Patents by Inventor Royston E. Carter

Royston E. Carter 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).

  • Methods and genetic constructs for modification of lignin composition of corn cobs
    Patent number: 9238818
    Abstract: Expression cassettes causing specific regulatory control of transgene expression in plants, wherein the expression cassettes include regulatory sequences from the MADS gene family for expression of recombinant gene products in the reproductive tissue of plants for the purpose of generating maize plants with altered lignin content of the cobs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Royston E. Carter, John Steffens, Michael Nuccio, Lawrence M. Lagrimini
  • METHODS AND GENETIC CONSTRUCTS FOR MODIFICATION OF LIGNIN COMPOSITION OF CORN COBS
    Publication number: 20100071092
    Abstract: Expression cassettes causing specific regulatory control of transgene expression in plants, wherein the expression cassettes include regulatory sequences from the MADS gene family for expression of recombinant gene products in the reproductive tissue of plants for the purpose of generating maize plants with altered lignin content of the cobs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Royston E. Carter, John Steffens, Michael Nuccio, Lawrence M. Lagrimini