Patents by Inventor Thomas Elthon

Thomas Elthon 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).

  • Transgenic soybean plants expressing a soybean homolog of glycine-rich protein 7 (GRP7) and exhibiting improved innate immunity
    Patent number: 9169489
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for transgenic soybean plants expressing a soybean homolog of glycine-rich protein 7 (GRP7) and exhibiting improved innate immunity and methods of making such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: James R. Alfano, Anna Joe, Thomas E. Clemente, Zhengqing Fu, Ming Guo, Byeong-Ryool Jeong, Thomas Elthon
  • TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN PLANTS EXHIBITING IMPROVED INNATE IMMUNITY
    Publication number: 20130074217
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for compositions and methods to increase the innate immunity of soybean plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: James R. Alfano, Anna Joe, Thomas E. Clemente, Zhengqing Fu, Ming Guo, Byeong-Ryool Jeong, Thomas Elthon
  • Maize chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factors and methods of use for same
    Publication number: 20050081265
    Abstract: The invention discloses a novel heat shock protein with high homology to chloroplast elongation factor EF-Tu. Also disclosed is a transgenic method for enhancing tolerance to heat and drought in female reproductive organs. It involves the temporal and spatial expression of novel heat shock EF-Tu in a plant organ or plant tissue. The invention also includes expression constructs, and methods for the production of crop plants with heritable phenotypes which are useful in breeding programs designed to increase heat and drought tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Zoran Ristic, Shailendra Bhadula, Genping Yang, Thomas Elthon, Jeffrey Habben