Patents by Inventor Malcolm Bennett

Malcolm Bennett 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).

  • CONTROL MODULE FOR AN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR
    Publication number: 20140083225
    Abstract: A control module for an electrically powered wheelchair is configured to generate control signals for the electrically powered wheelchair in response to user input. The control module comprises: a base portion; a joystick configured to generate the control signals corresponding to user movement of the joystick relative to the base portion; and a pivotable screen mount configured to provide a mount on the base portion for a display screen on which information relating to operation of the electrically powered wheelchair can be displayed to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Penny & Giles Controls Limited
    Inventors: Charles Edward DOWNS, David Huw Taylor, Jolyon Michael CRANE, Malcolm BENNETT
  • Method of using transactivation proteins to control expression in transgenic plants
    Patent number: 6127606
    Abstract: The invention discloses methods of controlling one or more genes in plants. The genes may be exogenous genes and produce a desired phenotypic trait in the plants produced. The genes are operatively linked to a heterologous upstream activating sequence (UAS) recognition site, which is activatable by a transactivating protein. The genes linked to the UAS sequence, and nucleic acid encoding for the transactivating protein may originally be in separate transgenic plants, one of which fertilizes the other to produce reproductive material, such as seed, which may be grown into plants expressing the desired phenotype. The desired phenotype may be herbicide resistance or the production of a polyhydroxyalkanoate, such as polyhydroxybutyrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: University of Warwick
    Inventors: Malcolm Bennett, Sean May, Nicola Ramsay
  • Method of using transactivation proteins to control gene expression in transgenic plants
    Patent number: 5801027
    Abstract: The invention discloses methods of controlling one or more genes in plants. The genes may be exogenous genes and produce a desired phenotypic trait in the plants produced. The genes are operatively linked to a heterologous upstream activating sequence (UAS) recognition site, which is activatable by a transactivating protein, such as GAL4. The genes linked to the UAS sequence, and nucleic acid encoding for the transactivating protein may originally be in separate transgenic plants, one of which fertilises the other to produce reproductive material, such as seed, which may be grown into plants expressing the desired phenotype. The desired phenotype may be herbicide resistance or the production of a polyhydroxyalkanoate, such as polyhydroxybutyrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: University of Warwick
    Inventors: Malcolm Bennett, Sean May, Nicola Ramsay