Patents by Inventor Edwards M. Allen
Edwards M. Allen 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).
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Patent number: 9708620Abstract: The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs for suppression of production of mature microRNA in a cell. Also provided are transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing such constructs, and methods for their use. The invention further provides transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing recombinant DNA for the ligand-controlled expression of a target sequence, which may be endogenous or exogenous. Also disclosed are novel miRNAs and miRNA precursors from crop plants including maize and soy.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Larry A. Gilbertson, Sara E. Heisel, Shihshieh Huang, Elysia K. Krieger, Thomas M. Malvar
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Publication number: 20160237447Abstract: This disclosure provides transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency and enhanced drought tolerance; propagules, progeny and field crops of such transgenic plants; and methods of making and using such transgenic plants. This disclosure also provides methods of producing hybrid seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Edwards M Allen, Veena S Anil, Alice Clara Augustine, Isaac R Banks, Prasanna R Bhat, Jaishree M Chittoor-Vijayanath, Paul S Chomet, Molian Deng, Stephen Duff, Barry S Goldman, Sergey Ivashuta, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Linda Lutfiyya, Sivalinganna Manjunath, Anil Neelam, Monnanda S Rajani, G Ramamohan, Chitresh Sharma, Char Shobha, Tyamagondlu V Venkatesh, Kammaradi R Vidya, Jianmin Zhao
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Publication number: 20160186194Abstract: This invention provides molecular constructs and methods for the temporally specific control of gene expression in plants or in plant pests or pathogens. More specifically, this invention provides plant miRNA genes having novel circadian expression patterns that are useful for designing recombinant DNA constructs for temporally specific expression of at least one gene. Also provided are non-natural transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing in their genome a recombinant DNA construct of this invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Sara E. Heisel, Sergey Ivashuta, Elysia K. Krieger, Jennifer Lutke, Robert J. Meister, Yuanji Zhang
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Patent number: 9315819Abstract: This invention provides molecular constructs and methods for the temporally specific control of gene expression in plants or in plant pests or pathogens. More specifically, this invention provides plant miRNA genes having novel circadian expression patterns that are useful for designing recombinant DNA constructs for temporally specific expression of at least one gene. Also provided are non-natural transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing in their genome a recombinant DNA construct of this invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Sara E. Heisel, Sergey Ivashuta, Elysia K. Krieger, Jennifer Lutke, Robert J. Meister, Yuanji Zhang
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Patent number: 9212370Abstract: The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs for suppression of production of mature microRNA in a cell. Also provided are transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing such constructs, and methods for their use. The invention further provides transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing recombinant DNA for the ligand-controlled expression of a target sequence, which may be endogenous or exogenous. Also disclosed are novel miRNAs and miRNA precursors from crop plants including maize and soy.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Larry A. Gilbertson, Sara E. Heisel, Shihshieh Huang, Elysia K. Krieger, Thomas M. Malvar
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Publication number: 20150184179Abstract: The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs for suppression of production of mature microRNA in a cell. Also provided are transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing such constructs, and methods for their use. The invention further provides transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing recombinant DNA for the ligand-controlled expression of a target sequence, which may be endogenous or exogenous. Also disclosed are novel miRNAs and miRNA precursors from crop plants including maize and soy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Larry A. Gilbertson, Sara E. Heisel, Shihshieh Huang, Elysia K. Krieger, Thomas M. Malvar
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Publication number: 20150166993Abstract: This invention discloses novel microRNAs and their precursors, and recombinant DNA constructs including such novel miRNAs, miRNA precursors, miRNA promoters, and miRNA recognition sites corresponding to the miRNAs. Included are novel miRNA and miRNA precursors that exhibit nutrient-responsive expression. Also disclosed are miRNA decoy sequences. Further provided are non-natural transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing in their genome a recombinant DNA construct of this invention and methods of controlling gene expression using recombinant DNA constructs of this invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Barry S. Goldman, Liang Guo, Sara E. Heisel, Shihshieh Huang, Sergey I. Ivashuta, David K. Kovalic, Elysia K. Krieger, James K. Roberts, Yuanji Zhang
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Publication number: 20150135372Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Edwards M Allen, Sergey Ivashuta, Molian Deng, Brian M Hauge, Huai Wang
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Patent number: 9000264Abstract: The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on both sides by non-protein-coding sequence, constructs containing engineered miRNA or miRNA precursors, and constructs for suppression of production of mature microRNA in a cell. Also provided are transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing such constructs, and methods for their use. The invention further provides transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing recombinant DNA for the ligand-controlled expression of a target sequence, which may be endogenous or exogenous. Also disclosed are novel miRNAs and miRNA precursors from crop plants including maize and soy.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Larry A. Gilbertson, Nancy M. Houmard, Shihshieh Huang, Elysia K. Krieger, Thomas M. Malvar
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Publication number: 20140317780Abstract: This invention provides molecular constructs and methods for the temporally specific control of gene expression in plants or in plant pests or pathogens. More specifically, this invention provides plant miRNA genes having novel circadian expression patterns that are useful for designing recombinant DNA constructs for temporally specific expression of at least one gene. Also provided are non-natural transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing in their genome a recombinant DNA construct of this invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Sara E. Heisel, Sergey Ivashuta, Elysia K. Krieger, Jennifer Lutke, Robert J. Meister, Yuanji Zhang
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Publication number: 20130298281Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Edwards M. Allen, Sergey Ivashuta, Molian Deng, Brian M. Hauge, Huai Wang
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Patent number: 8334430Abstract: This invention provides methods for producing a non-natural hybrid seed. Also disclosed are specific miRNAs and miRNA recognition sites useful for conferring inducible sterility on a crop plant, and recombinant DNA construct including such exogenous miRNA recognition sites.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Larry A. Gilbertson, Nancy M. Houmard, Shihshieh Huang, Sergey I. Ivashuta, James K. Roberts
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Publication number: 20090235388Abstract: This invention provides methods for producing a non-natural hybrid seed. Also disclosed are specific miRNAs and miRNA recognition sites useful for conferring inducible sterility on a crop plant, and recombinant DNA construct including such exogenous miRNA recognition sites.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2006Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Edwards M. Allen, Larry A. Gilbertson, Nancy M. Houmard, Shihshieh Huang, Sergey I. Ivashuta, James K. Roberts