Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Jobling

Stephen A. Jobling 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: 20060064782
    Abstract: A method for modifying a plant to produce antibodies or active fragments or derivatives thereof in a desired cellular compartment comprising introducing into a plant a DNA sequence encoding a heavy chain immunoglobulin or an active fragment or derivative thereof or a sequence encoding a protein functionally equivalent thereto and plants so modified are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Leo Frenken, Cornelis van der Logt, Yin-Miin Teh, Martine Verhoeyen, Joy Wilkinson, Stephen Jobling
  • Publication number: 20060037107
    Abstract: A method for modifying a plant to produce antibodies or active fragments or derivatives thereof in a desired cellular compartment comprising introducing into a plant a DNA sequence encoding a heavy chain immunoglobulin or an active fragment or derivative thereof or a sequence encoding a protein functionally equivalent thereto and plants so modified are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Leo Frenken, Cornelis van der Logt, Yin-Miin Teh, Martine Verhoeyen, Joy Wilkinson, Stephen Jobling
  • Patent number: 6974894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Cooke, Martine Debet, Michael J. Gidley, Stephen A. Jobling, Richard Safford, Christopher M. Sidebottom, Roger J. Westcott
  • Publication number: 20050246793
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: David Cooke, Martine Debet, Michael Gidley, Stephen Jobling, Richard Safford, Christopher Sidebottom, Roger Westcott
  • Patent number: 6956148
    Abstract: This invention provides isolated cassava nucleic acids encoding starch branching enzyme II (SBEII); constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acids; and methods of using the nucleic acids to alter gene expression in cassava to obtain starch with altered properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Jobling, Richard Safford
  • Patent number: 6825342
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: David Cooke, Martine Debet, Michael J. Gidley, Stephen A. Jobling, Richard Safford, Christopher M. Sidebottom, Roger J. Westcott
  • Publication number: 20030208797
    Abstract: A method for modifying a plant to produce antibodies or active fragments or derivatives thereof in a desired cellular compartment comprising introducing into a plant a DNA sequence encoding a heavy chain immunoglobulin or an active fragment or derivative thereof or a sequence encoding a protein functionally equivalent thereto and plants so modified are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Leo G.J. Frenken, Cornelis P.E. van der Logt, Yin-Miin Teh, Martine E. Verhoeyen, Joy E. Wilkinson, Stephen A. Jobling
  • Publication number: 20030166919
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: David Cooke, Martine Debet, Michael J. Gidley, Stephen A. Jobling, Richard Safford, Christopher M. Sidebottom, Roger J. Westcott