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Fertile transgenic corn plants

Patent 5508468 Issued on April 16, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 3, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 285488 filed on 08/03/1994

US Classes:

800/300.1, The plant is maize800/301, Pathogen resistant plant which is transgenic or mutant800/302, Insect resistant plant which is transgenic or mutant800/320.1Maize

Examiners

Primary: Benzion, Gary

Attorney, Agent or Firm

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International Classes

C12N 015/00
C12N 015/09
A01H 001/06

Abstract

Fertile transgenic Zea mays (corn) plants which stably express recombinant DNA which is heritable are provided wherein said DNA preferably comprises a recombinant gene which encodes a seed storage protein, so that the amino acid profile of the corn is improved.

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