Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Patricia A. Sweeney
  • Patent number: 8158855
    Abstract: Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue may be fed to the fish, or mixed with other materials and fed to fish, or extracted and administered to the fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: ProdiGene, Inc., Novartis A.G.
    Inventors: Linda Bootland, Katherine Beifuss
  • Patent number: 8153132
    Abstract: Antibodies immunoreactive to mutant Pseudomonas HPPD are provided, and in an embodiment the mutant HPPD is one in which the wild-type HPPD is substituted at residue 336 with tryptophan for glycine. Also provided are hybridomas producing the antibodies, as well as methods of making and using the antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: MS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vaithilingam Sekar, Bruce Held, Kyu Chung, Paul F. Russell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7985891
    Abstract: Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue may be fed to the fish, or mixed with other materials and fed to fish, or extracted and administered to the fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignees: ProdiGene, Inc., Novartis AG
    Inventors: Linda Bootland, Katherine Beifuss
  • Patent number: 7919676
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in impacting male fertility in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
    Inventors: Marc C. Albertsen, Tim Fox, Mary Trimnell, Yongzhong Wu, Keith Lowe, Bailin Li, Marianna Faller
  • Patent number: 7915478
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in impacting male fertility in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Marc C. Albertsen, Tim Fox, Mary Trimnell, Yongzhong Wu, Keith Lowe, Bailin Li, Marianna Faller
  • Patent number: 7910802
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in impacting male fertility in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company
    Inventors: Marc C. Albertsen, Tim Fox, Mary Trimnell, Yongzhong Wu, Keith Lowe, Bailin Li, Marianna Faller
  • Patent number: 7897746
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a pericarp-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize lipid transfer protein 1 coding region. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the regulatory sequences of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Abbitt, Ramesh Nair
  • Patent number: 7893317
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
    Inventors: Marc Albertsen, Tim Fox, Gary Huffman, Mary Trimnell, Yongzhong Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7893318
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventors: Marc Albertsen, Tim Fox, Gary Huffman, Mary Trimnell, Yongzhon Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7893319
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Albertsen, Tim Fox, Gary Huffman, Mary Trimnell, Yongzhong Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7888550
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Albertsen, Tim Fox, Gary Huffman, Mary Trimnell, Yongzhong Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7888551
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Albertsen, Tim Fox, Gary Huffman, Mary Trimnell, Youngzhon Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7875764
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongzhong Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7863500
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Albertsen, Tim Fox, Gary Huffman, Mary Trimnell, Youngzhon Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7858140
    Abstract: An improved wet milling process is provided that allows for separation of seed coat particles from the horny endosperm particles of seed. The process uses soaking and grinding to produce seed coat flake particles and horny endosperm particles that may be separated using movement of liquid slurry of the particles, providing hydraulic lift to separate the seed coat particles. Improvements in the process allow for omitting addition of sulfur compounds to the process. By-products of wet milling with improved properties are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Corn Value Products
    Inventors: David Paustian, Daniel Hammes, Scott Feller
  • Patent number: 7851614
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a pericarp-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize lipid transfer protein 1 coding region. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the regulatory sequences of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Abbitt, Ramesh Nair
  • Patent number: 7807791
    Abstract: Antibodies immunoreactive to double mutant EPSPS are provided, and in an embodiment the double mutant EPSPS is one in which the wild-type EPSPS is substituted at residue 102 with isoleucine and at residue 106 with serine. Also provided are hybridomas producing the antibodies, as well as methods of making and using the antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: MS Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Vaithilingam Sekar, Bruce Held, Kyu Chung, Paul F. Russell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7759544
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc
    Inventors: Marc Albertsen, Tim Fox, Gary Huffman, Mary Trimnell, Youngzhon Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7759543
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Albertsen, Tim Fox, Gary Huffman, Mary Trimnell, Youngzhon Wu, Howard Hershey
  • Patent number: 7666677
    Abstract: Improved methods for production of stilbenoids including resveratrol, pinosylvin and their respective derivatives are provided, including producing hairy roots from plant cells and eliciting production of the stilbenes. The plant cells in an embodiment are infected by Agrobacterium to produce hairy roots, and contacted with substances which elicit production of the stilbenoid compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventors: Luis Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, Maureen Dolan, Selester Bennett, Jose M. Condori, John F. Hubstenberger