Patents by Inventor Robert Bruce Horsch

Robert Bruce Horsch 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).

  • Chimeric genes for transforming plant cells using viral promoters
    Patent number: 6255560
    Abstract: In one aspect the present invention relates to the use of viral promoters in the expression of chimeric genes in plant cells. In another aspect this invention relates to chimeric genes which are capable of being expressed in plant cells, which utilize promoter regions derived from viruses which are capable of infecting plant cells. One such virus comprises the cauliflower mosaic virux (CaMV). Two different promoter regions have been derived from the CaMV genome and ligated to heterologous coding sequences to form chimeric genes. These chimeric genes have been shown to be expressed in plant cells. This invention also relates to plant cells, plant tissue, and differentiated plants which contain and express the chimeric genes of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Robert T. Fraley, Robert Bruce Horsch, Stephen Gary Rogers
  • Chimeric genes for transforming plant cells using viral promoters
    Patent number: 5858742
    Abstract: In one aspect the present invention relates to the use of viral promoters in the expression of chimeric genes in plant cells. In another aspect this invention relates to chimeric genes which are capable of being expressed in plant cells, which utilize promoter regions derived from viruses which are capable of infecting plant cells. One such virus comprises the cauliflower mosaic virux (CaMV). Two different promoter regions have been derived from the CaMV genome and ligated to heterologous coding sequences to form chimeric genes. These chimeric genes have been shown to be expressed in plant cells. This invention also relates to plant cells, plant tissue, and differentiated plants which contain and express the chimeric genes of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Fraley, Robert Bruce Horsch, Stephen Gary Rogers