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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:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Angharad Gatehouse, Durham, GB;
Vaughan Hilder, Durham, GB;
Els Van Damme, Heverlee, BE;
Willy Peumans, Heverlee, BE;
Christine Newell, Cambridge, GB;
William Hamilton, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Agricultural Genetics Company Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H / ; A01C / ; A01N / ; C07H / ; C07K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800205 ; 800D / ; 4351723 ; 4353201 ; 424418 ; 536 236 ; 530370 ; 47 58 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of lectins having specific mannose-binding ability and/or derived from Amaryllidaceae or Alliaceae for the control of insect pests. Transgenic plants containing and capable of expressing foreign genes coding for such lectins are also disclosed.