Immature embryo transformation - claims in plain English

Immature embryo transformation
Patent and application assigned to Japan Tobacco

Specific patent information

Patent Number

Title, Independent Claims and Summary of Claims

Assignee

EP 672752 B1

Earliest priority - 3 September 1993
Filed - 1 September 1994
Granted - 26 May 2004
Expected expiry - 3 September 2013

Title - Method of transforming monocotyledon by using scutellum of immature embryo

Claim 1

A method for transforming monocotyledons comprising transforming scutellum of an immature embryo of a monocotyledon with a bacterium belonging to genus Agrobacterium containing a desired gene, which immature embryo has not been subjected to a dedifferentiation treatment, to obtain a transformant.

EP B 672 752 contains the same independent claim as the Australian patent.

Designated States at the time of grant are: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Greece (reported on INPADOC as lapsed), Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco (reported on INPADOC as lapsed), Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden

Japan Tobacco

AU 687863

Earliest priority - 3 September 1993
Filed - 1 September 1994
Granted - 5 March 1998
Expected expiry - 3 September 2013

Title - Method of transforming monocotyledon by using scutellum of immature embryo

Claim 1

The claims of the Australian patent AU-B-687 863 are directed to:

a method for transformation of a scutellum of an immature embryo of a monocotyledon with Agrobacterium having a desired gene. The embryo is not subjected to a dedifferentiation process prior the transformation with Agrobacterium.

Remarks

National phase entry of WO 95/06722 in Canada (CA 2148499) is pending.
National phase entry of WO 95/06722 in Japan (JP 3329819 B2) has been published as granted on 30 September 2002.

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