Patents by Inventor Neil Shirley

Neil Shirley 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).

  • MODULATION OF PLANT CELL WALL DEPOSITION VIA HDZIPI
    Publication number: 20110321186
    Abstract: The instant invention is predicated, in part, on the functional characterization of homeodomain/leucine zipper (HDZip) polypeptides which modulate various aspects of cell wall deposition in plants, including secondary cell wall deposition. The present invention provides, among other things, methods for modulating cell wall deposition in plant cells; plant cells and plants having modulated cell wall deposition; and methods for determining and/or predicting the rate and/or extent of cell wall deposition in plant cells and plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR PLANT FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Sergiy Lopato, Nataliya Kovalchuk, Peter Langridge, Neil Shirley