Patents by Inventor Thomas L. German

Thomas L. German 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).

  • Method of Controlling Insects and Virus Transmission
    Publication number: 20080300210
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for controlling insects and virus transmission, including a genetic construct for inhibiting virus transmission by an arthropod, a transgenic plant, plant cell or plant tissue, a method of preventing transmission of an arthropod-dependent viral plant disease, a method of delivering an active toxic fragment of a Bacillus thuringinsis (Bt) toxin to an arthropod, and a biopesticidal composition for preventing transmission of an arthropod-dependent viral plant disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Thomas L. German, Anna E. Whitfield
  • Transgenic plants as an alternative source of lignocellulosic-degrading enzymes
    Patent number: 6818803
    Abstract: Transgenic plants which express cellulose-degrading enzymes, methods to make the transgenic plants, and methods to use the cellulose-degrading enzymes produced by the transgenic plants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sandra Austin-Phillips, Richard R. Burgess, Thomas L. German, Thomas Ziegelhoffer
  • Transgenic plants as an alternative source of lignocellulosic-degrading enzymes
    Patent number: 5981835
    Abstract: Transgenic plants which express cellulose-degrading enzymes, methods to make the transgenic plants, and methods to use the cellulose-degrading enzymes produced by the transgenic plants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sandra Austin-Phillips, Richard R. Burgess, Thomas L. German, Thomas Ziegelhoffer
  • Assay for verticillium dahliae
    Patent number: 5527671
    Abstract: A DNA sequence is described which is diagnostic of Verticillium dahliae, a problematic plant pathogen. The sequence is found only in V. dahliae and not in closely related Verticillium species. The identification of this diagnostic DNA sequence permits a rapid and sensitive PCR assay to be used to test soil samples for the presence of this pathogen. Competitive PCR may be used to quantify the amount of pathogen present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kening Li, Douglas I. Rouse, Thomas L. German