Claims for Patent: 6,680,429

Summary for Patent: 6,680,429

Title:	Starchless variety of pisum sativum having elevated levels of sucrose
Abstract:	The present invention relates to a Pisum sativum variety that contains a recessive gene called the bsg gene and produces peas that exhibit an elevated level of sucrose and a decreased level of alcohol insoluble solids when compared to peas produced from a Pisum sativum variety that does not contain the bsg gene within its genome.
Inventor(s):	Webster; David (Buhl, ID), Burgess; Diane (Berkeley, CA)
Assignee:	Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. (Oxnard, CA)
Application Number:	09/555,820
Patent Claims:	1. A Pisum sativum variety which contains a homozygous bsg gene within its genome, wherein said bsg gene contains a mutation in an intron in a 3' splice site of said gene. 2. The Pisum sativum variety of claim 1 wherein the mutation is in a dinucleotide AG, wherein the nucleotide A is replaced by nucleotide T. 3. A Pisum sativum variety which contains a homozygous bsg gene within its genome, wherein said bsg gene has the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and said nucleotide sequence contains a mutation in an intron at nucleotide 1594 at the 3' splice site dinucleotide AG, wherein nucleotide A is replaced with nucleotide T.

Details for Patent 6,680,429

Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Expiredate
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	For Injection	103132	06/04/1986		2017-12-08
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	For Injection	103132			2017-12-08
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.	INTRON A	interferon alfa-2b	Injection	103132			2017-12-08