Patents by Inventor Shawn M. Kaeppler

Shawn M. Kaeppler 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).

  • MAIZE SUGARY ENHANCER SEQUENCES
    Publication number: 20140283214
    Abstract: The sugary enhancer phenotype in maize results from the absence of expression of a nucleotide sequence located on Chromosome 2. Methods for screening, selecting or identifying plants containing the sequence and for estimating the sucrose content in maize plants are disclosed. Genetically modified plants having altered expression of the nucleotide sequence are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shawn M. Kaeppler, Candice Nicole Hirsch, Karl Joseph Haro von Mogel
  • Polycomb genes from maize—and
    Patent number: 7626078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polycomb genes isolated from Zea mays, and host cells and plants transformed with a Mez2 gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Inventors: Shawn M Kaeppler, Nathan A. Springer, Timothy G. Helentjaris, Roland L. Phillips
  • inoculants for enhancing plant growth
    Patent number: 7393678
    Abstract: A biological inoculant for enhancing the growth of plants is disclosed. The inoculant includes the bacterial strains Herbaspirillum seropedicae 2A, Pantoea agglomerans P101, Pantoea agglomerans P102, Klebsiella pneumoniae 342, Klebsiella pneumoniae zmvsy, Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z152, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PA15, with or without a carrier. The inoculant also includes strains of the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans and K. pneumoniae which are able to enhance the growth of cereal grasses. Also disclosed are the novel bacterial strains Herbaspirillum seropedicae 2A, Pantoea agglomerans P101 and P102, and Klebsiella pneumoniae 342 and zmvsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eric W. Triplett, Shawn M. Kaeppler, Marisa K. Chelius
  • POLYCOMB GENES FROM MAIZE - MEZ1 AND MEZ2
    Publication number: 20080155717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polycomb genes and polypeptides isolated from Zea mays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Shawn M. KAEPPLER, Nathan M. SPRINGER, Timothy G. HELENTJARIS, Roland L. PHILLIPS
  • Bacterial inoculants for enhancing plant growth
    Publication number: 20040116291
    Abstract: A biological inoculant for enhancing the growth of plants is disclosed. The inoculant includes the bacterial strains Herbaspirillum seropedicae 2A. Pantoea agglomerans P101, Pantoea agglomerans P102, Klebsiella pneumoniae 342, Klebsiella pneumoniae zmvsy, Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z152, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PA15, with or without a carrier. The inoculant also includes strains of the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans and K. pneumoniae which are able to enhance the growth of cereal grasses. Also disclosed are the novel bacterial strains Herbaspirillum seropedicae 2A, Pantoea agglomerans P101 and P102, and Klebsiella pneumoniae 342 and zmvsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eric W. Triplett, Shawn M. Kaeppler, Marisa K. Chelius
  • Methyl CpG binding domain nucleic acids from maize
    Publication number: 20020170085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methyl binding domain nucleic acids and polypeptides isolated from Zea mays L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shawn M. Kaeppler, Nathan M. Springer, Ronald L. Phillips
  • Bacterial inoculants for enhancing plant growth
    Publication number: 20020142917
    Abstract: A biological inoculant for enhancing the growth of plants is disclosed. The inoculant includes the bacterial strains Herbaspirillum seropedicae 2A, Pantoea agglomerans P101, Pantoea agglomerans P102, Klebsiella pneumoniae 342, Klebsiella pneumoniae zmvsy, Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z152, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PA15, with or without a carrier. The inoculant also includes strains of the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans and K. pneumoniae which are able to enhance the growth of cereal grasses. Also disclosed are the novel bacterial strains Herbaspirillum seropedicae 2A, Pantoea agglomerans P101 and P102, and Klebsiella pneumoniae 342 and zmvsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Eric W. Triplett, Shawn M. Kaeppler, Marisa K. Chelius
  • Polycomb genes from maize - Mez1 and Mez2
    Publication number: 20020120125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polycomb genes and polypeptides isolated from Zea mays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shawn M. Kaeppler, Nathan M. Springer, Timothy G. Helentjaris, Ronald L. Phillips
  • Polycomb gene from maize - ZMFIE2
    Publication number: 20020099193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycomb gene and polypeptides isolated from Zea mays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shawn M. Kaeppler, Nathan M. Springer, Ronald L. Phillips
  • Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences encoding a de novo DNA methyltransferase
    Publication number: 20020049996
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acids encoding polypeptides which encode a de novo DNA methyltransferase. These nucleic acids can be used to stabilize transgene expression in transgenic plants, to alter the yield or biochemical qualities of plants to silencing targeted genes in plants in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Shawn M. Kaeppler, Nathan M. Springer, Michael G. Muszynski
  • MAIZE PLANTS EXHIBITING MYCORRHIZAL RESPONSIVENESS AND AN ENHANCED ABILITY TO EXTRACT PHOSPHORUS FROM SOIL
    Publication number: 20020016979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to maize plants having within their genomes, quantitative trait loci which confer the traits of mycorrhizal responsiveness and/or an ability to extract phosphorus from soil and translocate the extracted phosphorus from the soil and into the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: SHAWN M. KAEPPLER, JENNIFER L. PARKE