Patents by Inventor Heather Ray

Heather Ray 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).

  • Regulatory genes involved in condensed tannin synthesis in plants
    Patent number: 7531717
    Abstract: The present invention provides two novel regulatory genes and encoded proteins which can be used to alter the biosynthesis and accumulation of condensed tannin levels in plants and plant tissues. The present invention further encompasses transgenic constructs containing the novel regulatory genes herein referred to as Ulimyc, Corniculmyc and Japmyc, for use in the transformation of plants and plant tissues and transgenic plants containing such constructs. The identification and characterization of these novel genes provide a mechanism for altering tannin production in plants and allows one to alter such levels to produce a variety of benefits in the field of agriculture, land reclamation animal farming and food technology in general.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Inventors: Margaret Y. Gruber, Heather Ray
  • Regulation of flavonoid expression in alfalfa using maize regulatory genes
    Patent number: 7521600
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of a regulatory gene Lc and encoded protein to alter the biosynthesis and accumulation of flavonoids including anthocyanins and condensed tannins in plants and plant tissues, particularly in alfalfa, white clover, and other forage legumes which are similar in lacking native condensed tannin accumulation in leaves. The identification of the effects of this gene in alfalfa provide a mechanism for altering flavonoid, anthocyanin and condensed tannin production in forage legumes and allows one to alter such levels to produce a variety of benefits in the field of agriculture, animal farming and food technology in general.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada
    Inventors: Margaret Y. Gruber, Heather Ray, Neil Westcott
  • Novel regulatory genes involved in condensed tannin synthesis in plants
    Publication number: 20040006793
    Abstract: The present invention provides two novel regulatory genes and encoded proteins which can be used to alter the biosynthesis and accumulation of condensed tannin levels in plants and plant tissues. The present invention further encompasses transgenic constructs containing the novel regulatory genes herein referred to as Ulimyc, Corniculmyc and Japmyc, for use in the transformation of plants and plant tissues and transgenic plants containing such constructs. The identification and characterization of these novel genes provide a mechanism for altering tannin production in plants and allows one to alter such levels to produce a variety of benefits in the field of agriculture, land reclamation animal farming and food technology in general.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Margaret Y. Gruber, Heather Ray
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1019672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Reece W. Hopkins, Jennifer Kotch, Heather Nicole Goodrich, Victor Ray Williams