Patents by Inventor Seth Alper

Seth Alper 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).

  • Publication number: 20080104733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. The present invention also relates to a transgenic plant with increased Pi uptake, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. Also encompassed by the present invention are transgenic progeny and seeds of the transgenic plants described herein. Progeny transgenic plant grown from seed are also described. Plant cells (e.g., root cells, stem cell, leaf cells, flower cells, fruit cells and seed cells) comprising exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant cell are also the subject of the present invention. Also encompassed by the present invention are methods of making a transgenic plant described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Roberto Gaxiola, Gerald Fink, Seth Alper
  • Publication number: 20050278808
    Abstract: Methods are provided for imparting desirable pohenotypic traits to transgenic plants, among them being increased tolerance to external stresses such as drought, freezing temperatures, high salt conditions, and the like. In addition, the present invention is directed toward methods for increasing the yield of seeds from plants by using the pollen from a transgenic plant transformed to overexpress a vacuolar proton-pumping pyrophosphatase to fertilize plants, and to the pollen of transgenic plants itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Roberto Gaxiola, Seth Alper, Gerald Fink
  • Publication number: 20050262598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. Also encompassed by the present invention are transgenic progeny and seeds of the transgenic plants described herein. Progeny transgenic plant grown from seed are also described. The present invention also relates to a construct comprising an AVP1 gene operably linked to a chimeric promoter designed to overexpress AVP1 or designed to down regulate endogenous pyrophosphatase. Plant cells (e.g., root cells, stem cell, leaf cells) comprising exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant cell are also the subject of the present invention. Also encompassed by the present invention are methods of making a transgenic plant described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Roberto Gaxiola, Gerald Fink, Seth Alper
  • Publication number: 20030119784
    Abstract: A method and product for treating and preventing diarrhea and scours is provided. The method involves treating a subject who has diarrhea, or scours, or is at risk of getting diarrhea or scours with an aromatic compound of the invention. The products of the invention are a veterinary preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-scours agent, and a pharmaceutical preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-diarrheal agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Wayne I. Lencer, Carlo Brugnara, Seth Alper
  • Patent number: 6495567
    Abstract: A method and product for treating and preventing diarrhea and scours is provided. The method involves treating a subject who has diarrhea, or scours, or is at risk of getting diarrhea or scours with an aromatic compound of the invention. The products of the invention are a veterinary preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-scours agent, and a pharmaceutical preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-diarrheal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignees: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne I. Lencer, Carlo Brugnara, Seth Alper
  • Publication number: 20020004519
    Abstract: A method and product for treating and preventing diarrhea and scours is provided. The method involves treating a subject who has diarrhea, or scours, or is at risk of getting diarrhea or scours with an aromatic compound of the invention. The products of the invention are a veterinary preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-scours agent, and a pharmaceutical preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-diarrheal agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: WAYNE I. LENCER, CARLO BRUGNARA, SETH ALPER
  • Patent number: 6291449
    Abstract: A method and product for treating and preventing diarrhea and scours is provided. The method involves treating a subject who has diarrhea, or scours, or is at risk of getting diarrhea or scours with an aromatic compound of the invention. The products of the invention are a veterinary preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-scours agent, and a pharmaceutical preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-diarrheal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Inventors: Wayne I. Lencer, Carlo Brugnara, Seth Alper
  • Patent number: 5889038
    Abstract: A method and product for treating and preventing diarrhea and scours is provided. The method involves treating a subject who has diarrhea, or scours, or is at risk of getting diarrhea or scours with an aromatic compound of the invention. The products of the invention are a veterinary preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-scours agent, and a pharmaceutical preparation of the aromatic compound of the invention and an anti-diarrheal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Children's Hospital
    Inventors: Wayne I. Lencer, Carlo Brugnara, Seth Alper