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2006

Patent Title	Patent #	Inventor(s)
Overexpression of phytase genes in yeast systems	7,026,150	Xingen Lei
Use of a nucleic acid encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide to enhance growth in plants	6,998,515	Dewen Qiu, Zhong-Min Wei, Steven V. Beer
Pseudomonas Syringae Harpins and Their Uses	7,109,397	Alan R. Collmer, Adela Ramos
DNA Molecules and Polypeptides of Pseudomonas Syringae HRP Pathogenicity Island and Their Uses	7,102,059	Alan R. Collmer, James R. Alfano, Amy O Charkowski
DNA encoding Pseudomonas Syringae hypersensitive response elicitor and its use	7,045,123	Alan Collmer, Amy Charkowski, James R. Alfano
DNA encoding Erwinia Amylovora hypersensitive response elicitor and its use	7,029,667	Jihyun Francis Kim, Steven V. Beer
Ruminal fluid inoculation of calves	7,045,149	Thomas V. Muscato, James B. Russell
Oomycete-resistant transgenic plants by virtue of pathogen-induced expression of a heterologous hypersensitive response elicitor	7,041,876	Steven V. Beer, David W. Bauer
Carbon dioxide as an aid in pasteurization	7,041,327	Joseph H. Hotchkiss, Christopher R. Loss
Air flow monitoring and control system with reduced false alarms	7,001,263	William A. Shaben

2005

Patent Title	Patent #	Inventor(s)
Phosphatases with improved phytase activity	6,974,690	Xingen Lei
Genes for male accessory gland proteins in Drosophila melanogaster	6,955,897	Mariana F. Wolfner, Oliver Lung, Khanh-Uyen Tram
Method of making water stress or salt stress tolerant transgenic cereal plants	6,951,971	Ray J. Wu, Tuan-Hua David Ho
Biocontrol for plants with Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas putida, and Sporobolomyces roseus	6,896,883	Gary C. Bergstrom, Wilmar Corio da Luz
In vitro production of haploid germ cells	6,872,569	Dong Ryul Lee, Michael T. Kaproth, John E. Parks
Spectrometer sample generating and injecting system using a microliter nebulizer	6,859,272	Michael A. Rutzke, Steven D. Sweat
Hypersensitive response elicitor fragments which are active but do not elicit a hypersensitive response	6,858,707	Zhong-Min Wei, Hao Fan, Jennifer J. Stephens, Steven V. Beer, Ron J. Laby
Hypersensitive response elicitor from Erwinia amylovora, its use, and encoding gene	6,855,683	Adam J. Bogdanove, Jihyun Francis Kim, Zhong-Min Wei, Steven V. Beer
DNA molecules and polypeptides of Pseudomonas syringae Hrp pathogenicity island and their uses	6,852,835	Alan Collmer, James R. Alfano, Amy O. Charkowski
Genes for male accessory gland proteins in Drosophila melanogaster	6,955,897	Mariana F. Wolfner, Oliver Lung, Khanh-Uyen Tram
Site-directed mutagenesis of Escherichia coli phytase	6,841,370	Xingen Lei

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2004

Patent Title	Patent #	Inventor(s)
Induction of resistance to virus diseases by transformation of plants with a plant virus	6,649,813	Milton Zaitlin, Daniel Golemboski, George Lomonossoff
Preparation of fagopyritols and uses therefor	6,825,173	Ralph L. Obendorf, Marcin Horbowicz
Laser-induced cell lysis system	6,815,209	Antje J. Baeummer, Mohit D. Dhawan
Flavorful low-fat cheese	6,808,735	David M. Barbano, Brandon K. Nelson, Christine Cholish-Nicklas
Rin gene compositions and methods for use thereof	6,787,687	James Giovannoni, Steven Tanksley, Veeraragavan Padmanabhan, Diane Ruezinsky, Julie Vrebalov, Ruth White
Method and apparatus for collecting and expressing geographically-referenced data	6,772,142	Steven T. Kelling, Ronald M. Beloin, John W. Fitzpatrick, Frank B. Gill, Roger L. Slothower, Thomas A. Fredericks
NOR gene compositions and methods for use thereof	6,762,347	James Giovannoni, Steven Tanksley, Julia Vrebalov, Frederick Noensie
Gene controlling fruit size and cell division in plants	6,756,524	Steven D. Tanksley

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2003

Patent Title	Patent #	Instructor(s)
Cellular microbead filter for use in water recirculating system	6,666,965	Michael B. Timmons
Tomato gene.Sw-5 conferring resistance to Tospoviruses	6,664,447	Steven D. Tanksley, Sergio H. Brommonschenkel
Removable marking system	6,653,265	Frank S. Rossi, Eva Gussack
Induction of resistance to virus diseases by transformation of plants with a plant virus replicase gene	6,649,813	Milton Zaitlin, Daniel Golemboski, George Lomonossoff
Cells engineered to contain genes of interest without expressed bacterial sequences and materials and methods therefor	6,645,767	Manuel J. Villa, Susan A. Henry
Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function	6,635,475	John D. Helmann
Microfiltration of skim milk for cheese making and whey proteins	6,623,781	Syed S. H. Rizvi, Randall L. Brandsma
Phloem-loading-specific promoter	6,613,960	E. Robert Turgeon
Recombinant constructs and systems for secretion of proteins via type III secretion systems	6,596,509	David W. Bauer, Steven V. Beer, Adam J. Bogdanove, Alan Collmer, Jong Hyun Ham
Hypersensitive response elicitor fragments eliciting a hypersensitive response and uses thereof	6,583,107	Ron J. Laby, Zhong-Min Wei, Steven V. Beer
Filtration-detection device and method of use	6,576,460	Antje J. Baeumner, Richard A. Montagna
Enzymes with improved phytase activity	6,511,699	Xingen Lei

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2002

Patent Title	Patent #	Inventor(s)
Preparation of fagopyritols and uses therefor	6,492,341	Ralph L. Obendorf, Marcin Horbowicz
Microfiltration of skim milk for cheese making and whey proteins	6,485,762	Syed S. H. Rizvi, Randall L. Brandsma
Recombinant constructs and techniques for delivering to eucaryotic cells bacterial proteins that are secreted via type III secretion systems	6,485,977	Alan Collmer, Steven V. Beer
Overexpression of phytase genes in yeast systems	6,451,572	Xingen Lei
Genes for male accessory gland proteins in drosophila melanogaster	6,380,159	Mariana F. Wolfner, Oliver Lung, Khanh-Uyen Tram
Rice actin 2 promoter and intron and methods for use thereof	6,429,357	David McElroy, Ray Wu

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2001

Patent Title	Patent #	Inventor(s)
Use of hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide from Clavibacter michiganensis for disease resistance, growth enhancement and insect control	6,333,302	Steven V. Beer, Jerry L. Butler
Activated ras interaction assay	6,300,081	Stephen J. Taylor, David Shalloway
Ruminal fluid inoculation of calves	6,296,879	Thomas V. Muscato, James B. Russell
Artificial diet and method using an artificial diet, for mass rearing of insects	6,293,223	Bernd Blossey, Debra Eberts
Method of altering nutritional components of milk produced by a lactating animal	6,288,114	Dale E. Bauman, Mark A. McGuire, Mikko Griinari, P. Yvan Chouinard
Enhancement of growth in plants	6,277,814	Dewen Qiu, Zhong-Min Wei, Steven V. Beer
Hypersensitive response elicitor from Erwinia amylovora and its use	6,262,018	Jihyun Francis Kim, Steven V. Beer
Hypersensitive response induced resistance in plants by seed treatment with a hypersensitive response elicitor	6,235,974	Dewen Qiu, Zhong-Min Wei, Steven V. Beer
Hypersensitive response elicitor from Erwinia amylovora, its use, and encoding gene	6,228,644	Adam J. Bogdanove, Jihyun Francis Kim, Zhong-Min Wei, Steven V. Beer

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