Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters carbohydrate production in the plant
Reexamination Certificate
2004-05-12
2010-02-02
Fox, David T (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters carbohydrate production in the plant
C800S287000, C800S288000, C800S320000, C435S069800, C435S100000, C435S105000, C435S161000
Reexamination Certificate
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07655836
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to methods for increasing the yield of a compound produced by an organism. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for increasing the total or soluble carbohydrate content or sweetness or increasing the content of an endogenous carbohydrate of a plant tissue by producing a sugar-metabolizing enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of an endogenous sugar (one that is normally produced in the plant) to an alien sugar (one that is not normally produced in the plant at the same developmental stage). The invention also relates to plants and plant parts that produce a sugar-metabolizing enzyme to yield an alien sugar, with the consequence of higher total fermentable carbohydrate content, and to fermentable carbohydrates and other products derived therefrom.
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Birch Robert George
Wu Luguang
Fox David T
SEED IP Law Group PLLC
The University of Queensland
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