Patents Assigned to Ceres, Inc.
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline conditions
    Patent number: 11421245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline conditions
    Patent number: 11421244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modified phenotype characteristics in plants
    Patent number: 11396659
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Roger Pennell, Shing Kwok, Hongyu Zhang, Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Fasong Zhou, Wuyi Wang, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Gerard Magpantay, Julissa Sosa, Nestor Apuya, Kerstin Piccolo, Bonnie Hund, Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Peter Mascia
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring improved nitrogen use efficiency characteristics in plants
    Patent number: 11377666
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-Dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann
  • Transgenic plants having increased tolerance to aluminum
    Patent number: 11339403
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating aluminum tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding aluminum tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to aluminum and methods of increasing plant yield in soil containing elevated levels of aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Julissa Sosa, Wuyi Wang
  • Transgenic plants having altered biomass composition
    Patent number: 11299747
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Joon-Huyn Park, Roger I. Pennell, Richard Flavell, Chuan-Yin Wu
  • Transgenic plants having increased tolerance to aluminum
    Patent number: 11254948
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating aluminum tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding aluminum tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to aluminum and methods of increasing plant yield in soil containing elevated levels of aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Julissa Sosa, Wuyi Wang
  • Modulating light response pathways in plants, increasing light-related tolerances in plants, and increasing biomass in plants
    Patent number: 11174491
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Shing Kwok, Kenneth Bounds, Ryan Miller, Sam Harris, James Burns, Roger I. Pennell, Vijay Sharma, Michael F. Portereiko, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay
  • Transgenic plants having increased biomass
    Patent number: 11162108
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased biomass levels and plant products produced from plants having increased biomass levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuan-Yin Wu, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay, Fasong Zhou, Julissa Sosa, Gregory Nadzan, Roger I. Pennell, Mircea Achiriloaie, Wuyi Wang
  • Methods for genetic modification of plants
    Patent number: 11118189
    Abstract: Described are methods and materials for the genetic modification of plants by specific gene targeting and precise editing of nucleic acid sequences in a plant. The methods and materials provided herein enable one to edit the plant genome by design to control the expression of endogenous genes and/or control the transmission and expression of transgenic traits. Provided are also methods of producing plants having a desirable agronomic trait by crossing a transgenic plant expressing a gRNA with a plant expressing a Cas enzyme, and selecting a progeny plant having the desirable agronomic trait or a seed thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Richard Hamilton, Delin Liang
  • Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics in response to cold
    Patent number: 11034973
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline and oxidative conditions
    Patent number: 11034972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline and/or oxidative stress conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline and/or oxidative stress conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline and oxidative conditions
    Patent number: 11028405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline and/or oxidative stress conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline and/or oxidative stress conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics in response to cold
    Patent number: 11021714
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased levels of cold tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring improved nitrogen use efficiency characteristics in plants
    Patent number: 11008584
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-Dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann
  • Polynucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics
    Patent number: 11001852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides. The present invention further relates to the uses of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. For example, the nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides could be used in making enzymes or used to make plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having such modulated growth or phenotype characteristics that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Brover, Timothy J. Swaller, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Maxim Troukhan
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring improved nitrogen use efficiency characteristics in plants
    Patent number: 11001854
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-Dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann
  • Polynucleotide sequences and proteins encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics
    Patent number: 10947553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides. The present invention further relates to the uses of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. For example, the nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides could be used in making enzymes or used to make plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having such modulated growth or phenotype characteristics that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Brover, Timothy J. Swaller, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Maxim Troukhan
  • Methods and materials for high throughput testing of mutagenized allele combinations
    Patent number: 10876129
    Abstract: High throughput methods are described for identifying combinations of mutations that can be used to improve a phenotypic feature in an organism. Large populations of organisms (e.g., plants) containing different combinations of mutations can be assessed using the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Richard Hamilton, Delin Liang
  • Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10851383
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhihong Cook, Yiwen Fang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Edward Kiegle, Shing Kwok, Yu-Ping Lu, Leonard Medrano, Roger Pennell, Richard Schneeberger, Chuan-Yin Wu, Nestor Apuya, Jack K. Okamuro, Diane K. Jofuku, Jonathan Donson, David Van-Dinh Dang, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Nickolai Alexandrov, Tatiana Tatarinova, Noah Theiss, Danielle Grizard, Shawna Davis, Dennis Robles, Michael Portereiko