Inventor · Basel, CH

Eric R. Ward

37Patents
12h-index
45Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 14, 1990 → Jan 13, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6177245A Manipulation of protoporphyrinogen oxidase enzyme activity in eukaryotic organisms Chemistry; Metallurgy 228 Expired
US5767373A Manipulation of protoporphyrinogen oxidase enzyme activity in eukaryotic organisms Chemistry; Metallurgy 201 Expired
US6084155A "Herbicide-tolerant protoporphyrinogen oxidase (""protox"") genes" Chemistry; Metallurgy 136 Expired
US5939602A DNA molecules encoding plant protoporphyrinogen oxidase and inhibitor-resistant mutants thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 98 Expired
US6282837A Methods of controlling the growth of undesired vegetation with herbicide tolerant plants or plant seeds having altered protoporphyrinogen oxidase activity Chemistry; Metallurgy 89 Expired
US6288306A Methods of selecting plants, plant tissue or plant cells resistant to a protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor Chemistry; Metallurgy 86 Expired
US5614395A Chemically regulatable and anti-pathogenic DNA sequences and uses thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5689044A Chemically inducible promoter of a plant PR-1 gene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7361806B2 Transgenic plants expressing a cellulase Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6308458A Herbicide-tolerant plants and methods of controlling the growth of undesired vegetation Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US6018105A Promoters from plant protoporphyrinogen oxidase genes Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US5789214A Method of inducing gene transcription in a plant Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6808904B2 Herbicide-tolerant protox genes produced by DNA shuffling Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US5541310A Herbicide resistant plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US5856154A Method of protecting plants from oomycete pathogens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5792904A Method for breeding disease resisteance into plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6307129A Herbicide tolerant plants, plant tissue or plant cells having altered protoporphyrinogen oxidase activity Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US6057490A Method for selecting disease resistant mutant plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US6023012A DNA molecules encoding plant protoporphyrinogen oxidase Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5942662A Inducible herbicide resistance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US8481810B2 Transgenic plants expressing a cellulase Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US5847258A DNA encoding .beta.-1,3-glucanases Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US5804693A Chemically regulatable and anti-pathogenic DNA sequences and uses thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7838732B2 Transgenic plants expressing a cellulase Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US5519125A Plant adenylosuccinate synthetase and DNA coding therefor Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired

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