Patents by Inventor Peter Palukaitis

Peter Palukaitis 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).

  • Implanting disease resistance to plants with viral replicase DNA molecules which do not have a read-through portion
    Patent number: 5945581
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for the induction of resistance in a plant host to a RNA or DNA virus pathogenic to the plant which comprises isolating a fragment of viral RNA or DNA associated with the replicase portion of the virus genome, specifically a portion that does not involve a read-through portion of the gene, and integrating a DNA copy of the isolated fragment or a portion thereof into the genome of a recipient plant in such a manner that the plant becomes transformed with the inserted fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Milton Zaitlin, Peter Palukaitis
  • Induction of resistance to viral diseases in plants
    Patent number: 5633449
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for the induction of resistance in a plant host to a RNA or DNA virus pathogenic to the plant which comprises isolating a fragment of viral RNA or DNA associated with the replicase portion of the virus genome, specifically a portion that does not involve a read-through portion of the gene, and integrating a DNA copy of the isolated fragment or a portion thereof into the genome of a recipient plant in such a manner that the plant becomes transformed with the inserted fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Milton Zaitlin, Peter Palukaitis