Patents by Inventor Joseph Ecker

Joseph Ecker 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).

  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO MODULATE ETHYLENE SENSITIVITY
    Publication number: 20060294621
    Abstract: The field of the invention relates to plants and plant genes, including both plant mutants and transgenic plants containing a gene that confers an ethylene insensitive phenotype. Also encompassed by the invention are methods of using the disclosed plant gene to confer an ethylene insensitive phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Anna Stepanova, Joseph Ecker
  • Regulating the ethylene response of a plant by modulation of F-box proteins
    Publication number: 20060200875
    Abstract: The relationship between F-box proteins and proteins involved in the ethylene response in plants is described. In particular, F-box proteins may bind to proteins involved in the ethylene response and target them for degradation by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. The transcription factor EIN3 is a key transcription factor mediating ethylene-regulated gene expression and morphological responses. EIN3 is degraded through a ubiquitin/proteasome pathway mediated by F-box proteins EBF1 and EBF2. The link between F-box proteins and the ethylene response is a key step in modulating or regulating the response of a plant to ethylene. Described herein are transgenic plants having an altered sensitivity to ethylene, and methods for making transgenic plant having an altered sensitivity to ethylene by modulating the level of activity of F-box proteins. Methods of altering the ethylene response in a plant by modulating the activity or expression of an F-box protein are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Hongwei Guo, Joseph Ecker
  • Ethylene insensitive plants
    Publication number: 20060005278
    Abstract: Nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences are described which relate to an EIN6 gene, a gene involved in the plant ethylene response. Plant transformation vectors and transgenic plants are described which display an altered ethylene-dependent phenotype due to altered expression of EIN6 in transformed plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Joseph Ecker, Ramlah Nehring, Robert McGrath
  • Plant genes for sensitivity to ethylene and pathogens
    Patent number: 6355778
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to amino acid sequences for ethylene insensitive, EIN loci in the ethylene response in plant systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Joseph Ecker, Jose Alonso
  • Plant genes for sensitivity to ethylene and pathogens
    Patent number: 5955652
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences for ethylene insensitive, EIN loci and corresponding amino acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Joseph Ecker, Jose Alonso
  • Plant genes for sensitivity to ethylene and pathogens
    Patent number: 5650553
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences for ethylene insensitive, EIN loci and corresponding amino acid sequences. The present invention is also directed to nucleic acid sequences for hookless1, HLS1, alleles and amino acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Joseph Ecker, Madge Rothenberg, Anne Lehman, Gregg Roman