Patents by Inventor Stuart John Roy

Stuart John Roy 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).

  • Salinity tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 9206400
    Abstract: The present invention is predicated, in part, on the identification of a gene involved in salinity tolerance in plants. As such, the present invention relates to methods for modulating salinity tolerance in plants. The present invention also provides plant cells and plants having modulated salinity tolerance. In further embodiments, the present invention also provides methods for determining the salinity tolerance of plant cells and plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics Pty, Ltd
    Inventors: Stuart John Roy, Mark Alfred Tester
  • CATION CHANNEL ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20130042373
    Abstract: The present invention is predicated, in part, on the functional characterisation of membrane bound proteins that contribute to cation flux across biological membranes. In accordance with the present invention, it has been determined that at least some PQ-loop repeat polypeptides contribute to cation flux across biological membranes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Alfred Tester, Brent Kaiser, Scott Anthony William Carter, Monique Shearer, Darren Craig Plett, Stuart John Roy, Olivier Cotsaftis, Stephan Tyerman, Mamoru Okamoto
  • SALINITY TOLERANCE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20110209243
    Abstract: The present invention is predicated, in part, on the identification of a gene involved in salinity tolerance in plants. As such, the present invention relates to methods for modulating salinity tolerance in plants. The present invention also provides plant cells and plants having modulated salinity tolerance. In further embodiments, the present invention also provides methods for determining the salinity tolerance of plant cells and plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Stuart John Roy, Mark Alfred Tester