Patents by Inventor Jenny Fu

Jenny Fu 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).

  • Bacillus thuringiensis toxins active against hymenopteran pests
    Patent number: 6077937
    Abstract: Novel Bacillus thuringiensis toxins with hymenopteran activity are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Mycogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jewel M. Payne, M. Keith Kennedy, John Brookes Randall, Henry Meier, Heidi Jane Uick, Luis Foncerrada, H. Ernest Schnepf, George E. Schwab, Jenny Fu
  • Bacillus thuringiensis isolates, toxins, and genes selectively active against certain coleopteran pests
    Patent number: 6071511
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns Bacillus thuringiensis microbes with activity against select coleopteran pests, e.g., Diabrotica sp., Hypera sp., and various flea beetles. For example, the B.t. isolates of the invention are active against alfalfa weevils (AW, Hypera brunneipennis), rape flea beetles (RFB, Phyllotreta cruciferae), and corn rootworms (CRW, Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata). Thus, these microbes can be used to control these pests. Further, genes encoding toxins active against these pests can be isolated from the B.t. isolates and used to transform other microbes. The transformed microbes then can be used to control susceptible coleopteran pests. In preferred embodiments, a gene from PS140E2 is used to transform plants so that the transformed plants are resistant to flea beetles of the genus Phyllotreta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Mycogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jewel M. Payne, Tracy Ellis Michaels, Gregory A. Bradfisch, Judy Muller-Cohn, Jenny Fu
  • Bacillus thuringiensis genes encoding nematode-active toxins
    Patent number: 5959080
    Abstract: Noven B.t. genes encoding toxins active against nematode pests have been cloned. The DNA encoding the B.t. toxin can be used to transform various hosts to express the B.t. toxin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Mycogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jewel Payne, Kenneth E. Narva, Jenny Fu
  • Bacillus thuringiensis genes encoding nematode-active toxins
    Patent number: 5831011
    Abstract: Novel B.t. genes encoding toxins active against nematode pests have been cloned. The DNA encoding the B.t. toxin can be used to transform various hosts to express the B.t. toxin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Mycogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jewel Payne, Kenneth E. Narva, Jenny Fu
  • Bacillus thuringiensis toxins active against hymenopteran pests
    Patent number: 5824792
    Abstract: Novel Bacillus thuringiensis toxins with hymenopteran activity are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Mycogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jewel M. Payne, M. Keith Kennedy, John Brookes Randall, Henry Meier, Heidi Jane Uick, Luis Foncerrada, H. Ernest Schnepf, George E. Schwab, Jenny Fu
  • Bacillus thuringiensis toxins active against hymenopteran pests
    Patent number: 5596071
    Abstract: Novel Bacillus thuringiensis toxins with hymenopteran activity are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Mycogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jewel M. Payne, M. Keith Kennedy, John B. Randall, Henry Meier, Heidi J. Uick, Luis Foncerrada, H. Ernest Schnepf, George E. Schwab, Jenny Fu
  • Bacillus thuringiensis genes encoding nematode-active toxins
    Patent number: 5589382
    Abstract: Novel B.t. genes encoding toxins active against nematode pests have been cloned. The DNA encoding the B.t. toxin can be used to transform various hosts to express the B.t. toxin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Mycogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jewel Payne, Kenneth E. Narva, Jenny Fu