Patents by Inventor Lynne H. Pitcher

Lynne H. Pitcher 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).

  • Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of turfgrass
    Patent number: 7057090
    Abstract: A method of obtaining transgenic turfgrass plants by an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol is disclosed. The protocol makes use of a modified Agrobacterium vector system in which selectable marker genes and other genes of interest are operably linked to strong promoters from monocotyledenous plants, such as actin and ubiquitin promoters, that function efficiently in turfgrass cells. Transgenic turfgrass plants of several species, produced by the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Barbara A. Zilinskas, Lynne H. Pitcher, Subha R. Lakkaraju