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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neal Gutterson, Oakland, CA (US);
William G. Hanson, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Assignee:
DNA Plant Technology Corporation, Nogales, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/531 ; C12N 1/584 ; C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/04 ; A01H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/531 ; C12N 1/584 ; C12N 1/582 ; C12N 5/04 ; A01H 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for eliminating plants containing non-T-DNA sequences derived from a T-DNA vector. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for killing plant cells that receive non-T-DNA sequences based on incorporation of a lethal polynucleotide sequence into the non-T-DNA portion of the vector.