Patents by Inventor Mark Skipsey

Mark Skipsey 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).

  • GST sequences from soybean and their use in the production of herbicide resistant plants
    Patent number: 7056715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inter alia, Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST) and homoglutathione synthetase sequences from soybean and their use in the production of plants which are resitant to herbicides which comprise fomesafen and/or acifluorfen. In a particular embodiment the invention provides a GST depicted as SEQ ID No. 10 and a homoglutathione synthetase depicted as SEQ ID No. 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: John Christopher Andrews, Ian Cummins, Robert Edwards, Ian Jepson, Mark Skipsey, Karen Jane Townson
  • S-adenosyl-L-homocystein hydrolase promoter
    Patent number: 6037524
    Abstract: A promoter derived from an SHH gene, especially the SHH gene of Arabidopsis thaliana which is capable of directing expression on a variety of operator genes in both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. The promoter of the invention may be used for directing expression of pathogen resistance genes to disease or wound sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventors: Andrew James Greenland, John Draper, Mark Skipsey, Simon Warner