Patents by Inventor Robert Furbank

Robert Furbank 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).

  • IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL TYPE OF SUCROSE SYNTHASE AND USE THEREOF IN FIBER MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20100167040
    Abstract: Methods and means are described to modify fiber characteristics in a fiber producing plant, such as cotton, based on the use of a novel type of sucrose synthase protein or related nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V., COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Yong Ling Ruan, Robert Furbank, Elizabeth Brill, Michel Van Thournout, Antonio Arioli
  • Modification of sucrose synthase gene expression in plant tissue and uses therefor
    Patent number: 7498492
    Abstract: Methods and means are provided to modulate fiber quality in fiber-producing plants, such as cotton by modulating sucrose synthase activity and/or expression in such plants. The methods and means may also be used to obtain plants with seedless fruits or male-sterile plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
    Inventors: Yong-Ling Ruan, Robert Furbank, Danny Llewellyn
  • Methods and means for altering fiber characteristics in fiber-producing plants
    Publication number: 20050044590
    Abstract: Methods and means are provided for modulating fiber length in fiber producing plants such as cotton by altering the fiber elongation phase. The fiber elongation phase may be increased or decreased by interfering with callose deposition in plasmodesmata at the base of the fiber cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Yong Ruan, Robert Furbank
  • Modification of sucrose synthase gene expression in plant tissue and uses therefor
    Publication number: 20020116736
    Abstract: Methods and means are provided to modulate fiber quality in fiber-producing plants, such as cotton by modulating sucrose synthase activity and/or expression in such plants. The methods and means may also be used to obtain plants with seedless fruits or male-sterile plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Yong-Ling Ruan, Robert Furbank, Danny Llewellyn