Patents Assigned to CERES
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR INCREASING PLANT SIZE AND INCREASING THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF LEAVES
    Publication number: 20120216317
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants that are characterized by increased size, have an increased number and size of rosette leaves and are late-flowering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth FELDMANN, Roger Pennell, Shing Kwok, David Vandinh Dang, Hongyu Zhang
  • PHENYLPROPANOID RELATED REGULATORY PROTEIN-REGULATORY REGION ASSOCIATIONS
    Publication number: 20120115230
    Abstract: Materials and methods for identifying lignin regulatory region-regulatory protein associations are disclosed. Materials and methods for modulating lignin accumulation are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Nestor Apuya, Steven Craig Bobzin, Joon-Hyun Park, Elena Doukhanina
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20120096584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated low light sensitivity and modulated flowering time. 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 such modulated growth or phenotype characteristics that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Nickolai ALEXANDROV, Vyacheslav Brover, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Timothy J. Swaller
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20120017330
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with increased tolerance to abiotic stress (e.g., high or low temperature, drought, flood).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: CORY CHRISTENSEN, NESTOR APUYA, KENNETH A. FELDMAN
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING MODULATED PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20120011598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, sterility or seedling lethality in plants. 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 such modulated growth or phenotype characteristics that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: MAXIM TROUKHAN, GREGORY NADZAN, PETER MASCIA, JOEL RARANG, JAMES BURNS, KYLE VOS STRACHE
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING MODULATED PLANT GROWTH RATE AND BIOMASS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120005781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, growth rate, seedling vigor, growth rate, fruit and seed yield, tillering and/or biomass in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Nickolai ALEXANDROV, Vyacheslav BROVER, Peter MASCIA, Kenneth FELDMANN, Cory CHRISTENSEN, Greg NADZAN
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION HOLOGRAMS
    Publication number: 20110267666
    Abstract: There is herein described apparatus and methods for displaying holograms. At least one aspect of the invention is to provide a compact and self-contained lighting system for a display hologram, which can produce high quality images and which is substantially insensitive to stray light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: CERES IMAGING LIMITED
    Inventor: Ian Redmond
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR INCREASING TOLERANCE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20110265199
    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 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 oxidative stress conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventor: Fasong Zhou
  • Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics
    Publication number: 20110247101
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING MODULATED PLANT SIZE AND BIOMASS AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20110212249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, sterility or seedling lethality in plants. 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 such modulated growth or phenotype characteristics that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Feldmann, Gregory Nadzan, Peter Mascia
  • DENSIFICATION OF CERIA BASED ELECTROLYTES
    Publication number: 20110177427
    Abstract: The fabrication of ceria based electrolytes to densities greater than 97% of the theoretical achievable density at temperatures below 1200° C., preferably approximately 1000° C., is disclosed. The electrolyte has a concentration of divalent cations minus an adjusted concentration of trivalent cations of between 0.01 mole % and 0.1 mole %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: CERES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Charles Hilton STEELE, Norah Ruth STEELE, Gene LEWIS, Naoki OISHI, Ahmet SELCUK
  • Plant nucelotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides
    Publication number: 20110177228
    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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Maxim Troukhan
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING MODULATED PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20110167514
    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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Brover, Timothy J. Swaller, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Maxim Troukhan
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING MODULATED GROWTH RATE AND BIOMASS IN PLANTS GROWN IN SALINE AND OXIDATIVE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20110119785
    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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kerstin Piccolo, Julissa Sosa
  • High Biomass Sorghum Hybrid ES5200
    Publication number: 20110113501
    Abstract: A hybrid sorghum, designated ES5200 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid sorghum ES5200, to the plants of hybrid sorghum ES5200 and to methods for producing a sorghum plant by crossing the hybrid ES5200 with itself or another sorghum plant that is not a plant of sorghum hybrid ES5200. The invention further relates to hybrid sorghum seeds and plants. The invention further relates to methods for producing a sorghum plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other hybrid sorghum derived from sorghum hybrid ES5200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventor: Clinton Jay Johnson
  • MODULATING PLANT CAROTENOID LEVELS
    Publication number: 20110113508
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) carotenoid levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding carotenoid-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased carotenoid levels and plant products produced from plants having increased carotenoid levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Craig Bobzin, Joon-Hyun Park, Boris Jankowski, Karen Chiang, Amr Saad Ragab
  • High Biomass Sorghum Hybrid ES5201
    Publication number: 20110113502
    Abstract: A hybrid sorghum, designated ES5201 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid sorghum ES5201, to the plants of hybrid sorghum ES5201 and to methods for producing a sorghum plant by crossing the hybrid ES5201 with itself or another sorghum plant that is not a plant of sorghum hybrid ES5201. The invention further relates to hybrid sorghum seeds and plants. The invention further relates to methods for producing a sorghum plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other hybrid sorghum derived from sorghum hybrid ES5201.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventor: Clinton Jay Johnson
  • MATERIAL AND METHODS FOR USE IN BIOMASS PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20110087470
    Abstract: Methods and materials for measuring the composition of plant biomass and predicting the efficiency of conversion of such biomass to various end products under various processing conditions are disclosed. For example, methods and materials for identifying plant material having higher levels of accessible carbohydrate, as well as materials and methods for processing plant material having higher levels of accessible carbohydrate are disclosed. Also disclosed are computer-implemented methods and systems that provide improved economic efficiencies to biorefineries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Bonnie Hames, Tanya Kruse, Steven R. Thomas, Amr Saad Ragab
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICS IN RESPONSE TO COLD
    Publication number: 20110061122
    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 cold tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Bonnie Hund
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING IMPROVED NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY CHARACTERISTICS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20110061124
    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: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: CERES, INC
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-Dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann