Patents by Inventor Raymond Douglas Shillito

Raymond Douglas Shillito 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PLANT OR CROP SIZE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20210137096
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for compositions and methods of controlling and/or regulating plant size in a controlled environment, for example, a greenhouse or environment for the purpose of testing plants. In another aspect, the disclosure provides for methods of dwarfing plant growth by utilizing a composition or method described herein. The disclosure further provides for methods described herein wherein a plant growth regulator is used to stunt plant growth in order enable more consistent and/or accurate plant feature and property testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Raymond Douglas SHILLITO, Jiyi ZHANG, Elizabeth DOZIER, Sarah BONEFAS
  • Transformation of hereditary material of plants
    Patent number: 6603065
    Abstract: A novel process for the direct transfer of foreign genes to plant genomes is described. The novel process comprises placing a gene under the control of plant expression signals and transferring it, by contact with protoplasts without the aid of natural systems for infecting plants, direct to plant cells from which genetically transformed plants can subsequently be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Syngenta Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Jerzy Paszkowski, Ingo Potrykus, Barbara Hohn, Raymond Douglas Shillito, Thomas Hohn, Michael William Saul, Vaclav Mandak
  • Transformation of hereditary material of Brassica plants and cells
    Patent number: 6201169
    Abstract: A novel process for the direct transfer of foreign genes to plant genomes is described. The novel process comprises placing a gene under the control of plant expression signals and transferring it, by contact with protoplasts without the aid of natural systems for infecting plants, direct to plant cells from which genetically transformed plants can subsequently be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis Finance Corporation
    Inventors: Jerzy Paszkowski, Ingo Potrykus, Barbara Hohn, Raymond Douglas Shillito, Thomas Hohn, Michael William Saul, Vaclav Mandak