Patents by Inventor Machteld Mok

Machteld Mok 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).

  • Plants having enhanced gall resistance and methods and compositions for producing same
    Patent number: 6759574
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for suppressing gall formation in plant cells induced by Agrobacterium infection are disclosed. The methods involve introducing at least one DNA construct, encoding at least one untranslatable sense-strand RNA and/or double-stranded RNA, into a plant cell. Introduction of these molecules into the plant cell causes the plant cells to become resistant to gall formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University
    Inventors: Lloyd Walter Ream, Jr., Machteld Mok, Hyewon Lee
  • Plants having enhanced gall resistance and methods and ocmpositions for producing same
    Publication number: 20030084478
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for suppressing gall formation in plant cells induced by Agrobacterium infection are disclosed. The methods involve introducing at least one DNA construct, encoding at least one untranslatable sense-strand RNA and/or double-stranded RNA, into a plant cell. Introduction of these molecules into the plant cell causes the plant cells to become resistant to gall formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Orego State University
    Inventors: Lloyd Walter Ream, Machteld Mok, Hyewon Lee