Patents by Inventor Michelle L. Heck

Michelle L. Heck 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).

  • METHODS TO BLOCK APHID TRANSMISSION OF POLEROVIRUSES AND TO DEVELOP VIRUS MANAGEMENT TOOLS
    Publication number: 20230272413
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are plant-based, molecular and diagnostic tools that can be used to block aphid transmission of poleroviruses, including stabilized proteins for expression in transgenic plants and/or in formulations for direct plant delivery. Further disclosed are proteins that can kill aphids and methods to produce these proteins. Antibodies and useful for diagnostic and therapeutic uses against poleroviruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: MICHELLE L. HECK, JENNIFER R. WILSON, CARL J. SCHILTZ, JOSHUA S. CHAPPIE, MYFANWY C. ADAMS
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING A PLANT CHARACTERISTIC WITHOUT MODIFYING THE PLANT GENOME
    Publication number: 20220304273
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying a characteristic of a plant without modifying the plant's genome using one or more cells comprising one or more phytohormone genes and at least one polynucleotide of interest, which one or more phytohormone genes and the at least one polynucleotide of interest are expressed in the one or more cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Robert G. Shatters, Eddie W. Stover, Randall P. Niedz, Michelle L. Heck, Marco Pitino, Magali Ferrari Grando, Joseph Krystel