Patents by Inventor Mary E. Edwards

Mary E. Edwards 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).

  • Endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase
    Patent number: 5767364
    Abstract: A sequence encoding an enzyme having a xyloglucan-specific endo-(1-4)-beta-D-glucanase activity, and functional equivalents thereof, is disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors comprising such sequences, and transgenic plants into which such sequences have been introduced, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, and a method of producing an enzyme having the activity defined above by means of recombinant DNA technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.
    Inventors: Jacqueline de Silva, Carl D. Jarman, David A. Arrowsmith, John S. G. Reid, Mary E. Edwards