Patents by Inventor Petra Cecilia Wolters

Petra Cecilia Wolters 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).

  • Polynucleotides and methods for making plants resistant to fungal pathogens
    Publication number: 20080016595
    Abstract: This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, which causes anthracnose stalk rot, leaf blight and top dieback in corn and other cereals. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, and processes of making said plants and seeds. The invention further presents sequences that can be used as molecular markers that in turn can be used to identify the region of interest in corn lines resulting from new crosses and to quickly and efficiently introgress the gene from corn lines carrying said gene into other corn lines that do not carry said gene, in order to make them resistant to Colletotrichum and resistant to stalk rot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Karen Broglie, Karlene Butler, Alexandre da Silva Conceicao, Travis Frey, James Hawk, Dilbag Multani, Petra Cecilia Wolters
  • Polynucleotides and methods for making plants resistant to fungal pathogens
    Publication number: 20060225151
    Abstract: This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, which causes anthracnose stalk rot, leaf blight and top dieback in corn and other cereals. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, and processes of making said plants and seeds. The invention further presents sequences that can be used as molecular markers that in turn can be used to identify the region of interest in corn lines resulting from new crosses and to quickly and efficiently introgress the gene from corn lines carrying said gene into other corn lines that do not carry said gene, in order to make them resistant to Colletotrichum and resistant to stalk rot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Karen Broglie, Karlene Butler, Alexandre de Silva Conceicao, Travis Frey, James Hawk, Dilbag Multani, Petra Cecilia Wolters