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
2002-10-02
2009-08-04
Kubelik, Anne R (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
C536S023700, C435S418000, C514S002600
Reexamination Certificate
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07569748
ABSTRACT:
Proteins from the genusPhotorhabdusare toxic to insects upon exposure.Photorhabdus luminescens(formerlyXenorhabdus luminescens) have been found in mammalian clinical samples and as a bacterial symbiont of entomopathogenic nematodes of genusHeterohabditis. These protein toxins can be applied to, or genetically engineered into, insect larvae food and plants for insect control.
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Blackburn Michael B.
Bowen David J.
Ciche Todd A.
Ensign Jerald C.
Fatig Raymond
Baker & Daniels LLP
Kubelik Anne R
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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