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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101411 | Method for production of corosolic acid in suspension culture of plant cells The present invention relates to a method of producing corosolic acid by using plant cells that produce corosolic acid. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of producing corosolic acid by using plant cell suspension cultures comprising the st... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8012752 | In vitro methods for the induction and maintenance of plant cell lines as single suspension cells with intact cell walls, and transformation thereof The subject invention provides simple and consistent methods to break suspension cell aggregates to single cells with intact primary cell walls. The subject invention relates in part to cell separation of suspension cell aggregates cultured in medium containing pect... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7950183 | Methods of producing a synchronized population of conifer somatic embryo germinants In one aspect, the present invention provides methods of producing a synchronized population of conifer somatic embryo germinants in preparation for transplantation. The methods of the invention comprise the steps of: (a) culturing conifer somatic embryos on sterile... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7932086 | Commercially viable process for in vitro mass culture of The present invention relates to a commercially viable process for in vitro mass culture of Jatropha curcas. The process for in vitro mass culture of Jatropha curcas is simple, faster, and suitable for production of disease-free root tubers of uniform ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7923248 | Methods for producing microspore derived doubled haploid The present invention relates to culturing isolated microspores and the subsequent generation of doubled-haploid plant lines that are suitable for the rapid selection of plants with improved composition and agronomic performance. Processes developed for the recovery... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7901922 | Nutrient medium used for ex vitro sowing, germination, growth and conversion of plant somatic embryos or germinants The invention provides a nutrient medium useful for sowing a somatic plant embryo or germinant of conifer species, which comprises particles of a solid component present within a flowable or semi-solid component containing water and a carbohydrate nutrient for the e... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7691630 | Compositions for protecting plants from pathogens This invention provides novel methods for improving plant quality and yield in the presence of pathogens. The method increases the levels of pathogenesis-related proteins, such as PR1, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, or plant cell wall proteins such as hydroxyproline-r... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7685769 | Methods for storing conifer somatic embryo germinants In one aspect, the present invention provides methods of storing conifer somatic embryo germinants germinated on a sterile germination medium for delayed transplanting into a growth medium. The methods of the invention comprise the steps of: (a) placing the germinan... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7442549 | Method of constructing orchid haploid by treating unfertilized orchid flower with auxin and method of growing orchid It is intended to provide a pure line plant which is required in constructing a seed propagation variety of orchid. An auxin solution is dropped to unfertilized orchid flowers so as to form seeds based on parthenogenesis. Then these seeds are germinated and haploid ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7404959 | Environmentally safe agricultural supplement A substantially microbe-free composition containing plant growth regulators is produced by culturing a fungal spawn on high carbohydrate medium under suitable conditions. The culture filtrate is sterilized, formulated, and used to enhance plant growth. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402433 | Method of in-vitro micropropagation of plants The present invention relates to an efficient method of in-vitro micropropagation of Piper longum plants. In particular, the present invention is directed towards the novel method for micropropagation of Piper longum from lateral bud (meristematic) exp... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7368631 | Regeneration and genetic transformation of The present invention is directed to a method of Acacia mangium regeneration through organogenesis and a method of genetic transformation of Acacia mangium. The method of regeneration comprises inducing callus from different parts of seedlings and vege... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354765 | Soya cell strains with high isoflavone content The present invention relates to soya cell cultures and soya cell strains producing a high amount of isoflavones and to a process for preparing an isolating isoflavone compounds in high yields. The present invention also pertains to soya plants regenerated from such... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351575 | Methods for processing biological materials using peelable and resealable devices Devices and methods for performing assays on materials, particularly biological materials, are provided. The devices and methods make use of self-sealing members, which can be applied to a flat surface to form wells to facilitate immobilization of materials on the f... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338762 | Bead bound combinatorial oligonucleoside phosphorothioate and phosphorodithioate aptamer libraries The present invention includes composition and methods for making and using a combinatorial library having two or more beads, wherein attached to each bead is a unique nucleic acid aptamer that have disposed thereon a unique sequence. The library aptamers may be att... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7317257 | Inhibiting underfill flow using nanoparticles A method and apparatus for inhibiting the flow of a flowable adhesive material disposed adjacent to a substrate. A chip component is disposed adjacent to a substrate and a plurality of nanoparticles are disposed and cured adjacent to the substrate and proximate to t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303916 | Sustained totipotent culture of selected monocot genera A method is provided for generating sustained totipotent tissue cultures of a plant of the Class Monocotyledonae, and for micropropagating such plant in vitro, wherein immature inflorescence are cultivated to produce totipotent tissue which is suitable for sustained... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7273627 | Botanical compositions having hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and antimicrobial activities for maintaining good health in normal person and diabetic patient Botanical compositions are described having hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and antimicrobial activity for maintaining good health in normal person and diabetic person comprising water extract of two medicinal plants, dried leaves of Malvastrum coromandelianum an... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270823 | Environmentally safe agricultural supplement A substantially microbe-free composition containing plant growth regulators is produced by culturing a fungal spawn on high carbohydrate medium under suitable conditions. The culture filtrate is sterilized, formulated, and used to enhance plant growth. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264951 | Enhanced production of taxol and taxanes by cell cultures of species This invention provides methods whereby taxol, baccatin III, and other taxol-like compounds, or taxanes, can be produced in very high yield from all known Taxus species, e.g., brevifolia, canadensis, cuspidata, baccata, globosa, floridana, wallichiana, med... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7238527 | Methods and compositions for rapid propagation of The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for in vitro cultivation of species of Swertia, e.g. Swertia chirata (Ham.). The disclosure provides culture media comprising Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal culture medium, plant hormones prefe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235402 | Scalable bioreactor culture process and system for the maturation of conifer somatic embryos A bioreactor culture system and process for producing conifer somatic embryos comprise a closed vessel, a biomass immobilization matrix, a liquid culture medium recirculating equipment, and a gas control equipment. The biomass immobilization matrix is installed in a... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226783 | Vanillin production Novel compositions and methods for improving vanillin production in cultured Vanilla planifolia and in intact plants are provided. Transgenic cells and plants having improved vanillin production are also provided. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207139 | Vacuum pick-up device with mechanically assisted release A vacuum pick-up device 20 includes a device body 22 having a pick-up tip opening 78 to which vacuum pressure is supplied. The vacuum pick-up device 20 further includes a mechanical release assisting device 36 that assists in the r... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189568 | Method and composition for clonal propagation of The present invention provides a method of clonal propagation of Pandanus amaryllifolius and further provides a composition for the clonal propagation of scented Pandanus amaryllifolius. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186889 | Method for genetic transformation of woody trees The invention refers to a method to transform and obtain plants of woody trees, particularly Eucalyptus spp., transformed by the introduction of exogenous genes of interest into their cells. The method makes use of sterilized seeds, which are co-cultivated wi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176024 | Bioreactor for growing biological materials supported on a liquid surface A bioreactor assembly of the present invention for holding a media and supporting growth of a plurality of plants. The assembly includes a light source and a container having a light transmissive wall structure and defining a reservoir. A major axis of the reservoir... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168205 | Seed coat for manufactured seeds The present invention relates to an improved coating for manufactured seeds wherein the coating is able to resist cracking at temperatures below about 1° C. The coating usable with the present invention is comprised of a wax impregnated cellulose substrate wherein ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160717 | LED array for illuminating cell well plates and automated rack system for handling the same An assembly for promoting the growth of plant tissues that includes a plurality of plates each defining an array of wells wherein each of the wells contains a tissue sample. Support for the plates is provided by a rack having a plurality of vertically stacked shelve... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7109481 | Matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization (MALDI) sample plate releasably coupled to a sample plate adapter Embodiments of the present invention describe a MALDI (matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization) sample plate body that includes a reusable sample plate and a sample plate adapter that are releasably coupled to one another. In one particular embodiment, the s... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109020 | Leguminous bacterium having potentiated nitrogen fixation ability The invention of this application provides root nodule bacteria transformed with the DNA fragment of SEQ ID No. 1 consisting a catalase gene and whose nitrogen-fixation ability is enhanced with a catalase produced from the catalase gene, a preparation for leguminous... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105186 | Triterpene compositions and methods for use thereof The invention provides saponin mixtures and compounds which are isolated from the species Acacia victoriae and methods for their use. These compounds may contain a triterpene moiety, such as acacic or oleanolic acid, to which oligosaccharides and monoterpenoi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073289 | Process for producing orchid seedlings by static liquid culture Disclosed herein is a process for producing orchid seedlings by static liquid culture, in which a suitable amount of orchid seeds are suspended in a liquid medium suitable for the germination and growth of the orchid seeds to form a seed suspension; the seed suspens... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052912 | Methods and apparatus for the micro- and macropropagation of reed grasses The present invention provides methods for the micropropagation of reed grasses, particularly Arundo donax. In addition, the present invention provides methods for the macropropagation of bamboo and reed grasses, which utilize a unique float bed system and ap... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052911 | Methods of increasing plant yield This invention provides novel methods for improving plant quality and yield in the presence of pathogens. The method increases the levels of pathogenesis-related proteins, such as PR1, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, or plant cell wall proteins such as hydroxyproline-r... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045354 | Process for scaled-up production of recombinant proteins using transgenic plant suspension cultures The present invention relates to methods for semi-continuous culture of plant cells in a nutrient medium. The pH of the medium is monitored during the cell culture as a way of monitoring the expression of a product of interest by the cells. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7022524 | Increasing plant growth with luminol The present invention provides novel enhancers of photosynthesis and plant growth and methods of using same. In one embodiment, the enhancer is derived from a microorganism. In alternative embodiments, the compounds are microbial extracts, microbial secretion produc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015032 | Intermittent immersion vessel apparatus and process for plant propagation A plant micropropagation apparatus and process is provided in which a support platform for vessels containing a liquid growth media are periodically pivoted which brings about an intermittent immersion of the plant tissue/growth substrate in the growth media. The mo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7005298 | Micropropagation and production of phytopharmaceutical plants The development of an in vitro regeneration system that utilizes a plant growth regulator having cytokinin activity for the induction of de novo shoots or somatic embryos on explants of phytopharmaceutical plants is provided. Transfer of the regenerated shoots or so... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006680 | System and method for characterizing microarray output data The current invention discloses a novel spectral transformation technique for characterizing digitized intensity output patterns from microarrays. This method yields improved sensitivity with reduced false positives and false negatives. Current microarray methods ar... | 02/28/2006 |
