Patents by Inventor Peter Daniel Christian

Peter Daniel Christian 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).

  • Insect viruses and their uses in protecting plants
    Patent number: 7045685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated small RNA virus capable of infecting insect species including Heliothis species, and to the nucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby. The invention contemplates uses of the virus in controlling insect attack in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Peter Daniel Christian, Karl Hienrich Julius Gordon, Terry Nelson Hanzlik
  • Insect viruses and their uses in protecting plants
    Publication number: 20030041349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated small RNA virus capable of infecting insect species including Heliothis species, and to the nucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby. The invention contemplates uses of the virus in controlling insect attack in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Daniel Christian, Karl Hienrich Julius Gordon, Terry Nelson Hanzlik
  • Recombinant helicoverpa baculoviruses expressing heterologous DNA
    Patent number: 6180098
    Abstract: Recombinant Helicoverpa armigera nuclear polyhedrosis viruses (HaSNPV) capable of expressing heterologous DNA sequences are described. Also described are pre-occluded baculoviruses which lack a functional polyhedrin gene and exhibit greater pathogenicity over wild-type viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventor: Peter Daniel Christian
  • Insect viruses and their uses in protecting plants
    Patent number: 6177075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated small RNA virus capable of infecting insect species including Heliothis species, and to the nucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby. The invention contemplates uses of the virus in controlling insect attack in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Pacific Seeds Pty., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Daniel Christian, Karl Hienrich Julius Gordon, Terry Nelson Hanzlik
  • Toxins from the wasp Bracon hebetor
    Patent number: 6156536
    Abstract: Novel insect toxins obtainable from Bracon hebetor, including DNA sequences which encode therefor, a recombinant DNA construct which comprises at least one DNA sequence which encodes said toxins, and a biological control agent comprising said recombinant DNA construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: John David Windass, Peter Daniel Christian, Rachael Elizabeth Duncan, Valerie Jayne Baule