Patents by Inventor Rebecca C. Cahoon

Rebecca C. Cahoon 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).

  • Plant cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase homologs
    Patent number: 6855870
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a lignin biosynthetic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the lignin biosynthetic enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the lignin biosynthetic enzyme in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Rebecca C. Cahoon
  • Plant cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase homologs
    Publication number: 20030159170
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a lignin biosynthetic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the lignin biosynthetic enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the lignin biosynthetic enzyme in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventor: Rebecca C. Cahoon