Patents by Inventor Reuben John Peters

Reuben John Peters 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).

  • Modification of nitrogen-fixing rhizobacteria to enhance nodulated plant resistance
    Patent number: 9743673
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modification of rhizobacteria to reduce or eliminate gibberellin production. The modified rhizobacteria are used in methods and compositions that alter the physiology of nodulating plants. These methods and compositions involve combining the modified rhizobacteria with a nodulating plant, or a seed or part thereof, or providing the modified rhizobacteria to a nodulating plant, or seed or part thereof. In another aspect, the invention involves the nodulating plants produced by these methods, wherein the nodulating plants have altered physiology as a result of association with the modified rhizobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Reuben John Peters
  • Diterpene modulator of macrophage phagosomal maturation
    Patent number: 8309322
    Abstract: Novel uses for diterpene modulators of macrophage phagosomal maturation are provided. The diterpene isotuberculosinol is used as an immune modulator, assay for pharmaceutical compositions and an isolated Mycobacterium tuberculosis labdane-related diterpenoid virulence factor. A method of treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis infectivity is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Cornell University
    Inventors: Reuben John Peters, David G. Russell, Francis M. Mann
  • DITERPENE MODULATOR OF MACROPHAGE PHAGOSOMAL MATURATION
    Publication number: 20100311818
    Abstract: Novel uses for diterpene modulators of macrophage phagosomal maturation are provided. The diterpene isotuberculosinol is used as an immune modulator, assay for pharmaceutical compositions and an isolated Mycobacterium tuberculosis labdane-related diterpenoid virulence factor. A method of treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis infectivity is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: REUBEN JOHN PETERS, DAVID G. RUSSELL, FRANCIS M. MANN