Patents by Inventor Pierre Fobert

Pierre Fobert 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).

  • Publication number: 20050055742
    Abstract: An nucleotide sequence and that exhibits regulatory element activity is disclosed. The nucleotide sequence may be defined by SEQ ID NO:22, a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:22, or a compliment thereof. Also disclosed is a chimeric construct comprising the nucleotide sequence operatively linked with a coding region of interest. A method of expressing a coding region of interest within a plant by introducing the chimeric construct described above, into the plant, and expressing the coding region of interest is also provided. Also disclosed are plants, seed, or plant cells comprising the chimeric construct as defined above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Miki, Jiro Hattori, Teresa Martin-Heller, Helene Labbe, Kamal Malik, Elizabeth Foster, Keqiang Wu, Daniel Brown, Lining Tian, Therese Ouellet, Peijun Zhang, Elizabeth James, Pierre Fobert, Venkatram Iyer
  • Patent number: 5824863
    Abstract: T-DNA tagging with a promoterless .beta.-glucuronidase (GUS) gene generated a transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant that expressed GUS activity only in developing seed coats. Cloning and deletion analysis of the GUS fusion revealed that the promoter responsible for seed coat specificity was located in the plant DNA proximal to the GUS gene. Analysis of the region demonstrated that the seed coat-specificity of GUS expression in this transgenic plant resulted from T-DNA insertion next to a cryptic promoter. This promotor is useful in controlling the expression of genes to the developing seed coat in plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignees: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by Agriculture, Agri-Food Canada
    Inventors: Brian Miki, V. N. Iyer, Pierre Fobert
  • Patent number: 5824872
    Abstract: T-DNA tagging with a promoterless .beta.-glucuronidase (GUS) gene generated a transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant that expressed GUS activity constitutively. The gene fusion has been cloned and sequenced. It has been re-inserted into N. tabacum by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The N. tabacum DNA upstream from the GUS gene was approximately 2 kb in length and showed no homology to known sequences. This DNA, which contains a constitutive promoter, is useful in controlling the expression of exogenous genes in transgenic plants of diverse plant species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Inventors: Brian Miki, Jiro Hattori, Pierre Fobert, Venkatran N. Iyer