Patents by Inventor Vaughan A. Hilder

Vaughan A. Hilder 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).

  • Proteins with insecticidal properties against homopteran insects and their use in plant protection
    Patent number: 5604121
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use for control of Homopteran insect pests of a protein which has toxic or antimetabolic effects on them. According to the invention there is provided a transgenic plant comprising a gene coding for a protein which has toxic or antimetabolic effects on Homopteran insect pests, the gene being associated with a promoter which causes the gene to express the protein in the phloem of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company Limited
    Inventors: Vaughan A. Hilder, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, Kevin Powell, Donald Boulter
  • Insect control using lectins having specific mannose-binding ability
    Patent number: 5545820
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of lectins having specific mannose-binding ability and/or derived from Amaryllidaceae or Alliaceae for the control of insect pests. Transgenic plants containing and capable of expressing foreign genes coding for such lectins are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company Limited
    Inventors: Angharad Gatehouse, Vaughan Hilder, Els Van Damme, Willy Peumans, Christine Newell, William Hamilton
  • Transformed plant which expresses an insecticidally effective amount of a Bowman-Birk tryspin inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata in leaves, stems or roots, and a method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 5306863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant DNA molecule which comprises a structural gene coding for a trypsin inhibitor, in particular a trypsin inhibitor from a legume, more particularly from Vigna unguiculata (cowpea trypsin inhibitor or CpTI), or for a protein having properties resembling those of CpTI and/or having a substantial degree of homology therewith.The invention also relates to a recombinant DNA plasmid comprising such a DNA molecule, and to the incorporation of the DNA into the nuclear genome of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company Limited
    Inventors: Vaughan A. Hilder, Angharad M. R. Gatehouser, John A. Gatehouse, Donald Boulter, Richard F. Barker, Michael Bevan
  • Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor isolated from Vigna unguiculata
    Patent number: 5218104
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated recombinant DNA molecule which comprises a structural gene coding for a Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata. The invention also relates to a recombinant DNA plasmid comprising the Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata inserted in a DNA vector and a Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company Limited
    Inventors: Vaughan A. Hilder, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, John A. Gatehouse, Donald Boulter