Patents by Inventor Peter John Balint-Kurti

Peter John Balint-Kurti 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).

  • Plant cell culture and selection system
    Publication number: 20030082580
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of selecting and transforming plant cells in large scale in vitro liquid cultures. In some methods of the invention, cells are selected that comprise a suppressive nucleic acid sequence that suppresses the effect of a target gene that impairs cellular function in the cell. In other embodiments, the methods are directed to identifying nucleic acids that encode polypeptides that physically interact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Engler, Steven Scofield, Neal Gutterson, Peter John Balint-Kurti
  • Plant pathogen resistance genes and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6225527
    Abstract: The tomato Cf-4 gene has been isolated by positional cloning and its sequence provided, along with the encoded amino acid sequence. DNA encoding the polypeptide, alleles, mutants and derivatives thereof, and DNA encoding amino acid sequences showing a significant degree of homology thereto may be introduced into plant cells and the encoded polypeptide expressed, conferring pathogen resistance on plants comprising such cells and descendants thereof. The Cf-4 sequence shows a high degree of homology to Cf-9 and comprises leucine rich repeats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: Colwyn Martin Thomas, Peter John Balint-Kurti, David Allen Jones, Jonathan Dallas George Jones