Patents by Inventor Yael Leitner-Dagan

Yael Leitner-Dagan 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).

  • Transgenic plants exhibiting increased tolerance to stress and methods of generating same
    Patent number: 8173868
    Abstract: Methods of increasing tolerance of a plant to stress are provided. According to an exemplary aspect a method of increasing tolerance of a plant to a biotic stress is provided. The method comprising expressing within the plant an exogenous fibrillin/CDSP34 thereby increasing the tolerance of the plant to the biotic stress. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs and transgenic plants comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventors: Alexander Vainstein, Elena Shklarman, Yael Leitner-Dagan
  • Transgenic Plants Exhibiting Increased Tolerance to Stress and Methods of Generating Same
    Publication number: 20090165171
    Abstract: Methods of increasing tolerance of a plant to stress are provided. According to an exemplary aspect a method of increasing tolerance of a plant to a biotic stress is provided. The method comprising expressing within the plant an exogenous thereby increasing the tolerance of the plant to the biotic stress. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs and transgenic plants comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventors: Alexander Vainstein, Elena Shklarman, Yael Leitner-Dagan