Patents by Inventor Joshua D. Ford

Joshua D. Ford 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).

  • Nucleotide sequences encoding pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase proteins and their methods of use
    Patent number: 6635459
    Abstract: Dirigent proteins and pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases have been isolated, together with cDNAs encoding dirigent proteins and pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases. Accordingly, isolated DNA sequences are provided from source species Forsythia intermedia, Thuja plicata, Tsuga heterophylla, Eucommia ulmoides, Linum usitatissimum, and Schisandra chinensis, which code for the expression of dirigent proteins and pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases. In other aspects, replicable recombinant cloning vehicles are provided which code for dirigent proteins or pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases or for a base sequence sufficiently complementary to at least a portion of dirigent protein or pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase DNA or RNA to enable hybridization therewith. In yet other aspects, modified host cells are provided that have been transformed, transfected, infected and/or injected with a recombinant cloning vehicle and/or DNA sequence encoding dirigent protein or pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Washington State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Norman G. Lewis, Laurence B. Davin, Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova, Masayuki Fujita, David R. Gang, Simo Sarkanen, Joshua D. Ford
  • Recombinant pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase, recombinant dirigent protein, and methods of use
    Patent number: 6210942
    Abstract: Dirigent proteins and pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases have been isolated, together with cDNAs encoding dirigent proteins and pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases. Accordingly, isolated DNA sequences are provided which code for the expression of dirigent proteins and pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases. In other aspects, replicable recombinant cloning vehicles are provided which code for dirigent proteins or pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases or for a base sequence sufficiently complementary to at least a portion of dirigent protein or pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase DNA or RNA to enable hybridization therewith. In yet other aspects, modified host cells are provided that have been transformed, transfected, infected and/or injected with a recombinant cloning vehicle and/or DNA sequence encoding dirigent protein or pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase. Thus, systems and methods are provided for the recombinant expression of dirigent proteins and/or pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignees: Washington State University Research Foundation, Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Norman G. Lewis, Laurence B. Davin, Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova, Masayuki Fujita, David R. Gang, Simo Sarkanen, Joshua D. Ford