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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A Fischhoff, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Roy L Fuchs, Ballwin, MO (US);
Paul B Lavrik, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Sylvia A McPherson, St. Louis, MO (US);
Frederick J Perlak, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C12N / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 4351723 ; 4353201 ; 4352404 ; 435 691 ; 536 2371 ; 514 12 ; 800D / ; 800D / ;
Abstract
A method for producing genetically transformed plants exhibiting toxicity to Coleopteran insects is disclosed. In another aspect, the present invention embraces chimeric plant genes, genetically transformed cells and differentiated plants which exhibit toxicity to Coleopteran insects. In yet another aspect, the present invention embraces bacterial cells and plant transformation vectors comprising a chimeric plant gene encoding a Coleopteran toxin protein of Bacillus thuringiensis.