Patents by Inventor William Gordan-Kamm

William Gordan-Kamm 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).

  • Use of the green fluorescent protein as a screenable marker for plant transformation
    Patent number: 6486382
    Abstract: A method for the production of transgenic plants is provided in which a vector carrying a gene encoding the green fluorescent protein is introduced into cells, the cells are screened for the protein and transformed cells are selected and regenerated. The cellular toxicity of the green fluorescent protein is circumvented by regulating expression of the gene encoding the protein or directing the protein to a subcellular compartment where it is not toxic to the cell. DNA constructs are provided for cell transformation in which the expression of a gene encoding the green fluorescent protein is placed under the control of an inducible promoter. In addition, DNA constructs are provided in which a nucleotide sequence encoding the green fluorescent protein is operably linked to a signal sequence which directs the expressed protein to a subcellular compartment where the protein is not toxic to the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Gordan-Kamm, Dorothy A. Pierce, Benjamin Bowen, Dennis Bidney, Margit Ross, Christopher Scelonge, Michael D. Miller, Gary Sandahl, Lijuan Wang