Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part – per se – Higher plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-10
2010-06-22
Baum, Stuart F. (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part, per se
Higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part
C800S298000, C800S317300, C800S278000, C800S290000, C435S419000, C435S320100, C536S023600, C536S024100
Reexamination Certificate
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ABSTRACT:
A unique fusion gene is disclosed which is useful for transforming a wide range of plants, resulting in a significant alteration of the plant phenotype with respect to shoot and floral tissue response, but not affecting root growth or function. The gene construct includes an ACC oxidase promoter to drive an ipt coding sequence that expresses IPT at certain stages of plant maturation and in certain tissues of the shoot. Exemplary transformations include chrysanthemum and tobacco, both of which exhibit increased branching in the vegetative shoot and increased bud count in the generative shoot.
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Khodakovskaya Mariya
Li Yi
Mc Avoy Richard
Baum Stuart F.
Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds P.C.
University of Connecticut
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