Patents by Inventor Anna N. Stepanova

Anna N. Stepanova 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).

  • Synthetic ethylene-responsive binding element and uses thereof
    Patent number: 12319919
    Abstract: Provided is a recombinant nucleic acid construct comprising a sequence of Formula I (SEQ ID NO:48): X—N1—N2—N3—N4—N5—N6—N7—N8—N9—N10—N11—Y as an ethylene binding sequence (EBS). Tandems of two or more directly adjoining EBS are also described, and may be included in an expression cassette useful for modulating the expression of a nucleic acid of interest in a plant in response to plant hormone ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS, SIBERIAN BRANCH OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Anna N. Stepanova, Jose M. Alonso, Josefina Patricia Fernandez-Moreno, Elena Zemlyanskaya, Victor Levitsky
  • SYNTHETIC ETHYLENE-RESPONSIVE BINDING ELEMENT AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230235346
    Abstract: ABSTRACT
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Anna N. STEPANOVA, Jose M. ALONSO, Josefina Patricia FERNANDEZ-MORENO, Elena ZEMLYANSKAYA, Victor LEVITSKY
  • Methods and compositions to modulate ethylene sensitivity
    Patent number: 7169972
    Abstract: The field of the invention relates to plants and plant genes, including both plant mutants and transgenic plants containing a gene that confers an ethylene insensitive phenotype. Also encompassed by the invention are methods of using the disclosed plant gene to confer an ethylene insensitive phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Anna N. Stepanova, Joseph R. Ecker