Patents by Inventor Eileen A. Maher

Eileen A. Maher 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).

  • Transgenic plants containing multiple disease resistance genes
    Patent number: 5530187
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided transgenic plants comprising a plurality of plant-defense-associated proteins that are expressed to produce such proteins in an amount sufficient to increase the plants resistance to plant pathogens, relative to non-transgenic plants of the same species. The transgenic plants are useful to study patterns of development, and to provide increased resistance to plant pathogens when grown in crops as a food source, and the like. Nucleic acid constructs are also provided that are useful in methods for producing the invention transgenic plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Christopher J. Lamb, Qun Zhu, Eileen A. Maher, Richard A. Dixon