Patents by Inventor Thea A. Wilkins

Thea A. Wilkins 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).

  • Methods for the regeneration and transformation of cotton
    Publication number: 20070266460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods of regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cotton via somatic embryogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Thea Wilkins, Huai-yu Wang, Rajiv Mishra
  • Bioengineering cotton fiber properties
    Patent number: 7060874
    Abstract: The present invention provides plant fiber expansion (FE) genes that encode FE polypeptides, such as phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPcase), expansin, endoglucanase, xyloglucan endoglycosyltransferase (XET), and pectin methyl esterase (PME). The invention further provides fiber-specific promoters. Still further, the invention provides molecular strategies for modulating fiber quality and yield in fiber producing plants by modulating expression of FE genes or mutant forms of FE genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Thea A. Wilkins
  • Cotton transcription factors and their uses
    Publication number: 20040268435
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for improving cotton fiber quality by modulating transcription factor gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Thea A. Wilkins
  • Cotton transcription factors and their uses
    Patent number: 6828476
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for improving cotton fiber quality by modulating transcription factor gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Thea A. Wilkins
  • Methods for the regeneration and transformation of cotton
    Publication number: 20040009601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods of regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cotton via somatic embryogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Thea A. Wilkins, Huai-Yu Wang, Rajiv Mishra
  • Bioengineering cotton fiber properties
    Publication number: 20040006794
    Abstract: The present invention provides plant fiber expansion (FE) genes that encode FE polypeptides, such as phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPcase), expansin, endoglucanase, xyloglucan endoglycosyltransferase (XET), and pectin methyl esterase (PME). The invention further provides fiber-specific promoters. Still further, the invention provides molecular strategies for modulating fiber quality and yield in fiber producing plants by modulating expression of FE genes or mutant forms of FE genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Thea A. Wilkins
  • Bioengineering cotton fiber properties
    Publication number: 20030221218
    Abstract: The present invention provides plant fiber expansion (FE) genes that encode FE polypeptides, such as phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPcase), expansin, endoglucanase, xyloglucan endoglycosyltransferase (XET), and pectin methyl esterase (PME). The invention further provides fiber-specific promoters. Still further, the invention provides molecular strategies for modulating fiber quality in fiber producing plants by modulating expression of FE genes or mutant forms of FE genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventor: Thea A. Wilkins
  • Novel auxin binding proteins and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20020170088
    Abstract: This invention pertains generally to the production of genetically engineered plants with altered responses to auxin. For example, this invention pertains to a family of novel auxin-binding polypeptides and genetically engineered plants with improved properties due to the expression of these polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Thea A. Wilkins