Patents by Inventor Trudi Higginson

Trudi Higginson 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).

  • Nucleic acid molecules and their use in plant sterility
    Patent number: 8624086
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for disrupting pollen development in a plant, the method comprising inhibiting the expression of an endogenous nucleic acid molecule which is, under normal conditions, detectably expressed in anther tissue of a plant during pollen formation, and which codes for a protein belonging to the MYB class of DNA binding transcription factors. Particularly, the nucleic acid molecule whose expression is blocked encodes MYB 32 or MYB 103. The invention also provides nucleic acid molecules for use in the method, use of the method in producing male sterile plants and transgenic plants produced in accordance with the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: La Trobe University
    Inventors: Roger Parish, Song Li, Sylvana Iacuone, Roger Kalla, Trudi Higginson
  • Nucleic Acid Molecules and Their Use in Plant Sterility
    Publication number: 20120185963
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for disrupting pollen development in a plant, the method comprising inhibiting the expression of an endogenous nucleic acid molecule which is, under normal conditions, detectably expressed in anther tissue of a plant during pollen formation, and which codes for a protein belonging to the MYB class of DNA binding transcription factors. Particularly, the nucleic acid molecule whose expression is blocked encodes MYB 32 or MYB 103. The invention also provides nucleic acid molecules for use in the method, use of the method in producing male sterile plants and transgenic plants produced in accordance with the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Roger Parish, Song Li, Sylvana Iacuone, Roger Kalla, Trudi Higginson
  • Nucleic acid molecules and their use in plant sterility
    Patent number: 8163975
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for disrupting pollen development in a plant, the method comprising inhibiting the expression of an endogenous nucleic acid molecule which is, under normal conditions, detectably expressed in anther tissue of a plant during pollen formation, and which codes for a protein belonging to the MYB class of DNA binding transcription factors. Particularly, the nucleic acid molecule whose expression is blocked encodes MYB 32 or MYB 103. The invention also provides nucleic acid molecules for use in the method, use of the method in producing male sterile plants and transgenic plants produced in accordance with the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: LA Trobe University, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Roger Parish, Song Li, Sylvana Iacuone, Roger Kalla, Trudi Higginson