Patents by Inventor Ross Graham Atkinson

Ross Graham Atkinson 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).

  • GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES, POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING THESE AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20230114811
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing a host cell, plant cell or plant with increased trilobatin content or increased N 4?-O-glycosyltransferase activity, the method comprising transformation of the host cell or plant cell with a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide with 4?-O-glycosyltransferase activity. The invention also provides host cells, plant cells and plants, genetically modified to contain and or express the polynucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED
    Inventors: Yule WANG, Ross Graham ATKINSON, Yar-Khing YAUK, Pengmin LI
  • Methods and Compositions for Increasing Storage-Life of Fruit
    Publication number: 20190136332
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for producing plants with fruit having increased post-harvest storage life, the method comprising reducing the expression or activity in the plant, of a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant of the polypeptide. The invention provides host cells, plant cells and plants transformed with the polynucleotides of the invention. The invention also provides methods for selecting plants with fruit having increased post-harvest storage life. The invention also provides plants produced and selected by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Ross Graham ATKINSON, Robert James SCHAFFER, Kularajathevan GUNASEELAN, Roswitha SCHRODER
  • Methods and Compositions for Increasing Storage-Life of Fruit
    Publication number: 20110191902
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for producing plants with fruit having increased post-harvest storage life, the method comprising reducing the expression or activity in the plant, of a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant of the polypeptide. The invention provides host cells, plant cells and plants transformed with the polynucleotides of the invention. The invention also provides methods for selecting plants with fruit having increased post-harvest storage life. The invention also provides plants produced and selected by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Ross Graham Atkinson, Robert James Schaffer, Kularajathevan Gunaseelan, Roswitha Schröder