Patents by Inventor Ann E. Blechl

Ann E. Blechl 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).

  • Kinase-start gene conferring resistance to plant disease and transgenic plants comprising it
    Patent number: 9464299
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes a polypeptide comprising both a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid transfer (START) domain and a kinase domain is provided, as well as plant cells and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acid molecule, said transgenic plants being resistant to plant diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: Carmel—Haifa University Economic Corporation Ltd., The Regents of The University of California, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Jorge Dubcovsky, Tzion Fahima, Assaf Distelfeld, Cristobal Uauy, Ann E. Blechl, Daolin Fu
  • NOVEL KINASE-START GENE CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO PLANT DISEASE AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS COMPRISING IT
    Publication number: 20120047604
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes a polypeptide comprising both a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid transfer (START) domain and a kinase domain is provided, as well as plant cells and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acid molecule, said transgenic plants being resistant to plant disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Jorge Dubcovsky, Tzion Fahima, Assaf Distelfeld, Cristobal Uauy, Ann E. Blechl, Daolin Fu
  • Glutenin genes and their uses
    Patent number: 6638552
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of improving flour by altering glutenin content in seeds of plants, particularly wheat. The invention relates to methods of introducing a recombinant construct comprising a glutenin gene into a parental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Ann E. Blechl, Olin D. Anderson
  • Nucleic acid sequences encoding cell wall-degrading enzymes and use to engineer resistance to fusarium and other pathogens
    Publication number: 20030131376
    Abstract: The invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences derived from Fusarium fungal genes which encode the cell wall-degrading enzymes glucanase, endochitinase, and exochitinase; isolated polypeptides having glucanase, endochitinase or exochitinase activity; recombinant nucleic acid molecules, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides, including expression in plant cells to confer or enhance a plant's resistance to Fusarium and other pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Patricia A. Okubara, Ann E. Blechl, Thomas M. Hohn, Randy M. Berka
  • Nucleic acid sequences encoding cell wall-degrading enzymes and use to engineer resistance to Fusarium and other pathogens
    Patent number: 6521435
    Abstract: The invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences derived from Fusarium fungal genes which encode the cell wall-degrading enzymes glucanase, endochitinase, and exochitinase; isolated polypeptides having glucanase, endochitinase or exochitinase activity; recombinant nucleic acid molecules, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides, including expression in plant cells to confer or enhance a plant's resistance to Fusarium and other pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia A. Okubara, Ann E. Blechl, Thomas M. Hohn, Randy M. Berka
  • Glutenin genes and their uses
    Patent number: 5985351
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of improving flour by altering glutenin content in seeds of wheat and non-wheat plants. The invention relates to methods of introducing a recombinant construct comprising a glutenin gene into a parental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Ann E. Blechl, Olin D. Anderson, David A. Somers, Kimberly A. Torbert, Howard W. Rines
  • Glutenin genes and their uses
    Patent number: 5914450
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of improving flour by altering glutenin content in seeds of wheat and non-wheat plants. The invention relates to methods of introducing a recombinant construct comprising a glutenin gene into a parental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Ann E. Blechl, Olin D. Anderson, David A. Somers, Kimberly A. Torbert, Howard W. Rines
  • Glutenin genes and their uses
    Patent number: 5650558
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of improving flour by altering glutenin content in seeds of plants, particularly wheat. The invention relates to methods of introducing a recombinant construct comprising a glutenin gene into a parental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Ann E. Blechl, Olin D. Anderson