Patents by Inventor Ian Alexander Graham

Ian Alexander Graham 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 PLANT CELLS EXPRESSING A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR
    Publication number: 20090019607
    Abstract: We describe a transgenic plant with altered expression of a gene that encodes a sequence variant of a transcription factor and which has altered seed dormancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Graham, Steven Penfield
  • Method to measure acyl-coenzyme a esters
    Patent number: 6803185
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for measuring an acyl coenzyme A (acyl CoA) ester or esters in a sample, comprising the steps of: a) forming a reaction mixture comprising the sample to be tested and a derivatizing agent; b) allowing the sample and said derivatizing agent to react, so as to form a fluorescent derivative(s) of any acyl CoA ester(s) present in the sample; and c) determining a level of said fluorescent derivative(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: The University of York
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Graham, Tony Robert Larson
  • Antisense nucleotide sequences affecting fatty acid catabolism in plants
    Patent number: 5859342
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences encoding antisense RNA to proteins having enzymic activity in .beta.-oxidation, constructs, vectors, plants and plant cells comprising such nucleotide sequences, and uses of such nucleotide sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: The University Court of The University of Glasgow
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Graham, Mark Allen Hooks