Patents by Inventor Richard Meilan

Richard Meilan 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).

  • Using corngrass1 to engineer poplar as a bioenergy crop
    Patent number: 9334505
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to new bioenergy crops and methods of creating new bioenergy crops. For example, genes encoding microRNAs (miRNAs) are used to create transgenic crops. In some embodiments, over-expression of miRNA is used to produce transgenic perennials, such as trees, with altered lignin content or composition. In some embodiments, the transgenic perennials are Populus spp. In some embodiments, the miRNA is a member of the miR156 family. In some embodiments, the gene is Zea mays Cg1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
    Inventors: Richard Meilan, Peter Marius Rubinelli, George Chuck
  • USING CORNGRASS1 TO ENGINEER POPLAR AS A BIOENERGY CROP
    Publication number: 20130042372
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to new bioenergy crops and methods of creating new bioenergy crops. For example, genes encoding microRNAs (miRNAs) are used to create transgenic crops. In some embodiments, over-expression of miRNA is used to produce transgenic perennials, such as trees, with altered lignin content or composition. In some embodiments, the transgenic perennials are Populus spp. In some embodiments, the miRNA is a member of the miR156 family. In some embodiments, the gene is Zea mays Cg1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Richard MEILAN, Peter Marius RUBINELLI
  • Poplar tree named 'curly poplar'
    Publication number: 20060242742
    Abstract: A poplar tree particularly distinguished by having highly figured wood is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Meilan, Samuel Grober
  • Poplar tree named ‘Curly Poplar’
    Patent number: PP17525
    Abstract: A popular tree particularly distinguished by having highly figured wood is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard Meilan, Samuel Grober