Patents by Inventor Grantley W. Lycett

Grantley W. Lycett 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).

  • DNA constructs containing the gene for ACC Oxidase, cells and plants derived therefrom
    Patent number: 5530190
    Abstract: DNA constructs which inhibit ethylene production in plants comprise a transcriptional initiation region operative in plants for transcribing a DNA sequence encoding an RNA sequence (which may be inverted) complementary to a substantial run of bases showing substantial homology to an mRNA encoding an enzyme involved in ethylene biosynthesis: also plant cells comprising such constructs and plants derived therefrom showing reduced ethylene production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Donald Grierson, Andrew J. Hamilton, Grantley W. Lycett
  • Antisense constructs derived from pTOM13 plants and plant cells with reduced ethylene evolution
    Patent number: 5365015
    Abstract: DNA constructs which inhibit ethylene production in plants comprise a transcriptional initiation region operative in plants for transcribing a DNA sequence encoding an RNA sequence (which may be inverted) complementary to a substantial run of bases showing substantial homology to an mRNA encoding an enzyme involved in ethylene biosynthesis: also plant cells comprising such constructs and plants derived therefrom showing reduced ethylene production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Donald Grierson, Andrew J. Hamilton, Grantley W. Lycett
  • DNA constructs containing fruit-ripening genes
    Patent number: 5304490
    Abstract: DNA constructs useful for modifying the ripening behavior of fruit comprise a transcriptional initiation region operative in plants positioned for transcription of a DNA sequence homologous to some or all of a fruit-ripening gene encoded by either of the clones pTOM136 or pTOM66, so that the construct can generate RNA in plant cells. Also plant cells and plants transformed with such constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Colin R. Bird, Ruper G. Fray, Donald Grierson, Grantley W. Lycett, John A. Ray, Wolfgang W. Schuch