PATENTS
and PLANT PATENTS
June,
2004-July, 2005
From
the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture:
Project
: 0346
Physiological and Biochemical Markers of Potato Seed-Tuber Age
and Their Relevance to Production.
Knowles;
Norman R. (Pullman, WA); Knowles; Lisa O'Rear (Pullman, WA); Use
of Alpha Beta Unsaturated Aliphatic Aldehydes and Ketones to Inhibit
Potato Tuber Sprouting." US Patent No. 6,855,669, filed February
15, 2005.
Project
: 0377
Production Horticultural and Integrated Management Systems of
Grapes
Tarara;
Julie M. (Prosser, WA); Ferguson; John C. (Grandview, WA); Pierce;
Francis J. (Prosser, WA); Pitts; Marvin J. (Genesee, ID); Hyde;
Gary M. (Pullman, WA); Wample; Robert L. (Clovis, CA); Baritelle;
Andre L. (Napa, CA); "Apparatus and Method for Measuring
the Mass of Vegetation or Fruit Supported on a Trellis."
US Patent No. 6, 854,337, filed February 15, 2005.
Project:
0326 Enhance
Market Quality by Improving Fruit Finish in Apple
Kammereck;
Rudolf (Wenatchee, WA); Schrader; Lawrence E. (Wenatchee, WA);
"Use of Clay and Lipid Formulations to Protect Horticultural
Crops from Sunburn and Insect Damage." US Patent No. 6,857,224,
filed February 22, 2005.
From the Institute of Biological
Chemistry:
Project
: 0202
Unraveling the Molecular Interactions at Lignin Initiation Sites
and in Heartwood Formation
Xia;
Zhi-Qiang (Dedham, MA); Costa; Michael A. (Pullman, WA); Davin;
Laurence B. (Pullman, WA); Lewis; Norman G. (Pullman, WA); "Recombinant
Secoisolariciciresinol Dehydrogensase, and Methods of Use. US
Patent No. 6,911,330, filed on June 28, 2005.
Project
: 0253
Lipid Biosynthesis in Leaves and Seeds
Tilton;
Gregory B. (Pullman, WA); Shockey; Jay M. (Pullman, WA); Browse;
John A. (Pullman, WA); "Acyl coenzyme A thioesterases. "
US Patent No. 6,878,861, filed April 12, 2005.
Browse;
John A. (Palouse, WA); Spychalla; James P. (Antigo, WI); "?-3
Fatty Acid Desaturase ." US Patent No. 6,884,921, filed on
April 26, 2005.
Browse;
John A. (Palouse, WA); Wallis; James G. (Moscow, ID); Watts; Jennifer
L. (Moscow, ID); "Desaturases and Methods of using Them for
Synthesis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids." US Patent No.
6,825,017, filed November 30, 2004.
Project
: 0268
Biochemistry of Plant Terpenoids
Croteau;
Rodney Bruce (Pullman, WA); Crock; John E. (Moscow, ID); "Isolation
and Bacterial Expression of a Sesquiterpene Synthase cDNA Clone
from Peppermint (Mentha x piperita,L.) that Produces the Aphid
Alarm Pheromone (E) -Beta- Farnesene." US Patent No: 6,846,659,
filed January 25, 2005.
Croteau;
Rodney B. (Pullman, WA); Walker; Kevin D. (Pullman, WA); Schoendorf;
Anne (Pullman, WA); Wildung; Mark R. (Colfax, WA). "Nucleic
Acid Molecules Encoding 10-Deacetylbaccatin III-O-Acetyl Transferase
and Related Products." US Patent No. 6,818,755, filed November
16, 2004.
Croteau;
Rodney B. (Pullman, WA); Schoendorf; Anne (Bossey, FR); Jennewein;
Stefan (Pullman, WA); "Cytochrome P 450 Oxygenases and their
Uses." US Patent No. 6,787,343, filed on September 7, 2004
Project
: 0197
The Flexibility of the Light Reactions of Photosynthesis
Kramer;
David M. (Pullman, WA); Sacksteder; Colette A. (St. Paul, MN);
"Non-Focusing Optics Spectrophotometer and Methods of Use."
US Patent No. 6,813,024, filed November 2, 2004.
