Patents by Inventor Holly Marie Loucas

Holly Marie Loucas 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).

  • Floral organ tissue-specific expression of isopentenyl transferase
    Patent number: 7253340
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for the production of transgenic plants, plant cells, embryos, and seeds that produce plants with floral organs that have increased mass and/or size as compared to wild-type plants. The transgenic plants can be transformed with a genetic construct comprising an ipt gene under the control of an APETAL3 promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation
    Inventors: David Grayson Clark, Holly Marie Loucas
  • Genetic elements from FBP3 of conferring flower specific transgene expression
    Patent number: 7217859
    Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant promoters that drive tissue-specific expression, and transgenes comprising such recombinant promoters. Specifically, the invention provides transgenes comprising a recombinant promoter that drives tissue-specific expression of a heterologous nucleic acid molecule in a floral organ. The invention also provides methods for using such transgenes to produce a protein in a plant host cell or transgenic plant. The invention further provides methods for producing a transgenic plant that produces, for example, longer-lasting flowers, better fragrance, or better or longer-lasting color as compared to a wild type plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation
    Inventors: David Grayson Clark, Harry John Klee, Kenichi Shibuya, Holly Marie Loucas