Patent · US Expired

Coffee plant with reduced α-D-galactosidase activity

US7238858B2 · kind B2 · utility

110Cited by
1References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 2004
Grant dateJul 3, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N15/8245
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the modification of galactomannans present in the green coffee bean by reducing the endogenous level of α-D-galactosidase activity. In particular, the present invention pertains to a plant cell with reduced α-D-galactosidase activity and to a plant harboring such a plant cell.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.