Patents by Inventor Janice Anthony

Janice Anthony 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).

  • Patent number: 7547820
    Abstract: The invention provides genetically engineered, preselected DNA sequences and methods of using them to alter the nutritional content of plant seed. Methods of the invention are directed to increasing the weight percent of at least one amino acid essential to the diet of animals, or increasing the starch content, of a plant. One such method involves stably transforming a cell of a plant with an a preselected DNA sequence encoding an RNA molecule substantially identical or complementary to a messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding a plant seed storage protein, preferably a seed storage protein which is deficient in at least one amino acid essential to the diet of animals. An alternative method employs stably transforming cells with at least two preselected DNA sequences, one of which encodes an RNA molecule substantially identical or complementary to a messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding a plant seed storage protein, and the other preselected DNA molecule which encodes a preselected polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Dekalb Genetics Corporation
    Inventors: Julie A. Kirihara, Kenneth A. Hibberd, Janice Anthony
  • Publication number: 20060112443
    Abstract: The invention provides genetically engineered, preselected DNA sequences and methods of using them to alter the nutritional content of plant seed. Methods of the invention are directed to increasing the weight percent of at least one amino acid essential to the diet of animals, or increasing the starch content, of a plant. One such method involves stably transforming a cell of a plant with an a preselected DNA sequence encoding an RNA molecule substantially identical or complementary to a messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding a plant seed storage protein, preferably a seed storage protein which is deficient in at least one amino acid essential to the diet of animals. An alternative method employs stably transforming cells with at least two preselected DNA sequences, one of which encodes an RNA molecule substantially identical or complementary to a messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding a plant seed storage protein, and the other preselected DNA molecule which encodes a preselected polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Julie Kirihara, Kenneth Hibberd, Janice Anthony
  • Patent number: 6960709
    Abstract: The invention provides preselected DNA sequences and methods of using them to alter the nutritional content of plant seed. Methods of the invention are directed to increasing the weight percent of an amino acid essential to the diet of animals, or increasing the starch content, of a plant. One method involves stably transforming a cell of a plant with a preselected DNA sequence encoding an RNA molecule substantially identical or complementary to a messenger RNA encoding a plant seed storage protein. An alternative method employs stably transforming cells with at least two preselected DNA sequences, one of which encodes an RNA molecule substantially identical or complementary to a messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding a plant seed storage protein, and the other preselected DNA molecule which encodes a preselected polypeptide. The transformed cells are used to generate fertile transgenic plants and seeds, which are characterized by expression of the preselected DNA sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: DeKalb Genetics Corporation
    Inventors: Julie A. Kirihara, Kenneth A. Hibberd, Janice Anthony
  • Patent number: 6326527
    Abstract: The invention provides genetically engineered, preselected DNA sequences and methods of using them to alter the nutritional content of plant seed. Methods of the invention are directed to increasing the weight percent of at least one amino acid essential to the diet of animals, or increasing the starch content, of a plant. One such method involves stably transforming a cell of a plant with an a preselected DNA sequence encoding an RNA molecule substantially identical or complementary to a messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding a plant seed storage protein, preferably a seed storage protein which is deficient in at least one amino acid essential to the diet of animals. An alternative method employs stably transforming cells with at least two preselected DNA sequences, one of which encodes an RNA molecule substantially identical or complementary to a messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding a plant seed storage protein, and the other preselected DNA molecule which encodes a preselected polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Dekalb Genetics Corporation
    Inventors: Julie A. Kirihara, Kenneth A. Hibberd, Janice Anthony