus, SAT is useful as a target for the identification of herbicides. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods for the identification of herbicides by measuring the activity of an SAT in the presence and absence of a compound, wherein an alteration of SAT activity in the presence of the compound indicates the compound as a candidate for a herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Paradigm Genetics, Inc.
    Inventors: John W Rice, Lining Guo, Keith Davis, Adel Zayed, Robert Ascenzi, Joseph Cameron Mitchell, Daniel N Riggsbee, Douglas Boyes, Rao Mulpuri, Neil Hoffman, Susanne Kjemtrup, Carol Hamilton, Jeffrey Woessner, Jorn Gorlach