Patents by Inventor William J. Howie

William J. Howie 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).

  • METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING WHEAT PLANTS WITH INCREASED GRAIN PROTEIN CONTENT
    Publication number: 20090300783
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods for making wheat plants with increased grain protein content. The methods involve introducing a gene encoding herbicide-resistant, wheat acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit (AHASL) protein. The invention further provides wheat plants that produce high protein grain and human and animal food products derived thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: William J. Howie, Ronald E. Kehler, Dale R. Carlson, Mark L. Dahmer, Bijay K. Singh
  • Delayed ripening tomato plants with T-DNA bearing a truncated ACC2 synthase gene
    Patent number: 5952546
    Abstract: The present invention provides tomato plants exhibiting a delayed ripening phenotype. The plants of the invention comprise a T-DNA insert comprising a first sequence of from about nucleotide 149 to about nucleotide 1237 of a tomato Acc synthase gene and two inverted repeats of the first sequence. Integration of the T-DNA insert into the plant genome inhibits ethylene biosynthesis in the fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Bedbrook, Pamela Dunsmuir, William J. Howie, Lawrence K. Joe, Kathleen Y. Lee