Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or... – The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-23
2006-05-23
Mehta, Ashwin (Department: 1638)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...
The polynucleotide alters plant part growth
C800S285000, C800S286000, C800S287000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07049488
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides methods of controlling endosperm development in plants.
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Fischer Robert L.
Goldberg Robert B.
Harada John
Kiyosue Tomohiro
Margossian Linda
Mehta Ashwin
The Regents of the University of California
Townsend and Townsend / and Crew LLP
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