Re: Pumpkin DNA Patent - 97-06560

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• To: Michael Cohill <m*@neo.lrun.com>
• Subject: Re: Pumpkin DNA Patent - 97-06560
• From: J* N* +* 8* 9* 0* <j*@gecm.com>
• Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 02:14:15 +0000 (GMT)
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Jeff:
	Is there a name and date on the pumpkin patent application.  If so I
can
go to my library and get a copy.

Michael in Akron

mcohill@neo.lrun.com


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Michael,
The following information is at the top of the patent application.  I can't
tell which are dates but it looks like there are several names.  See what you
can make of it.  

/Inst.Phys.Chem.Res.Saitama/ Kamiya Y; Yamaguchi S: Saitama, Japan.  Ep -
768-381: 09.10.95-95JP-261147 (16.04.97) 07.10.96 as 96EP-116005. 97-214817/20

Good Luck,

Jeff     jeff.niven@gecm.com
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> To All,
> 	In preparation for the weekly Pumpkin newsletter that I produce at
> work, I was handed a copy of a recent patent application, No. 97-06560. 
It
> starts off as follows:
> 
> "Pumpkin ent-kaurene-B-synthase polypeptide-transgenic plant construction
with
> increased or reduced height by expression of sense and antisense DNA,
> respectively (English)....."
> 
> It goes on to discuss how the application of this protein can increase or
> reduce the height of Curcurbita maxima.  Is this the secret of growing a
1061
> pound pumpkin?  It appears that the work on the protein was done in
Japan.  Has
> anyone heard anything about this?
> 
> Jeff
> 
> jeff.niven@gecm.com

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