Patents by Inventor Ivan Kanevski

Ivan Kanevski 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 and methods for stably transforming plastids of multicellular plants and expressing recombinant proteins therein
    Patent number: 5877402
    Abstract: DNA constructs are provided for stable transformation of plastids of multicellular plants and expression of foreign proteins in plastids. The DNA constructs comprise a transforming DNA which is targeted to a pre-determined location on the plastid genome and inserted into the plastid genome by homologous recombination with targeting segments comprising DNA sequences homologous to the pre-determined region of the plastid genome. The transforming DNA contains a non-lethal selectable marker gene which confers a selectable phenotype on cells having plastids in which substantially all of the genomes therein contain the transforming DNA (i.e., homoplasmic cells or tissues). The transforming DNA further comprises at least one insertion site 4 for an additional DNA segment, such as a gene encoding a protein for improving a characteristic of the transformed plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Pal Maliga, Zora Svab Maliga, Jeffrey M. Staub, Oleg Zoubenko, Lori A. Allison, Helaine Carrer, Ivan Kanevski