Patents by Inventor Diana L. Cox-Foster

Diana L. Cox-Foster 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).

  • .DELTA..sup.9 14:0-ACP fatty acid desaturase and gene therefor
    Patent number: 5856157
    Abstract: Isolation and characterization of a novel plant fatty acid desaturase cDNA that encodes a .DELTA..sup.9 14:0-ACP desaturase. Expression of the .DELTA..sup.9 14:0-ACP desaturase is a critical factor for pest resistance in plants of the genus Pelargonium and other plants generally; the desaturase gene is also useful in other contexts and for other purposes such as increasing the percentage of unsaturated fatty acids in oil-producing crops such as soybeans, rapeseed, maize, sunflower, safflower, cotton, cuphea, peanut, coconut and oil-palm, as well as increasing the percentage of unsaturated fatty acids in other plants generally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard Craig, June I. Medford, Ralph O. Mumma, Diana L. Cox-Foster, David Schultz