Patents by Inventor Michael J. Gidley

Michael J. Gidley 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).

  • Plant Starch Composition
    Patent number: 6974894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Cooke, Martine Debet, Michael J. Gidley, Stephen A. Jobling, Richard Safford, Christopher M. Sidebottom, Roger J. Westcott
  • Plant starch composition
    Patent number: 6825342
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: David Cooke, Martine Debet, Michael J. Gidley, Stephen A. Jobling, Richard Safford, Christopher M. Sidebottom, Roger J. Westcott
  • Plant starch compostion
    Publication number: 20030166919
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: David Cooke, Martine Debet, Michael J. Gidley, Stephen A. Jobling, Richard Safford, Christopher M. Sidebottom, Roger J. Westcott