Patents by Inventor Elliot M. Meyerowitz

Elliot M. Meyerowitz 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).

  • Patent number: 5859338
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to clavata1 nucleic acids, proteins, and antibodies, and to plants transformed with clavata1 nucleic acids having altered phenotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Steven E. Clark, Robert W. Williams
  • Patent number: 5824868
    Abstract: The invention includes transformed plants having at least one cell transformed with a modified ETR nucleic acid. Such plants have a phenotype characterized by a decrease in the response of at least one transformed plant cell to ethylene as compared to a plant not containing the transformed plant cell. Tissue and/or temporal specificity for expression of the modified ETR nucleic acid is controlled by selecting appropriate expression regulation sequences to target the location and/or time of expression of the transformed nucleic acid. The plants are made by transforming at least one plant cell with an appropriate modified ETR nucleic acid, regenerating plants from one or more of the transformed plant cells and selecting at least one plant having the desired phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Caren Chang, Anthony B. Bleecker
  • Patent number: 5744693
    Abstract: The invention includes plants having at least one cell transformed with a vector comprising at least a portion of an agamous nucleic acid. Such plants have a phenotype characterized by altered floral development such as an AG or AP2 phenotype. The invention also includes vectors comprising at least a portion of an agamous nucleic acid operably linked to a promoter other than the promoter naturally associated with the agamous nucleic acid. In an alternate embodiment, the vector comprises at least a portion of an agamous nucleic acid operably linked in an antisense orientation to a promoter. The invention also includes methods using such vectors for producing plants having altered floral development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Martin F. Yanofsky, Hong Ma