Patents by Inventor Joanna Marie-France Cross

Joanna Marie-France Cross 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).

  • Variants of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase affecting phosphate sensitivity and other parameters
    Patent number: 7173165
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns chimeric AGP subunit proteins and polynucleotides that encode the chimeric proteins. The subject invention provides for mutant AGP enzymes comprising a chimeric subunit of the invention that are less sensitive to inorganic phosphate than wild type AGP enzymes. In one embodiment, the AGP subunit is a small subunit of a plant AGP enzyme. The subject invention also concerns plants comprising a polynucleotide encoding a chimeric AGP subunit protein of the invention. The subject invention also concerns methods for producing a plant comprising a polynucleotide of the present invention. Plants produced according to the invention comprise AGP enzymes that are less sensitive to inorganic phosphate than wild type AGP enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Curtis Hannah, Joanna Marie-France Cross
  • Variants of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase affecting phosphate sensitivity and other parameters
    Publication number: 20030177533
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns chimeric AGP subunit proteins and polynucleotides that encode the chimeric proteins. The subject invention provides for mutant AGP enzymes comprising a chimeric subunit of the invention that are less sensitive to inorganic phosphate than wild type AGP enzymes. In one embodiment, the AGP subunit is a small subunit of a plant AGP enzyme. The subject invention also concerns plants comprising a polynucleotide encoding a chimeric AGP subunit protein of the invention. The subject invention also concerns methods for producing a plant comprising a polynucleotide of the present invention. Plants produced according to the invention comprise AGP enzymes that are less sensitive to inorganic phosphate than wild type AGP enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: L. Curtis Hannah, Joanna Marie-France Cross