Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Zitter

Thomas A. Zitter 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).

  • Insect control with a hypersensitive response elicitor
    Patent number: 5977060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling insects on plants. This involves applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to a plant or plant seed under conditions effective to control insects on the plant or plants produced from the plant seed. Alternatively, transgenic plants or transgenic plant seeds transformed with a DNA molecule encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein can be provided and the transgenic plants or plants resulting from the transgenic plant seeds are grown under conditions effective to control insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., EDEN Bioscience
    Inventors: Thomas A. Zitter, Zhong-Min Wei