Patents by Inventor Sandra Lynn Voltrath

Sandra Lynn Voltrath 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).

  • Promoter from maize prolamin seed storage protein and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7119255
    Abstract: Provided is a nucleotide sequence of a promoter from a gene encoding a 55 kDa maize prolamin family protein. Also provided are methods that utilize the 55 kDa maize prolamin family gene promoter to express heterologous sequences in plants, expression cassettes that include the 55 kDa maize prolamin family gene promoter, and plants transformed with expression cassettes that include the 55 kDa maize prolamin family gene promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations, AG
    Inventors: Scott Betts, Dale Wayne Skalla, Sandra Lynn Voltrath, Koen Hendrickx