Patents Examined by Russell Boggs
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Patent number: 8933299Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Coleoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International IncInventors: Andre R. Abad, Hua Dong, Sue B. Lo, Xiaomei Shi
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Patent number: 8927807Abstract: The present invention provides methods for screening for nitrate-regulated promoter and enhancer elements in plant cells. The present invention also provides expression cassettes that contain nitrate-regulated promoters operably linked to heterologous polynucleotide sequences. The expression cassettes of the present invention are useful for expressing polypeptides, proteins and nucleic acid molecules in plant cells treated with nitrates and nitrites.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Nigel Crawford, Rongchen Wang, Peizhu Guan, Mingsheng Chen
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Patent number: 8921657Abstract: The present invention relates to an expression cassette for regulating seed-specific expression of a polynucleotide of interest, said expression cassette comprising a transcription regulating nucleotide sequence, to a vector comprising said expression cassette, host cells and transgenic plants comprising the expression cassette, and methods of producing said transgenic plants.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Huihua Fu, Jeffrey A. Brown, Kirk Francis, Hee-Sook Song
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Patent number: 8921538Abstract: The invention provides the isolated promoter polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 from perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), and fragments and variants thereof. The invention also provides constructs, plant cells and plant genetically modified to contain the promoter polynucleotide. The invention also provides methods for producing plants with altered gene expression and traits via genetic transformation of plants with the promoter polynucleotide.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Vialactia Biosciences (NZ) LimitedInventors: Sathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Phillips, Nimali Piyushika Withana, Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Catherine Jane Bryant, Shivendra Bajaj, Kerry Robert Templeton
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Patent number: 8916377Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter for the gene encoding Sorghum bicolor RCc3. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant or plant cell with a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International IncInventors: Scott Diehn, Brooke Peterson-Burch
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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: 8895818Abstract: This disclosure describes screening a population of transgenic plants derived from plant cells transformed with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins with homeobox domains to identify plant cells of specific transgenic events that are useful for imparting enhanced traits to transgenic crop plants. Traits include enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, increased yield, enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced tolerance to cold stress and/or improved seed compositions. Also disclosed are transgenic seeds for growing a transgenic plant having the recombinant DNA in its genome and exhibiting the screened enhance trait. Also disclosed are methods for generating seed and plants based on the transgenic events.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Paul S. Chomet, Donald C. Anstrom, Jacqueline E. Heard, Adrian Lund, Jill Deikman
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Patent number: 8895819Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1KTF and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1KTF with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1KTF through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1KTF or a locus conversion of PH1KTF with another maize variety.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International IncInventor: Matthew David Smalley
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Patent number: 8895716Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
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Patent number: 8877916Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3? termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2004Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Ceres, Inc.Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Nestor Apuya, Vyacheslav Brover, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Yiwen Fang, Ken Feldmann, Diane Jofuku, Edward A. Kiegle, Bill Kimmerly, Shing Kwok, Peter Mascia, Jack Okamuro, Roger Pennell, Richard Schneeberger, Tatiana Tatarinova, Wayne Volkmuth
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Patent number: 8853383Abstract: The present invention is concerned with means and methods for allowing tissue specific and, in particular, seed specific expression of genes. The present invention, accordingly, relates to a polynucleotide comprising an expression control sequence which allows seed specific expression of a nucleic acid of interest being operatively linked thereto. Moreover, the present invention contemplates vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms comprising the aforementioned polynucleotide as well as methods and uses of such a polynucleotide.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Jörg Bauer, Toralf Senger
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Patent number: 8846892Abstract: The present invention provides novel promoters for use in plants. Specifically, the present invention provides novel chimeric promoters comprising combinations of plant enhancer elements and plant promoters. The present invention also provides DNA constructs; transgenic cells, plants, and seeds containing these novel chimeric promoters; and methods for preparing and using the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Stanislaw Flasinski
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Patent number: 8841434Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated rice LP2 promoter sequences and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Roger L Thilmony, Mara E Guttman, James G Thomson
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Patent number: 8835622Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods for the expression of a gene of interest specifically in seeds of plants, even more specifically in oilseed plants. In particular, the invention provides an expression cassette for regulating seed-specific expression in plants.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: Bayer BioScience N.V., Le Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Franck Pinot, Daniele Werck, Jürgen Ehlting, Alexandre Olry, Peter Denolf, Katrien Van Audenhove, Lien Van de Putte, Esmeralda Posada
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Patent number: 8829272Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods and transcriptional control sequences suitable for effecting expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and transcriptional control sequences suitable for directing specific or preferential expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant seed. Of particular interest as a transcriptional control sequence in this invention is the promoter PR602 (SEQ ID NO: 1) found in the 5?-untranslated region of the rice END1-like gene and isolated from a rice panicle library.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd, Grains Research & Development CorporationInventors: Sergiy Lopato, Ming Li
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Patent number: 8809059Abstract: The present invention disclosed herein provides a method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant comprising increasing or generating one or more activities in a plant or a part thereof. The present invention further relates to nucleic acids enhancing or improving one or more traits of a transgenic plant, and cells, progenies, seeds and pollen derived from such plants or parts, as well as methods of making and methods of using such plant cell(s) or plant(s), progenies, seed(s) or pollen. Particularly, said improved trait(s) are manifested in an increased yield, preferably by improving one or more yield-related trait(s), e.g. low temperature tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Oliver Bläsing, Piotr Puzio, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Hardy Schön
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Patent number: 8809626Abstract: Trichome specific plant promoters are provided herein. Also provided are transgenic cells and organisms, especially plant cell and plants, comprising an trichome specific promoter and methods for expressing nucleic acid sequences in cells and organisms using trichome specific promoters.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: KeyGene N.V.Inventors: Petronella Martina Bleeker, Christianus Cornelis Nicolaas Van Schie, Paul Johan Diergaarde, Robert Cornelis Schuurink, Michel Albertus Haring, Michiel Theodoor Jan De Both
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Patent number: 8791326Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions including a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also include transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules having nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, as well as variants and fragments thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Athenix Corp.Inventors: Kimberly S. Sampson, Daniel J. Tomso, Volker Heinrichs
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Patent number: 8779239Abstract: Compositions and methods for modulating flower organ development, leaf formation, phototropism, apical dominance, fruit development, initiation of roots and for increasing yield in a plant are provided. The compositions include an AP2 transcription factor sequence. Compositions of the invention comprise amino acid sequences and nucleotide sequences selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1-11 as well as variants and fragments thereof. Nucleotide sequences encoding the AP2 transcription factors are provided in DNA constructs for expression in a plant of interest are provided for modulating the level of an AP2 transcription factor sequence in a plant or a plant part are provided. The methods comprise introducing into a plant or plant part a heterologous polynucleotide comprising an AP2 transcription factor sequence of the invention. The level of the AP2 transcription factor polypeptide can be increased or decreased.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Pioneeri Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas J Bate, Jennifer Youjin Chung, Jeffrey E Habben
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Patent number: 8778672Abstract: Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include nucleotide sequences for an Arabidopsis thaliana nucellar 1/inner integument (AT NUC1) promoter. Also provided is a method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using a promoter sequence disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International IncInventors: Shai Lawit, Mark Chamberlin