Patents by Inventor John A. Gatehouse

John A. Gatehouse 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).

  • Pesticides
    Patent number: 10117433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of fusion proteins based on peptide toxins as pesticides. The invention also relates to transgenic plants encoding said peptides and their utility in pest management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: University of Durham, The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
    Inventors: John A. Gatehouse, Elaine C. Fitches
  • PESTICIDES
    Publication number: 20140366227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of fusion proteins based on peptide toxins as pesticides. The invention also relates to transgenic plants encoding said peptides and their utility in pest management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), representing the Sec.of State for Environment, etc, UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
    Inventors: John A. Gatehouse, Elaine C. Fitches
  • Fusion proteins for insect control
    Publication number: 20050054821
    Abstract: A fusion protein comprising a translocating moiety and a toxic moiety wherein the translocating moiety comprises a plant protein that is capable of acting as a carrier to translocate the toxic moiety across the gut wall of at least one plant pathogen, wherein the toxic moiety is adapted to be effective as a toxic agent following translocation; composition comprising the protein, methods for preparation thereof; polynucleotide encoding the fusion protein, vector comprising the polynucleotide, host cell and transgenic plant cell or plant that is resistant to pathogen, expressing the fusion protein, and uses thereof in combatting plant pathogens and in insect control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: John Gatehouse, Elaine Fitches, John Edwards
  • Transformed plant which expresses an insecticidally effective amount of a Bowman-Birk tryspin inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata in leaves, stems or roots, and a method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 5306863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant DNA molecule which comprises a structural gene coding for a trypsin inhibitor, in particular a trypsin inhibitor from a legume, more particularly from Vigna unguiculata (cowpea trypsin inhibitor or CpTI), or for a protein having properties resembling those of CpTI and/or having a substantial degree of homology therewith.The invention also relates to a recombinant DNA plasmid comprising such a DNA molecule, and to the incorporation of the DNA into the nuclear genome of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company Limited
    Inventors: Vaughan A. Hilder, Angharad M. R. Gatehouser, John A. Gatehouse, Donald Boulter, Richard F. Barker, Michael Bevan
  • Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor isolated from Vigna unguiculata
    Patent number: 5218104
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated recombinant DNA molecule which comprises a structural gene coding for a Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata. The invention also relates to a recombinant DNA plasmid comprising the Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata inserted in a DNA vector and a Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company Limited
    Inventors: Vaughan A. Hilder, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, John A. Gatehouse, Donald Boulter
  • Plant protection method
    Patent number: 4640836
    Abstract: A trypsin inhibitor derived from the cowpea Vigna unguiculata or similar plant is used to protect another plant or a part thereof from attack by a pest of that plant. The plant protected may in particular be cotton or a cereal crop and particular pests from which the plant is protected are bollworms of the genus Heliothis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company, Limited
    Inventors: Donald Boulter, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, John A. Gatehouse, Roger B. Cox