Patents by Inventor Maureen C Whalen

Maureen C Whalen 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).

  • Guayule with increased rubber production and yield
    Patent number: 10982219
    Abstract: Altered guayule that produce more rubber than the amount of rubber produced by non-altered guayule are provided. The alterations may include (i) a reduction in amount of functional PaAos produced by the altered guayule, (ii) an increase in amount of a transcription factor produced by the altered guayule, (iii) an increase in amount of salicylic acid within the altered guayule, (iv) exposure of the altered guayule to cold temperature, and (v) a combination thereof. Methods of producing the altered guayule and methods of increasing the amount of rubber produced by a guayule are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Colleen M. McMahan, Maureen C. Whalen, Dante Placido, Niu Dong
  • GUAYULE WITH INCREASED RUBBER PRODUCTION AND YIELD
    Publication number: 20180327765
    Abstract: Altered guayule that produce more rubber than the amount of rubber produced by non-altered guayule are provided. The alterations may include (i) a reduction in amount of functional PaAos produced by the altered guayule, (ii) an increase in amount of a transcription factor produced by the altered guayule, (iii) an increase in amount of salicylic acid within the altered guayule, (iv) exposure of the altered guayule to cold temperature, and (v) a combination thereof. Methods of producing the altered guayule and methods of increasing the amount of rubber produced by a guayule are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Colleen M. McMahan, Maureen C. Whalen, Dante Placido, Niu Dong
  • Transgenic guayule for enhanced isoprenoid production
    Patent number: 9574203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic guayule plants that produce increased amounts of rubber uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Niu Dong, Colleen M McMahan, Maureen C Whalen, Katrina Cornish, Terry A Coffelt
  • Engineering rubber production in plants
    Patent number: 9523097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transplastomic guayule plants comprising chloroplasts engineered to express the complete cytosolic mevalonic acid (MEV) pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Byung-Guk Kang, Colleen M McMahan, Maureen C Whalen, Niu Dong, Shashi Kumar
  • ENGINEERING RUBBER PRODUCTION IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20140325699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transplastomic guayule plants comprising chloroplasts engineered to express the complete cytosolic mevalonic acid (MEV) pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Byung-Guk Kang, Colleen M McMahan, Maureen C Whalen, Niu Dong, Shashi Kumar