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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080028473 | Method of retaining and accessing receipt of purchase A method of storing and receipt of purchase is described allowing convenient access and proof of purchase. The method is applicable to transfer of images, video streams, and movies. A scrambling and method of inaccessibility is claimed to reduce possibility of illegal c... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028474 | Systems and Methods for Watermarking Software and Other Media Systems and methods are disclosed for embedding information in software and/or other electronic content such that the information is difficult for an unauthorized party to detect, remove, insert, forge, and/or corrupt. The embedded information can be used to protect ele... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028475 | Method For Authenticating A Website The present invention relates to a method for the authentication of a website, the method comprises: (a) establishing an agreement between a user and a website owner where the user receives at least one personal client key and the website owner receives at least one per... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028476 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REQUIRING AUTHORIZATION FOR A JOB PRIOR TO PROCESSING A method, computer readable medium, and for requiring external authorization for a job prior to processing includes determining for a job if external authorization for at least one is item is approved and processing the job if the determining if external authorization i... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028477 | Chip with Power Supply Device A chip includes a memory that stores confidential data, a power supply device to apply a voltage and/or or a current, and an interface to transfer the data from and/or to another device. To secure the data in the memory, the power supply device is an integrated componen... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028478 | Method for Genetic Improvement of Terminal Boars The methods provided herein relate to swine production. Specifically the instant invention provides methods for the production of terminal parent animals (i.e. terminal sires and terminal dams) for use in swine production herds. Also provided are methods for quickly and... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028479 | Method for making genetic modifications Methods of generating modified embryos and mammals by introduction of donor cells into an early stage embryo are provided, such that the resulting embryo and animal generated therefrom has a significant contribution to all tissues from the donor cells and is capable of ... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028480 | Markers for Salinity Tolerance in Wheat Plants and the Use Thereof in Breeding Programs The present invention relates to markers of a Nax locus of wheat plants, particularly durum wheat, linked to reduced sodium accumulation, as well as enhanced tolerance to saline and/or sodic soils. The present invention also relates to the use of these markers in breedi... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028481 | CHIMERIC GENE CONTAINING SEVERAL HERBICIDE TOLERANCE GENES, PLANT CELL AND PLANT RESISTANT TO SEVERAL HERBICIDES 1. Chimeric gene containing several herbicide tolerance genes, plant cell and plant which are tolerant to several herbicides. 2. The plant is tolerant to several herbicides at the same time, in particular to the inhibitors of HPPD and to those of EPSPS and/or to the dih... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028482 | Corn Plant Mon88017 and Compositions and Methods for Detection Thereof The present invention provides a corn plant designated MON880 7 and DNA compositions contained therein. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the corn plant MON88017 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028483 | Inbred corn line MN5 An inbred corn line, designated MN5, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MN5, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line MN5 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line MN5 with ... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028484 | Inbred corn line MM6 An inbred corn line, designated MM6, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MM6, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line MM6 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line MM6 with ... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028485 | Inbred corn line UNW1 An inbred corn line, designated UNW1, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line UNW1, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line UNW1 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing t... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028486 | Aluminium Tolerant Barley The present invention relates to barley plants comprising an exogenous nucleic acid molecule which confers upon the plants enhanced tolerance to aluminium relative to isogenic plants which do not contain the exogenous nucleic acid. Also provided are methods of producing... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028487 | USES OF THE PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE EFFECTOR PROTEIN HopU1 RELATED TO ITS ABILITY TO ADP-RIBOSYLATE EUKARYOTIC RNA BINDING PROTEINS The bacterial plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae injects effector proteins into host cells via a type III protein secretion system to cause disease. The invention relates to the discovery that the type III effector HopU1 is a mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase (ADP-RT)... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028488 | USE OF TRYPTOPHAN INDOLE AND ANTHRANILATE ANALOGS AS PLANT TRANSFORMATION SELECTION AGENTS Methods and compositions are described using tryptophan analogs, indole analogs, and mixtures thereof as agents for selecting plant cells that have been transformed with an anthranilate synthase (ASA2) gene or a fragment thereof, where the ASA2 gene encodes a feedback-i... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028489 | Guard cell-specific tool for molecular manipulation of drought avoidance/water loss in plants The inventors herein disclose a new transporter that participates in guard cell movement. The inventors have now found that AtCHX20 is preferentially expressed in guard cells using microarray and promoter TGUS analyses. The inventors have also found a guard cell specifi... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028490 | PROMOTER MOLECULES FOR USE IN PLANTS The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the invention relates to promoters isolated from Zea mays and Oryza sativa that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous pol... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028491 | Hybrids of Exacum An Exacum hybrid, method to produce the hybrid plant, and progeny derived from the Exacum hybrid are disclosed. The Exacum hybrid is derived from an interspecific cross with Exacum taxa E. pedunculatum, E. macranthum, E. pallidum, E. trine... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080028492 | Maize Cellulose Synthases and Uses Thereof The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes... | 01/31/2008 |
