Patents by Inventor Richard D. Durbin

Richard D. Durbin 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).

  • Manufacture and use of tagetitoxin
    Patent number: 4874706
    Abstract: An exotoxin of the plant pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis selectively inhibits the development of chloroplasts in growing plant tissue. The exotoxin, known as tagetitoxin, can be produced efficiently from a mutant high-producing line of the bacteria, designated C42mr2+. The tagetitoxin can also be readily purified from the culture medium of the bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard D. Durbin, Jean H. Lukens, Thomas F. Uchytil, Nicholas Rhodehamel