Patents by Inventor Lynn M. Abell

Lynn M. Abell 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).

  • Plant histidine biosynthetic enzymes
    Publication number: 20030082787
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding phosphoribosylformimino-5-aminoimidazole carboxamide ribotide isomerases, or “HisA enzymes”. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the HisA enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the HisA enzyme in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Lynn M. Abell, Stephen M. Allen, Karlene H. Butler, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Howard P. Hershey, Emil M. Orozco
  • Small subunit of plant acetolactate synthase
    Publication number: 20010044939
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an acetolactate synthase small subunit. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the acetolactate synthase small subunit, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the acetolactate synthase small subunit in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Lynn M. Abell, Saverio Carl Falco, Omolayo O. Famodu
  • Use of the oxygenase activity of acetolactate synthase for herbicide detection
    Patent number: 5206135
    Abstract: A process for the detection of herbicides that inhibit acetolactate synthase (EC 4.1.3.18) by use of the enzyme, a suitable substrate (pyruvate, .alpha.-aceto-lactate, .alpha.-ketobutyrate, or .alpha.-aceto-.alpha.-hydroxybutyrate), and an oxygen-sensitive electrode is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Lynn M. Abell, John V. Schloss