Patents by Inventor Anirudha Dixit

Anirudha Dixit 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).

  • Metal resistant plants and methods of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 8329987
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transgenic plant transformed with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence operatively linked to a plant-expressible transcription regulatory sequence, wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein (AIRAP) coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that is at least 95% identical to a polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, or SEQ ID NO:14, wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that confers resistance to an environmental stress, wherein greater than or equal to about 25% of transgenic plants are resistant to an environmental stress, and wherein the environmental stress inhibits the growth of wild type plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: The University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Om Parkash, Anirudha Dixit
  • Metal Resistant Plants, and Methods of Manufacture Thereof
    Publication number: 20110271403
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transgenic plant transformed with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence operatively linked to a plant-expressible transcription regulatory sequence, wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein (AIRAP) coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that is at least 95% identical to a polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, or SEQ ID NO:14, wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that confers resistance to an environmental stress, wherein greater than or equal to about 25% of transgenic plants are resistant to an environmental stress, and wherein the environmental stress inhibits the growth of wild type plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Om Parkash, Anirudha Dixit
  • Metal resistant plants, and methods of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 7951992
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transgenic plant transformed with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence operatively linked to a plant-expressible transcription regulatory sequence, wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that is at least 75% identical to a polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, or SEQ ID NO:14, and wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that confers resistance to a metal, a metal ion, a metalloid, or a metalloid ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: The University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Om Parkash, Anirudha Dixit
  • Metal Resistant Plants, and Methods of Manufacture Thereof
    Publication number: 20080295200
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transgenic plant transformed with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence operatively linked to a plant-expressible transcription regulatory sequence, wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that is at least 75% identical to a polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, or SEQ ID NO:14, and wherein the plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence encodes a polypeptide that confers resistance to a metal, a metal ion, a metalloid, or a metalloid ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Om Parkash, Anirudha Dixit