Agritope receives three additional plant biotechnology patents.Agritope, Inc. (Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , OR; 503-670-7702) announced the issuance of three United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. patents covering several of the company's proprietary promoters PROMOTERS. In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines and penalties. and their use in regulating expression of genes in plants. "These patents add to Agritope's broad collection of promoters useful in the application of Agritope's proprietary technology for extending the post harvest shelf life of fruits and vegetables," stated Adolph J. Ferro, PhD, president and chief executive officer. Ferro added, "These new patents further strengthen Agritope's intellectual property position in the area of promoters and regulated gene expression and confirm our leadership in the application of plant biotechnology to fruits and vegetables for the benefit of growers Growers are the people, animals, plants, and various living creatures that assist in the growing of plants and other living creatures. More specifically, the term "growers" refers to individual people who put forth effort to grow plants for food and medicinal use, including the , shippers, processors, retailers and consumers. Our primary strategic objective is to develop novel technologies that can, in turn, produce improved plant varieties. Protection of those technologies through the patent process is a key element of that strategy." The patents, United States Patent Nos. 5,783,393, 5,783,394 and 5,859,330, cover six specific promoters as well as related DNA sequences DNA sequence Genetics The precise order of bases–A,T,G,C–in a segment of DNA, gene, chromosome, or an entire genome. See Base pair, Base sequence analysis, Chromosome, Gene, Genome. used to express genes in plants. These technologies also cover methods for regulating gene expression in plants as well as transgenic trans·ge·nic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being an organism whose genome has been altered by the transfer of a gene or genes from another species or breed: transgenic mice. 2. plants and fruits. Agritope's patent portfolio now consists of 12 US patents and 4 foreign patents. In addition, applications for 36 patents are pending. Agritope is an agricultural biotechnology company that develops improved plant products and provides technology to the agricultural industry. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion