Interference 103,579
(d) “Suppressing” amylose formation; “inhibiting
expression” of PGBSS gene; “giving rise to
tubers containing essentially amylose free
starch”; and “substantially inhibits”
expression of PGBSS gene
Claims 1 and 50 of Hofvander’s involved application, and
claims dependent thereon, are directed to “method[s] of
suppressing amylose formation in potato . . . .” Claims 7-20
and 22 of Hofvander’s involved application are directed to
“antisense constructs for suppressing amylose formation in
potato . . .” (Hofvander’s Claims 7-9), vectors comprising
the antisense constructs of Hofvander’s Claim 7, and cells,
potato plants, potato tubers, seeds, and microtubers whose
genome comprises the antisense constructs of Hofvander’s
Claims 7-8. As we read the method and antisense construct
claims of Hofvander’s involved application consistent with the
supporting specification, amylose formation in potato is
suppressed by cultivating potato plants from potato plant cells
transformed by the specifically identified antisense constructs
also claimed for use in inhibiting expression of the PGBSS gene.
Hofvander teaches and claims that amylose formation in potato
plants is suppressed when one of the antisense constructs
identified in Hofvander’s claims is inserted in the antisense
direction into the genome of a potato cell and a potato plant is
cultivated from the genetically engineered cell. In other words,
the methods of suppressing amylose formation in potato to which
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