Patents by Inventor Joshua Zvi Levin

Joshua Zvi Levin 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).

  • Method for conferring resistance or tolerance aganist furovirus, potyvirus, tospovirus, and cucomovirus to plant cells
    Patent number: 7019195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to confer resistance or tolerance to more than one virus from the group consisting of furovirus, potyvirus, tospovirus, and cucomovirus, using sense and antisense RNA fragments of a sequence from their genomes. The sense and antisense RNA fragments are capable of pairing and forming a double-stranded RNA molecule, thereby reducing expression of the viral genome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Peter Bernard Heifetz, David Andrew Patton, Joshua Zvi Levin, Qiudeng Que, Petrus Theodorus De Haan, Johannes Jacobus Ludgerus Gielen
  • Nucleic acid molecules encoding proteins essential for plant growth and development and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20040191850
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences are isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana that code for proteins essential for plant growth and development. The essentially of the proteins may be exploited by recombinantly expressing the proteins and using them in screening assays to identify compounds that interact with or inhibit the proteins and are therefore potential herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Joshua Zvi Levin, John Tossberg, Qing Zhou, George Aux, John McElver, Carla Thomas, David Andrew Patton, Catherine Frye, Gregory Budziszewski
  • Genes encoding proteins essential for plant growth and methods of use
    Patent number: 6294345
    Abstract: The present invention provides plant ENR-A, CBL, UROD, PBGD, and CPPO genes. Also disclosed are the recombinant production of ENR-A, CBL, UROD, PBGD, and CPPO enzymes in heterologous hosts, screening chemicals for herbicidal activity using these recombinantly produced enzymes, and the use of thereby identified herbicidal chemicals to suppress the growth of undesired vegetation. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods for the development of herbicide tolerance in plants, plant tissues, plant seeds, and plant cells using ENR-A, CBL, UROD, PBGD, and CPPO genes of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Joshua Zvi Levin, Michael William Bauer, Feng Zheng