Patents by Inventor Lloyd Sumner

Lloyd Sumner 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).

  • Disease resistant plants
    Patent number: 8138392
    Abstract: The invention provides transgenic plants with resistance to infection by a root-infecting fungal plant pathogen such as Phymatotrichopsis omnivora. Also provided are methods of making such plants. Further provided are nucleic acid vectors for producing such a plant. Additionally, methods are provided for growing a dicotyledonous plant that is resistant to root rot disease in soil that comprises Phymatotrichopsis omnivora, or another pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Uppalapati, Kirankumar Mysore, Wensheng Li, Lloyd Sumner, Richard A. Dixon
  • DISEASE RESISTANT PLANTS
    Publication number: 20100017913
    Abstract: The invention provides transgenic plants with resistance to infection by a root-infecting fungal plant pathogen such as Phymatotrichopsis omnivora. Also provided are methods of making such plants. Further provided are nucleic acid vectors for producing such a plant. Additionally, methods are provided for growing a dicotyledonous plant that is resistant to root rot disease in soil that comprises Phymatotrichopsis omnivora, or another pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Uppalapati, Kirankumar Mysore, Wensheng Li, Lloyd Sumner, Richard A. Dixon
  • Silver destaining method
    Publication number: 20050230255
    Abstract: A method for removing transition metal stains from biological samples including protein, DNA, and RNA has been found. In particular, a hydrogen peroxide mediated silver stain removal method for PAGE gels is disclosed which is safer, more effective, and more convenient than other methods of the prior art. This silver destaining method is compatible with mass spectrometry analyses of in gel digested PAGE gels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Lloyd Sumner, Barbara Wolf-Sumner, Victor Asirvatham