Patents by Inventor James Joseph English

James Joseph English 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).

  • PLANT DEFENSE GENES AND PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20150106972
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding plant defense proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, developmental pathways, and defense responses. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: James Joseph English, Carl Robert Simmons, Nasser Yalpani
  • ENGINEERING PLANT RESISTANCE TO DISEASES CAUSED BY PATHOGENS
    Publication number: 20110191903
    Abstract: Methods for identifying one or more amino acid substitutions in an oxalate oxidase (OXOX) variant polypeptide that confer maintained or increased OXOX activity are described herein. Methods and compositions for increasing a plant's resistance to a pathogen using the modified OXOX variant polypeptides are provided. Transformed plants, plant cell, tissues, seed, and expression vectors are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: James Joseph English, Xu Hu, Azalea Sukfun Ong, Daniel J. Thorpe, Gusui Wu