Patents by Inventor Martin Jack Maunders

Martin Jack Maunders 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).

  • Modification of plant fibers
    Patent number: 7002059
    Abstract: The invention relates to the isolation and characterisation of novel expansin gene sequences from heterologous and homologous tree species and re-introducing such novel genes into trees so as to alter expansin levels. Six novel genes have been identified. Eucalyptus has also been transformed using the cucumber EX29 sequence (GenBank, Accession No. U30382-known as Cs-EXP1) (SEQ. ID. NO: 9). A change in the plant height and internode length was observed compared with control plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited
    Inventors: Michael Meyrick Burrell, Amanda Pat Cambridge, Martin Jack Maunders, Simon McQueen-Mason