Patents by Inventor Pamela Dunsmuir

Pamela Dunsmuir 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).

  • Nucleic acids encoding plant group 2 proteins and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6291744
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to nucleic acids that hybridizes under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid encoding a plant Gp2 protein that has the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2. The invention also relates to the above-described nucleic acid operably linked to a heterologous or Gp2 plant promoter. In addition, the invention relates to transgenic plants containing the above-described nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine S. Baden, Pamela Dunsmuir, Kathleen Y. Lee
  • Plant Group 2 promoters and uses thereof
    Patent number: 5981727
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to Group 2 (Gp2) plant promoter sequences and to expression cassettes containing Gp2 plant promoter sequences. The invention also relates to vectors and transgenic plants containing Gp2 plant promoter sequences that are operably linked to heterologous DNA sequences. In addition, the invention relates to methods of producing transgenic plants by using vectors containing Gp2 promoter sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine S. Baden, Pamela Dunsmuir, Kathleen Y. Lee
  • Delayed ripening tomato plants with T-DNA bearing a truncated ACC2 synthase gene
    Patent number: 5952546
    Abstract: The present invention provides tomato plants exhibiting a delayed ripening phenotype. The plants of the invention comprise a T-DNA insert comprising a first sequence of from about nucleotide 149 to about nucleotide 1237 of a tomato Acc synthase gene and two inverted repeats of the first sequence. Integration of the T-DNA insert into the plant genome inhibits ethylene biosynthesis in the fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Bedbrook, Pamela Dunsmuir, William J. Howie, Lawrence K. Joe, Kathleen Y. Lee
  • Capsicum hemicellulase polynucleotides and polypeptides
    Patent number: 5945580
    Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides of the Capsicum annuum hemicellulase gene, and compositions and uses thereof for controlling plant development and other characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Dunsmuir, Mark H. Harpster
  • P119 promoters and their uses
    Patent number: 5633440
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to P119 plant promoter sequences and to expression cassettes containing P119 plant promoter sequences. The invention also relates to vectors and transgenic plants containing P119 plant promoter sequences that are operably linked to heterologous DNA sequences. In addition, the invention relates to methods of producing transgenic plants by using vectors containing P119 promoter sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Dunsmuir, Jamie S. Stott
  • Plant group 2 promoters and uses thereof
    Patent number: 5608144
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to Group 2 (Gp2) plant promoter sequences and to expression cassettes containing Gp2 plant promoter sequences. The invention also relates to vectors and transgenic plants containing Gp2 plant promoter sequences that are operably linked to heterologous DNA sequences. In addition, the invention relates to methods of producing transgenic plants by using vectors containing Gp2 promoter sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Catherine S. Baden, Pamela Dunsmuir, Kathleen Y. Lee
  • Plant promotors
    Patent number: 4962028
    Abstract: Promoter sequences from the gene from the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase are disclosed. Expression cassettes containing a promoter sequence, a linker region, and a 3' fragment are also disclosed. The promotor sequences and expression cassettes are useful for expressing foreign genes to high levels in transformed plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Bedbrook, Caroline Dean, Pamela Dunsmuir