Patents by Inventor Craig F. Morris

Craig F. Morris has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for measuring protein quality
    Patent number: 8804124
    Abstract: An array of light sources (lasers) is positioned so that each of the light sources emits a beam that is directed through a sedimenting column of ground grain. Photodetectors (photodiodes) positioned opposite the light sources receive the light beams emerging from the sedimenting column and convert the beams into electronic signals. A computer processor processes the electronic signals and generates values for protein quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Craig F. Morris, Brian Axness, Brandon DeCook, Arthur D. Bettge, Stephen R. Delwiche
  • NON-TRANSGENIC SOFT TEXTURED TETRAPLOID WHEAT PLANTS HAVING GRAIN WITH SOFT TEXTURED ENDOSPERM, ENDOSPERM THEREFROM AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140212567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic tetraploid wheat plants having soft textured endosperm, methods for constructing said non-transgenic plants using cytogenetics and classical breeding techniques, endosperm therefrom and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Craig F. Morris, Leonard R. Joppa, Marco C Simeone, Domenico Lafiandra
  • Non-transgenic soft textured tetraploid wheat plants having grain with soft textured endosperm, endosperm therefrom and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8487167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic tetraploid wheat plants having soft textured endosperm, methods for constructing said non-transgenic plants using cytogenetics and classical breeding techniques, endosperm therefrom and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Craig F. Morris, Leonard R. Joppa, Marco C. Simeone, Domenico Lafiandra
  • NON-TRANSGENIC SOFT TEXTURED TETRAPLOID WHEAT PLANTS HAVING GRAIN WITH SOFT TEXTURED ENDOSPERM, ENDOSPERM THEREFROM AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110033605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-transgenic tetraploid wheat plants having soft textured endosperm, methods for constructing said non-transgenic plants using cytogenetics and classical breeding techniques, endosperm therefrom and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Craig F. Morris, Leonard R. Joppa, Marco C. Simeone, Domenico Lafiandra
  • Transgenic plants expressing puroindolines and methods for producing such plants
    Patent number: 7425669
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding puroindoline A. This invention also relates to methods for producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced by the methods of this invention are useful in reducing the damage caused by plant pests, especially plant pathogens such as fungi and bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Montana State University
    Inventors: Michael J. Giroux, John Sherwood, Krishnamurthy Konduru, Craig F. Morris
  • Transgenic plants expressing puroindolines and methods for producing such plants
    Publication number: 20030200561
    Abstract: This invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline. This invention also relates to methods of producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced by the methods of this invention are useful in reducing the damage caused by plant pests, especially plant pathogens such as fungi and bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Michael J. Giroux, John Sherwood, K. Krishnamurthy, Craig F. Morris
  • Transgenic plants expressing puroindolines and methods for producing such plants
    Patent number: 6600090
    Abstract: This invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline. This invention also relates to methods of producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced by the methods of this invention are useful in reducing the damage caused by plant pests, especially plant pathogens such as fungi and bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignees: Montana State University, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Michael J. Giroux, John E. Sherwood, Krish Krishnamurthy, Craig F. Morris
  • Modification of cereal grain hardness via expression of puroindoline protein
    Patent number: 6596930
    Abstract: This invention provides expression cassettes and vectors comprising a recombinant nucleic acid which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a functional puroindoline B. This invention further provides such cassettes and vectors wherein the nucleic acid sequence encoding a functional puroindoline B is operably linked to a promoter. The invention also provides methods of producing plants with soft grain by transforming them with such expression cassettes and vectors, as well as the cells and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Montana State University
    Inventors: Craig F. Morris, Michael J. Giroux