Patents by Inventor Ralph M. Sinibaldi

Ralph M. Sinibaldi 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).

  • Nucleic acid construct comprising bacillus thuringiensis cry1Ab gene
    Patent number: 6114608
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a novel DNA construct comprising an expression cassette having a constitutive promoter which functions in plant cells operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding a Cry 1Ab protein, and a terminator functional in plants and optionally further comprising a second cassette including a promoter which functions in plants operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding for phosphinothricin acetyl transferase, and a terminator functional in plants wherein the two cassettes are transcribed in the same direction. Also provided are transgenic plants, particularly maize plants, having such a construct stably incorporated into their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irvin J Mettler, Paul S Dietrich, Ralph M. Sinibaldi
  • Electrotransformation process
    Patent number: 5371003
    Abstract: Novel processes for introducing DNA into plant material utilizing non-pulsed electric current, and plant cell lines, differentiated plant tissues and plants produced by said processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventors: Lynn E. Murry, Ralph M. Sinibaldi, Paul S. Dietrich, Sharon C. H. Alfinito