Daniel W Thorpe

US Patent:

7664967, Feb 16, 2010

Filed:

Dec 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/905263

Inventors:

Daniel R. Thorpe - Scotts Valley CA, US

Assignee:

Borland Software Corporation - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06F 12/14

US Classification:

713193, 713 1, 713 2, 713100, 713190, 717100, 717127

Abstract:

A development system providing a method for information hiding in executable programs is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method of the present invention is described for hiding information in computer programs, the method comprises steps of: receiving first input comprising program modules for a computer program being created, the program modules including data and code; receiving second input comprising information to be hidden in the computer program; linking together the program modules to form an executable computer program, including determining pads necessary for aligning data and code; and hiding the second input in the executable computer program by storing portions of the second input at locations in the executable computer program intended for pads.

US Patent:

20110191903, Aug 4, 2011

Filed:

Dec 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/982059

Inventors:

James Joseph English - San Leandro CA, US
Xu Hu - Johnston IA, US
Azalea Sukfun Ong - Castro Valley CA, US
Daniel J. Thorpe - Johnston IA, US
Gusui Wu - Grimes IA, US

Assignee:

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Johnston IA

International Classification:

A01H 1/00
C12Q 1/26
C12N 15/82
C12N 9/02
C12N 5/10
C07H 21/04
A01H 5/00
A01H 5/10

US Classification:

800279, 435 25, 435468, 435189, 435419, 4353201, 536 232, 800278, 800298, 800301

Abstract:

Methods for identifying one or more amino acid substitutions in an oxalate oxidase (OXOX) variant polypeptide that confer maintained or increased OXOX activity are described herein. Methods and compositions for increasing a plant's resistance to a pathogen using the modified OXOX variant polypeptides are provided. Transformed plants, plant cell, tissues, seed, and expression vectors are also provided.