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2006-2007 Patents


From the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Project: 0326 Enhance Market Quality by Improving Fruit Finish in Apple
Schrader, Lawrence F. (Wenatchee, WA); Compositions and Methods for Suppressing Cracking and Water Loss from Cherries. U.S. Patent No. 7,222,455, filed May 29, 2007.

From the Department of Plant Pathology

Project: 0947 Metabolites and Genes of Biocontrol Agents Involved in Suppression of Root Pathogens of Wheat and Barley
Thomashow; Linda S. (Pullman, WA), Delaney; Shannon M. (Schiller Park, IL), Mavrodi; Dmitri V. (Pullman, WA), Weller; David M. (Pullman, WA); Sequences Encoding PhzO and Methods.U.S. Patent No. 7,189,547, filed March 13, 2007.

From the Institute of Biological Chemistry

Project: 0967 Diterpene Biosynthesis in Taxol Production and Conifer Defense
Croteau; Rodney B. (Pullman, WA), Walker; Kevin D. (Pullman, WA), Schoendorf; Anne (Collonges sous Saleve, FR), Wildung; Mark R. (Colfax, WA); Transacylases of the Paclitaxel Biosynthetic Pathway. U.S. Patent No. 7,153,676, filed December 26, 2006.

From the Department of Biological Systems Engineering

Project: 0467 Improvement of Thermal and Alternative Processes for Food
Tang; Juming (Pullman, WA), Liu; Fang (Pullman, WA), Pathak; Surya Kumar (Gujarat, IN), Eves, II; Eugene E. (Westford, MA); Apparatus and Method for Heating Objects with Microwaves. U.S. Patent No. 7,119,313, filed October 10, 2006.

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