Patents Assigned to Dow AgroScience LLC
  • Patent number: 10450577
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a promoter from a Panicum virgatum metallothionein-like gene (mtl). Some embodiments relate to a promoter from a Panicum virgatum metallothionein-like gene (mtl) that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Kumar, Daren Hemingway, Carla Ausmus, Andrew F. Worden, Andrew Asberry
  • Patent number: 10443070
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of pathogens through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in pathogens. The disclosure also concerns methods for applying dsRNA through formulations and/or transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of pathogens, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Javier A. Delgado, Justin M. Lira, Chaoxian Geng, Tony K. Trullinger
  • Patent number: 10443067
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a promoter from a Brachypodium distachyon metallothionein-like gene (mtl). Some embodiments relate to a promoter from a Brachypodium distachyon metallothionein-like gene (mtl) that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Kumar, Daren Hemingway, Carla Ausmus, Andrew F. Worden, Andrew Asberry
  • Patent number: 10443065
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription and translation of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a promoter and/or a 3?UTR from Zea mays Zrp2 gene. Some embodiments relate to a promoter from a Zea mays Zrp2 gene that is operably linked to a Zea mays Ubiquitin 1 intron and functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Other embodiments relate to a 3? UTR from a Zea mays Zrp2 gene that functions in plants to terminate transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Delkin O. Gonzalez, Megan Sopko, Jeffrey Church, James Patrick Connell, Kristina M. Woodall, David Mann
  • Patent number: 10433557
    Abstract: Insecticidal toxins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control Coleopteran plant pests, and transgenic plants that produce, and are protected, by these toxins are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Huarong Li, Sek Yee Tan, Tao Xu, Vimbai Chikwana, Kuan Yang, Marc D. Zack, Sarah E. Worden
  • Patent number: 10433555
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Karla Bravo-Altamirano, Kyle A. Dekorver, David M. Jones, John F. Daeuble, Sr., Jessica Herrick, Jeffrey B. Epp, Johnathan E. Delorbe, Kevin G. Meyer, Chenglin Yao
  • Patent number: 10435687
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Sarah E. Worden, Meghan L. Frey, Murugesan Rangasamy, Kanika Arora, Balaji Veeramani, Premchand Gandra, Andreas Vilcinskas, Eileen Knorr
  • Patent number: 10428337
    Abstract: Provided are constructs and methods for expressing a transgene in plant cells and/or plant tissues using gene regulatory elements obtained from Brassica napus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Holly Jean Butler, Scott Alan Bevan, Cory M. Larsen, William Moskal, Delkin Orlando Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10428339
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for targeting peptides, polypeptides, and proteins to plastids of plastid-containing cells. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns chloroplast transit peptides that may direct a polypeptide to a plastid, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns methods for producing a transgenic plant material (e.g., a transgenic plant) comprising a chloroplast transit peptide, as well as plant materials produced by such methods, and plant commodity products produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Justin M. Lira, Robert Cicchillo, Carla N. Yerkes, Andrew E. Robinson
  • Patent number: 10421972
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for targeting peptides, polypeptides, and proteins to plastids of plastid-containing cells. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns chloroplast transit peptides that may direct a polypeptide to a plastid, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns methods for producing a transgenic plant material (e.g., a transgenic plant) comprising a chloroplast transit peptide, as well as plant materials produced by such methods, and plant commodity products produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Justin M. Lira, Robert Cicchillo, Carla N. Yerkes, Andrew E. Robinson
  • Patent number: 10412964
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a synergistically herbicidal effective amount of (a) aminopyralid, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) clopyralid, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation, which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation (a) aminopyralid, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) clopyralid, or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein (a) and (b) are each added in an amount sufficient to produce a synergistic herbicidal effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Louise Brinkworth, Daniel C. Cummings, Robert A. Masters
  • Patent number: 10415046
    Abstract: The present invention claims methods for the stable integration of exogenous DNA into a specific locus, E32, in the maize genome through the use of zinc finger nucleases. Maize plants and plant parts that were transformed by the methods of the invention are claimed. The invention is useful for creating desirable traits such as herbicide resistance, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, insect tolerance, disease resistance, disease tolerance, stress tolerance, and stress resistance in maize The E32 locus represents a superior site for inserting foreign genes because native agronomic phenotypes are not disturbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: W. Michael Ainley, James W. Bing, David R. Corbin, Steven L. Evans, Joseph F. Petolino, Lakshmi Sastry-Dent, Steven A. Thompson, Steven R. Webb, Mary E. Welter, Ning Zhou
  • Patent number: 10415049
    Abstract: Provided are constructs and methods for expressing a transgene in plant cells and/or plant tissues using gene regulatory elements obtained from Brassica napus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Holly Jean Butler, Scott Alan Bevan, Cory M. Larsen, William Moskal, Delkin Orlando Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20190276404
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Brian A. Loy, Nicolaas Vermeulen, Brannon Sam, Kevin G. Meyer, Chenglin Yao, Nicholas R. Babij, Jeff Petkus
  • Patent number: 10407391
    Abstract: A method of preparing benzyl 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)picolinate (I) from benzyl 4,5-difluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)picolinate (II) is described. The method includes the use of amination and chlorination process steps to provide the compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Jason S. Fisk, David J. Couling, Abraham D. Schuitman, Megan E. Donaldson, Brian Murdoch, Ronald B. Leng
  • Patent number: 10407687
    Abstract: Provided are constructs and methods for expressing a transgene in plant cells and/or plant tissues using gene regulatory elements obtained from Brassica napus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Holly Jean Butler, Scott Alan Bevan, Cory M. Larsen, William Moskal, Delkin Orlando Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10400245
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a Zea mays GRMZM2G047720 promoter. Some embodiments relate to a Zea mays GRMZM2G047720 promoter that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Other embodiments relate to a Zea mays GRMZM2G047720 3?UTR that functions in plants to terminate transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Manju Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 10400246
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a promoter from a Zea mays egg cell gene. Some embodiments relate to a promoter from a Zea mays egg cell gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Other embodiments relate to a 3? UTR from a Zea mays egg cell gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Kumar, Pierluigi Barone, Daren Hemingway, Emily Etchison, Andrew Asberry, Heather Pence, Andrew J. Bowling
  • Patent number: 10400250
    Abstract: This invention relates in part to soybean event pDAB8264.44.06.1 and includes a novel expression cassettes and transgenic inserts comprising multiple traits conferring resistance to glyphosate, aryloxyalkanoate, and glufosinate herbicides. This invention also relates in part to methods of controlling resistant weeds, plant breeding and herbicide tolerant plants. In some embodiments, the event sequence can be “stacked” with other traits, including, for example, other herbicide tolerance gene(s) and/or insect-inhibitory proteins. This invention further relates in part to endpoint TaqMan PCR assays for the detection of Event pDAB8264.44.06.1 in soybeans and related plant material. Some embodiments can perform high throughput zygosity analysis of plant material and other embodiments can be used to uniquely identify the zygosity of and breed soybean lines comprising the event of the subject invention. Kits and conditions useful in conducting these assays are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, MS Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Yunxing C. Cui, Thomas Hoffman, Ning Zhou, Stephen N. Novak, Julissa Colon, Dawn M. Parkhurst, Sandra G. Toledo, Terry R. Wright, Sean M. Russell, Bruce Held, Vaithilingam Sekar
  • Patent number: 10400247
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: John P. Davies, Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng