Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Butler

Jerry L. Butler 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).

  • Use of hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide from Clavibacter michiganensis for disease resistance, growth enhancement and insect control
    Patent number: 6333302
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of a protein or polypeptide from Gram positive bacteria, such as Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, which elicits a hypersensitive response in plants. This protein or polypeptide can used to impart disease resistance to plants, to enhance plant growth, and/or to control insects on plants. This can be achieved by applying the hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide in a non-infectious form to plants or plant seeds under conditions where the protein or polypeptide contacts the cells of the plant or the plant seed and is effective to impart disease resistance, to enhance plant growth, and/or to control insects on plants or plants grown from the plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Eden Bioscience Corporation
    Inventors: Steven V. Beer, Jerry L. Butler