Patents by Inventor Michael Vishnevetsky

Michael Vishnevetsky 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).

  • Carotenoid-associated proteins useful for high carotenoid accumulation and production in plants and other organisms
    Patent number: 6551793
    Abstract: A method for production of high amounts of carotenoids in plants, bacteria or cells. Carotenoid-associated proteins CHRC and CHRD isolated from corollas of Cucumis sativus, chrc gene, CHRC deduced sequence, the molecular cloning, cDNA and RNA. A new CHRC promoter able to direct expression for foreign genes. The cloned promoter comprising approximately 3.5 Kb of the CHRC upstream region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventors: Alexander Vainstein, Michael Vishnevetsky, Marianna Ovadis, Hanan Itzhaki