Patents by Inventor Thanh-Tuyen T. Nguyen

Thanh-Tuyen T. Nguyen 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).

  • High efficiency germline transformation system
    Publication number: 20040016014
    Abstract: A method for introducing a heterologous nucleic acid of interest into a plant to thereby produce a recombinant plant is carried out by (a) providing a recombinant nucleic acid of interest, the recombinant nucleic acid comprising the heterologous nucleic acid of interest, and preferably including (i) a matrix attachment region (MAR) positioned 5′ to the heterologous DNA, (ii) a MAR positioned 3′ to the heterologous nucleic acid of interest, or (iii) a MAR positioned 5′ to the heterologous nucleic acid of interest and a MAR positioned 3′ to the heterologous nucleic acid of interest; (b) providing meristem tissue of the plant of interest; (c) introducing the recombinant nucleic acid of interest into the meristem tissue; and then (d) propagating a recombinant plant from the meristem tissue, preferably by a direct propagation technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Thanh-Tuyen T. Nguyen, George C. Allen, Georgia L. Helmer, William F. Thompson
  • High efficiency germline transformation system
    Publication number: 20040016015
    Abstract: A method for introducing a heterologous nucleic acid of interest into a plant to thereby produce a recombinant plant is carried out by (a) providing a recombinant nucleic acid of interest, the recombinant nucleic acid comprising the heterologous nucleic acid of interest, and preferably including (i) a matrix attachment region (MAR) positioned 5′ to the heterologous DNA, (ii) a MAR positioned 3′ to the heterologous nucleic acid of interest, or (iii) a MAR positioned 5′ to the heterologous nucleic acid of interest and a MAR positioned 3′ to the heterologous nucleic acid of interest; (b) providing meristem tissue of the plant of interest; (c) introducing the recombinant nucleic acid of interest into the meristem tissue; and then (d) propagating a recombinant plant from the meristem tissue, preferably by a direct propagation technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Thanh-Tuyen T. Nguyen, George C. Allen, Georgia L. Helmer, William F. Thompson