Patents by Inventor Anthony C. Bryan

Anthony C. Bryan 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).

  • Key gene regulating plant cell wall recalcitrance
    Patent number: 9994998
    Abstract: This disclosure provides plants having desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of selecting plants with such desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that the expression and/or activity of POPTR_0014s08530, a gene encoding an Angustifolia/CtBP transcription factor, modulates lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens in plants. Plants with lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the POPTR_0014s08530 gene, have divergent uses including pulp and paper production, and ethanol/biofuel production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Chen, Lee E. Gunter, Sara Jawdy, Wellington Muchero, Gerald Tuskan, Jianjun Guo, Priya Ranjan, Stephen P. DiFazio, Anthony C. Bryan
  • KEY GENE REGULATING PLANT CELL WALL RECALCITRANCE
    Publication number: 20160053275
    Abstract: This disclosure provides plants having desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of selecting plants with such desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that the expression and/or activity of POPTR_0014s08530, a gene encoding an Angustifolia/CtBP transcription factor, modulates lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens in plants. Plants with lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the POPTR_0014s08530 gene, have divergent uses including pulp and paper production, and ethanol/biofuel production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Jay Chen, Lee E. Gunter, Sara Jawdy, Wellington Muchero, Gerald Tuskan, Jianjun Guo, Priya Ranjan, Stephen P. DiFazio, Anthony C. Bryan