Patents by Inventor Lloyd W. Sumner

Lloyd W. 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).

  • Metabolic engineering for plant disease resistance
    Patent number: 9238821
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for making a dicotyledonous plant that is susceptible to Phymatotrichopsis Root Rot (PRR) more resistant to PRR, by metabolic engineering of the plant's flavonoid and isoflavonoid biosynthetic pathways. Thus, methods for increasing the synthesis and accumulation of medicarpin and/or 7,4?-dihydroxyflavone in plants such as alfalfa are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Wensheng Li, Srinivasa Rao Uppalapati, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Richard A. Dixon, Lloyd W. Sumner
  • METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20100319084
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for making a dicotyledonous plant that is susceptible to Phymatotrichopsis Root Rot (PRR) more resistant to PRR, by metabolic engineering of the plant's flavonoid and isoflavonoid biosynthetic pathways. Thus, methods for increasing the synthesis and accumulation of medicarpin and/or 7,4?-dihydroxyflavone in plants such as alfalfa are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Wensheng Li, Srinivasa Rao Uppalapati, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Richard A. Dixon, Lloyd W. Sumner