Patents by Inventor Simon Deroles

Simon Deroles 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).

  • PLANT TRANSFORMATION USING DNA MINICIRCLES
    Publication number: 20120042409
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for producing and using minicircle DNA molecules that are useful for plant transformation. The invention also provides methods for transforming plant cells and plants with such minicircle DNA molecules, plant cells and plants produced by such methods, and plants transformed with minicircle DNA molecules. The methods and compositions of the invention are particularly useful for producing “intragenic plants” which do not contain any non-native DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Anthony Conner, Julie Pringle, Annemarie Lokerse, Johanna Jacobs, Philippa Barrell, Simon Deroles, Murray Boase
  • Pigment Composition Comprising Anthocyanic Vacuolar Inclusions
    Publication number: 20110263723
    Abstract: The invention provides a pigment composition comprising anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions or “AVIs” from a plant, and an acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods for colouring products with the pigment composition, and products comprising the pigment composition or AVIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Simon Deroles, Huaibi Zhang, Kevin Davies