Patents by Inventor Ryan W. Sheperd

Ryan W. Sheperd 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).

  • Method utilizing the tobacco phylloplanin promoter for expression of nucleic acids as gene products directed to aerial surfaces of plants
    Patent number: 7501557
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for generating excreted gene products in a plant which includes generating a nucleic acid fusion construct comprising a phylloplanin promoter and a selected non-phylloplanin nucleic acid sequence whose transcription product is to be expressed and delivered to an aerial surface of a plant. The method includes transfecting plant cells with the nucleic acid fusion construct and allowing the plant cells to express the non-phylloplanin nucleic acid sequence transcription product which is then excreted from the plant cells to the aerial surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: George J. Wagner, Ryan W. Sheperd