Inventor · Cumming, IA, US

Dwight Tomes

45Patents
13h-index
47Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 17, 1989 → May 6, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5322783A Soybean transformation by microparticle bombardment Chemistry; Metallurgy 184 Expired
US5886244A Stable transformation of plant cells Chemistry; Metallurgy 99 Expired
US5736369A Method for producing transgenic cereal plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US5990387A Stable transformation of plant cells Chemistry; Metallurgy 77 Expired
US6992237B1 Regulated expression of genes in plant seeds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US5240855A Particle gun Chemistry; Metallurgy 69 Expired
US5879918A Pretreatment of microprojectiles prior to using in a particle gun Chemistry; Metallurgy 48 Expired
US5324646A Methods of regeneration of Medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US6258999A Stable transformation of plant cells Chemistry; Metallurgy 25 Expired
US5773697A Genetic constructs and methods for producing fruits with very little or diminished seed Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US6930225B2 Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7531723B2 Modulation of cytokinin activity in plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US5921477A Apparatus for tissue preparation Physics 13 Expired
US7579443B2 Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US7022894B2 Methods of transforming plants and identifying parental origin of a chromosome in those plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US7307149B2 Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7524933B2 Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US5877400A Transgenic methods and compositions for producing parthenocarpic fruits and vegetables Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US6921815B2 Cytokinin Oxidase Promoter from Maize Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US8207302B2 Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7479584B2 Methods and compositions for modulating flowering and maturity in plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US7148401B2 Brachytic2 (BR2) promoter from maize and methods of use Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US6566137B1 Method of regeneration of Medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same Human Necessities 1 Expired
US5731202A Methods of regeneration of Medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US5994626A Methods of regeneration of medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.