Patents Assigned to Mendel Biotechnology
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Patent number: 8957282Abstract: Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer increased yield, greater height, greater early season growth, greater canopy coverage, greater stem diameter, greater late season vigor, increased secondary rooting, more rapid germination, greater cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, reduced stomatal conductance, altered C/N sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, increased low phosphorus tolerance, or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to the control plant as compared to a control plant.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Neal I. Gutterson, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, R. Eric Cerny, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert J. Meister, Marie E. Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
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Publication number: 20150013030Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved tolerance to drought, shade, and low nitrogen conditions, as compared to wild-type or reference plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Robert A Creelman, Oliver J Ratcliffe, Roger D Canales, Peter P Repetti, Roderick W Kumimoto, Neal I Gutterson, T. Lynne Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Karen S Century, Luc Adam, James Z Zhang, Frederick D Hempel, Jeffrey M Libby
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Patent number: 8927811Abstract: Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The polypeptides of the invention regulate transcription in these plants and have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity that results in increased size, biomass, growth rate, and/or yield as compared to a control plan.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Peter P. Repetti, Neal I. Gutterson, Robert A. Creelman
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Publication number: 20140380520Abstract: The present disclosure identifies new genes which have the potential to increase broad acre yield in crops. This disclosure is based upon our fundamental knowledge of light signal transduction and our understanding of the roles these genes play in regulating plant growth and development in response to light. Transgenic plants with gain- or loss-of-function of one of these genes, or in combination, are expected to show significant improvements in broad acre yield and stress tolerance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicants: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC, MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Rajnish Khanna, Brent A. Kronmiller, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, Marie E. Petracek, Robert J. Meister, Sasha Preuss, Amanda McClerren, Qungang Qi
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Patent number: 8912394Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including disease stress and abiotic stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or control plants. The invention also pertains to expression systems that may be used to regulate these transcription factor polynucleotides, providing constitutive, transient, inducible and tissue-specific regulation.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology Inc.Inventors: Karen S. Century, Emily L. Queen, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger D. Canales, Neal I. Gutterson
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Patent number: 8895305Abstract: Water deficit-inducible promoter sequences were identified that may be used to produce transgenic plants that are more tolerant to water deficit and related hyperosmotic stresses than control plants, and yet are wild-type or nearly wild type in appearance. Any of these water deficit-inducible promoters may be incorporated into an expression vector that comprises a polynucleotide regulated by one such promoter and which encodes a polypeptide that, when ectopically expressed, improves water deficit tolerance in plants that are similar to control plants in their morphology and development.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2008Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Peter P. Repetti, Hans E. Holtan, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Oliver J. Ratcliffe
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Patent number: 8809630Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Roderick W. Kumimoto, Luc J. Adam, Roger Canales, Karen S. Century, Robert A. Creelman, Neal I. Gutterson, Frederick D. Hempel, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Katherine Krolikowski, Omaira Pineda, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber
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Patent number: 8796510Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, James S. Keddie
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Publication number: 20140201861Abstract: The present description relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant, including the traits of increased yield, size or biomass.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jose Luis Riechmann, Oliver J Ratcliffe, Jacqueline E Heard, T. Lynne Reuber
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Publication number: 20140201864Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Roderick W. Kumimoto, Luc J. Adam, Roger Canales, Karen S. Century, Robert A. Creelman, Jennifer M. Costa, Neal I. Gutterson, Frederick D. Hempel, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Katherine Krolikowski, Omaira Pineda, Emily L. Queen Kumimoto, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber, Jose Luis Riechmann, James Z. Zhang
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Publication number: 20140196162Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved tolerance to drought, shade, and low nitrogen conditions, as compared to wild-type or reference plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Roger D. Canales, Peter P. Repetti, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Neal I. Gutterson, T. Lynne Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Karen S. Century, Luc Adam, James Z. Zhang, Frederick D. Hempel, Jeffrey M. Libby
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Publication number: 20140137277Abstract: Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors are introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. These polypeptides may confer at least one regulatory activity and increased photosynthetic resource use efficiency, increased yield, greater vigor, greater biomass as compared to a control plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Graham J. Hymus, Colleen M. Marion, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver J. Ratcliffe
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Publication number: 20140123331Abstract: Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors are introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. These polypeptides may confer at least one regulatory activity and increased photosynthetic resource use efficiency, transpiration efficiency, increased yield, greater vigor, and/or greater biomass as compared to a control plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Graham J. Hymus, Colleen M. Marion, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver J. Ratcliffe
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Patent number: 8686226Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved tolerance to drought, shade, and low nitrogen conditions, as compared to wild-type or reference plants.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger D. Canales, Peter P. Repetti, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Neal I. Gutterson, T. Lynne Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Karen S. Century, Luc Adam, James Z. Zhang, Frederick D. Hempel, Jeffrey M. Libby
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Publication number: 20140068821Abstract: A new and strong transcriptional activation domain was identified from the Arabidopsis protein Ethylene Response Factor 98 (AtERF98). This domain has been designated as the “EDLL domain” and has a number of highly conserved amino acid residues that are found throughout the members of the AtERF98 family from plants, including in monocot and eudicot orthologs. The EDLL domain was shown to be highly active when it was fused to transcription factors from plant and yeast, and was also shown to have activation potential comparable to the widely-used VP16 activation domain derived from Herpes simplex. The EDLL domain was also active when it was targeted to a gene promoter by a sequence-specific DNA binding protein or by protein-protein interactions. Unlike other known activation domains such as VP16 and GAL4, the EDLL domain is relatively small in size, and being of plant origin, it is favored as a strong transcriptional activation tool for application in transgenic food crops.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Roger Canales, Shiv Tiwari, T. Lynne Reuber, Karen S. Century, Oliver J. Ratcliffe
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Publication number: 20140041073Abstract: Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors are introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. These polypeptides may confer at least one regulatory activity and increased photosynthetic resource use efficiency, increased yield, greater vigor, greater biomass as compared to a control plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Colleen M. Marion, Graham J. Hymus, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver J. Ratcliffe
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Publication number: 20140033342Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a production and cultivar system for establishing sterile, odd-ploidy Miscanthus×giganteus plantations from seed, where the seed are derived from fertile Miscanthus×giganteus parents of even but different ploidies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Neal I. Gutterson, Jeffrey P. Klingenberg, Michael A. Pereira, Dean E. Engler, Katrin Jakob
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Patent number: 8633353Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid constructs, including plasmids, expression vectors or expression cassettes comprising polynucleotides encoding CCAAT-binding transcription factor polypeptides that have the ability to increase a plant's tolerance to abiotic stress. Polynucleotides encoding functional CCAAT-binding transcription factors were incorporated into expression vectors, introduced into plants, and ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention significantly increased the cold and water deficit tolerance of the transgenic plants, as compared to tolerance to these stresses of control plants.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Jacqueline Heard, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber, Robert Creelman, Frederick D. Hempel, Neal L. Gutterson, Roger Canales
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Patent number: 8558059Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs and orthologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference or wild-type plant. These properties include increased tolerance to environmental stresses, including salt stress, drought, osmotic stress, water deficit, cold and heat.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventor: Jacqueline E. Heard
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Publication number: 20130267419Abstract: The instant disclosure provides methods to identify herbicidal compositions that consist of a combination of compounds that inhibit the growth of or kill undesired plant species in a synergistic manner. Also provided are herbicidal compositions identified using this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventor: Joshua I. Armstrong