Patents by Inventor Stephen Glyn Hughes

Stephen Glyn Hughes 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).

  • Process for increasing the flavonoid content of a plant and plants obtainable thereby
    Patent number: 7208659
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for increasing the flavonoid content of a plant wherein said process comprises increasing the activity of chalcone synthase and flavonol synthase therein. The invention further relates to novel plants obtainable by the process of the invention and to food products made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Peter Colliver, Stephen Glyn Hughes, Shelagh Rachael Muir, Adrianus Johannes van Tunen, Martine Elisa Verhoeyen
  • Methods and composition for modulating flavonoid content
    Publication number: 20040163142
    Abstract: A method for manipulating the production of flavonoids in tomatoes by manipulating gene activity in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway by expressing genes encoding chalcone isomerase, compositions for use in such a method and tomato plants having altered flavonoid levels are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Guillaume Bovy, Stephen Glyn Hughes, Shelagh Rachael Muir, Adrianus Joannes Van Tunen, Martine Elisa Verhoeyen, Cornelis Henricus De Vos
  • Methods for modulating flavonoid content in tomato by transformation with a chalcone isomerase DNA
    Patent number: 6608246
    Abstract: A method for manipulating the production of flavonoids in tomatoes by expressing genes encoding chalcone isomerase, compositions for use in such a method and tomato plants having altered flavonoid levels are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Guillaume Bovy, Stephen Glyn Hughes, Shelagh Rachael Muir, Adrianus Joannes Van Tunen, Martine Elisa Verhoeyen, Cornelis Henricus De Vos
  • Process for increasing the flavonoid content of a plant and plants obtainable thereby
    Publication number: 20030101477
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for increasing the flavonoid content of a plant wherein said process comprises increasing the activity of chalcone synthase and flavonol synthase therein. The invention further relates to novel plants obtainable by the process of the invention and to food products made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Steve Peter Colliver, Stephen Glyn Hughes, Shelagh Rachael Muir, Adrianus Johannes van Tunen, Martine Elisa Verhoeyen
  • Plant promoter involved in controlling lipid biosynthesis in seeds
    Patent number: 5767363
    Abstract: A new seed-specific plant promoter is provided, capable of expressing a gene placed under control of said promoter before or during fatty acid or lipid biosynthesis in plant cells. In nature it occurs in the acyl carrier protein (ACP) gene. This opens the possibility of modifying the fatty acid synthesis in plants, which may result in changing the triacylglycerol composition of oil-containing seeds. Another option is the production of a desired protein in plants, either to improve the nutritional value of the seeds, or for the production of specific proteins that can be isolated from the fruits of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacqueline De Silva, Richard Safford, Stephen Glyn Hughes