Patents by Inventor Jill Anne Kellogg

Jill Anne Kellogg 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).

  • Synthetic hybrid tomato E4/E8 plant promoter
    Patent number: 6118049
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a synthetic hybrid promoter composed of polynucleotide segments derived from the E8 and E4 gene promoters. The hybrid promoter is capable of providing high-level expression of heterologous genes, particularly in transformed fruit. DNA constructs containing the E8-E4 hybrid promoter operably linked to an exemplary heterologous SAMase gene are effective in conferring a delayed ripening phenotype to transformed fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Agritope, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard K. Bestwick, Jill Anne Kellogg
  • Plant tissue/stage specific promoters for regulated expression of transgenes in plants
    Patent number: 5929302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chimeric genes having (i) a DNA sequence encoding a product of interest, and (ii) a dru1 promoter, where said DNA sequence is heterologous to said promoter and said DNA sequence is operably linked to said promoter to enable expression of said product. The invention describes vectors, cells, plants, and fruits carrying the chimeric gene, as well as methods related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventors: Jill Anne Kellogg, Richard Keith Bestwick
  • Plant tissue/stage specific promoters for regulated expression of transgenes in plants
    Patent number: 5783393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chimeric genes having (i) a DNA sequence encoding a product of interest, and (ii) a dru1 promoter, where said DNA sequence is heterologous to said promoter and said DNA sequence is operably linked to said promoter to enable expression of said product. The invention describes vectors, cells, plants, and fruits carrying the chimeric gene, as well as methods related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Agritope, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill Anne Kellogg, Richard Keith Bestwick
  • Raspberry promoters for expression of transgenes in plants
    Patent number: 5783394
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the identification and isolation of two different promoter regions from the raspberry genome. The promoter regions are operably linked, in a native raspberry genome, to the coding region of a raspberry dru1 gene. Promoters of the invention are capable of regulating moderate level, constitutive expression of heterologous plant genes under their control. The invention is further directed to chimeric genes, cassette vectors, kits, transgenic plants, and methods employing such promoters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Agritope, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard K. Bestwick, Jill Anne Kellogg