Patents by Inventor Jari Valkonen

Jari Valkonen 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).

  • Virus-resistant transgenic plants comprising cells transformed with a polynucleotide encoding a potyviridae P1 protein or P1 protein fragment
    Patent number: 5968828
    Abstract: Provided are transgenic plants with resistance to viral infection polynucleotides and methods for conferring such resistance, and methods for producing the transgenic plants. Plants transformed with a nucleotide sequence encoding a P1 protein of potato virus Y result in plants having increased resistance to infection by potato virus Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Helsinki University Licensing Ltd. Oy
    Inventors: Eija Pehu, Tuula Pehu, Tuula Maki-Valkama, Jari Valkonen, Kimmo Koivu, Kirsi Lehto
  • Virus-resistant transgenic plants
    Patent number: 5576202
    Abstract: Provided are transgenic plants with resistance to viral infection, methods for conferring such resistance, and methods for producing the transgenic plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Helsinki University Licensing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eija Pehu, Tuula Pehu, Tuula Maki-Valkama, Jari Valkonen, Kimmo Koivu, Kirsi Lehto