Patents by Inventor Douglas C. Plaisted

Douglas C. Plaisted 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).

  • Inbred maize line R660H
    Patent number: 6232534
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a novel DNA construct comprising an expression cassette having a constitutive promoter which functions in plant cells operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding a Cry 1Ab protein, and a terminator functional in plants and optionally further comprising a second cassette including a promoter which functions in plants operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding for phosphinothricin acetyl transferase, and a terminator functional in plants wherein the two cassettes are transcribed in the same direction. Also provided are transgenic plants, particularly maize plants, having such a construct stably incorporated into their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irvin J. Mettler, Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton, Michele Gardiner
  • Inbred maize line R412H
    Patent number: 6229075
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a novel DNA construct comprising an expression cassette having a constitutive promoter which functions in plant cells operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding a Cry 1Ab protein, and a terminator functional in plants and optionally further comprising a second cassette including a promoter which functions in plants operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding for phosphinothricin acetyl transferase, and a terminator functional in plants wherein the two cassettes are transcribed in the same direction. Also provided are transgenic plants, particularly maize plants, having such a construct stably incorporated into their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irvin J. Mettler, Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton, Michele Gardiner
  • Inbred sweet corn line
    Patent number: 6188003
    Abstract: An inbred sweet corn line, designated R762, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R762, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R762 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R762 with another maize line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton
  • Inbred sweet corn line R398D
    Patent number: 6034306
    Abstract: An inbred sweet corn line, designated R398D, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R398D, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R398D with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R398D with another maize line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis Ag
    Inventors: Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton
  • Inbred sweet corn line W1498A
    Patent number: 5990395
    Abstract: An inbred sweet corn line, designated W1498A, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line W1498A, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line W1498A with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line W1498A with another maize line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton