Patents by Inventor Oswaldo Silva

Oswaldo Silva 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).

  • Signal Transduction Stress-Related Proteins and Methods of Use in Plants
    Publication number: 20070157344
    Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a Signal Transduction Stress-Related Protein (STSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated STSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding STSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Oswaldo Silva, Hans Bohnert, Nocha Thielen, Ruoying Chen, Manabu Ishitani