Patents by Inventor Lyle R. Brown

Lyle R. Brown 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).

  • Genetic control of ethylene biosynthesis in plants
    Patent number: 5589623
    Abstract: A method for control of ethylene biosynthesis in plants comprising a vector containing a selective gene under plant promoter control, and a DNA insert comprising codons for a functional heterologous polypeptide having AdoMetase activity and flanked by a plant promoter on one side and a polyA signal sequence on the other side; and, transforming a plant host with said vector wherein the plant host transformed thereby is capable of expressing the heterologous polypeptide having AdoMetase activity under the control of said control region. The presence of the AdoMetase gene and the expression of AdoMetase in transgenic plants lowers AdoMet levels and generates an inhibitor of ACC synthase causing a corresponding decrease in ethylene biosynthesis and precursor availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Agritope, Inc.
    Inventors: Adolph J. Ferro, Richard K. Bestwick, Lyle R. Brown
  • Genetic control of ethylene biosynthesis in plants using S-adenosylmethionine hydrolase
    Patent number: 5416250
    Abstract: A method for control of ethylene biosynthesis in plants comprising a vector containing a selective gene under plant promoter control, and a DNA insert comprising codons for a functional heterologous polypeptide having AdoMetase activity and flanked by a plant promoter on one side and a polyA signal sequence on the other side; and,transforming a plant host with said vector wherein the plant host transformed thereby is capable of expressing the heterologous polypeptide having AdoMetase activity under the control of said control region. The presence of the AdoMetase gene and the expression of AdoMetase in transgenic plants lowers AdoMet levels and generates an inhibitor of ACC synthase causing a corresponding decrease in ethylene biosynthesis and precursor availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Agritope, Inc.
    Inventors: Adolph J. Ferro, Richard K. Bestwick, Lyle R. Brown