Patents by Inventor Anthony J. Kinney

Anthony J. Kinney 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).

  • Publication number: 20140130206
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC, E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: EDGAR B. CAHOON, REBECCA E. CAHOON, SAVERIO CARL FALCO, YIWEN FANG, SABINE S. HANTKE, ANTHONY J. KINNEY, JIAN-MING LEE, ZHONGSEN LI, GUO-HUA MIAO, MICHELE MORGANTE, XIPING NIU, JOAN T. ODELL, J ANTONI RAFALSKI, HAJIME SAKAI, PEIZHONG ZHENG, QUINN QUN ZHU
  • Publication number: 20140100110
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic high oleic acid/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides soybean plants having a DP-305423-1 event which imparts a high oleic acid phenotype and tolerance to at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide. The soybean plant harboring the DP-305423-1 event comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 83 or 84. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the DP-305423-1 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the soybean DP-305423-1 events are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony J. KINNEY, Keven L. STECCA, Knut MEYER, Kent BRINK, Robert F. CRESSMAN, JR., Natalie N. WEBER, Cathy Xiaoyan ZHONG
  • Patent number: 8609935
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic high oleic acid/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides soybean plants having a DP-305423-1 event which imparts a high oleic acid phenotype and tolerance to at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide. The soybean plant harboring the DP-305423-1 event comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 83 or 84. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the DP-305423-1 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the soybean DP-305423-1 events are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Kinney, Keven L. Stecca, Knut Meyer, Kent Brink, Robert F. Cressman, Jr., Natalie N. Weber, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong
  • Publication number: 20130252253
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Karlene H Butler, Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Patent number: 8497362
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Patent number: 8465787
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding novel delta-9 elongases along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these delta-9 elongases in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Brian McGonigle, Anthony J. Kinney, Howard Glenn Damude
  • Patent number: 8389808
    Abstract: Oilseed plants which have been transformed to produce arachidonic acid, recombinant constructs used in such transformations, methods for producing arachidonic acid in a plant are described and uses of oils and seeds obtained from such transformed plants in a variety of food and feed applications are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Howard Glenn Damude, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Publication number: 20130007912
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peihong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Patent number: 8288616
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, Sabine S. Hantke, Anthony J. Kinney, Jian-Ming Lee, Zhongsen Li, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Xiping Niu, Joan T. Odell, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Peizhong Zheng, Quinn Qun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120177805
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding novel delta-9 elongases along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these delta-9 elongases in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Brian MCGONIGLE, Anthony J. Kinney, Howard Glenn Damude
  • Patent number: 8168858
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding novel delta-9 elongases along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these delta-9 elongases in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Brian McGonigle, Anthony J. Kinney, Howard Glenn Damude
  • Publication number: 20120004125
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Karlene H. Butler, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Patent number: 8084074
    Abstract: Oilseed plants which have been transformed to produce at least 8.0% arachidonic acid (ARA) as well as uses of oils and seeds obtained from such transformed plants in a variety of food and feed applications are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Kinney, Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Howard Glenn Damude, William D. Hitz, Zhan-Bin Liu, Charles W. Kolar, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110269983
    Abstract: Oilseed plants which have been transformed to produce very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, recombinant constructs used in such transformations, methods for producing such fatty acids in a plant are described and uses of oils and seeds obtained from such transformed plants in a variety of food and feed applications are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ANTHONY J. KINNEY, EDGAR BENJAMIN CAHOON, HOWARD GLENN DAMUDE, ZHAN-BIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20110268861
    Abstract: Oilseed plants which have been transformed to produce arachidonic acid, recombinant constructs used in such transformations, methods for producing arachidonic acid in a plant are described and uses of oils and seeds obtained from such transformed plants in a variety of food and feed applications are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Howard Glenn DAMUDE, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Patent number: 8013215
    Abstract: Oilseed plants which have been transformed to produce arachidonic acid, recombinant constructs used in such transformations, methods for producing arachidonic acid in a plant are described and uses of oils and seeds obtained from such transformed plants in a variety of food and feed applications are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Howard Glenn Damude, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Publication number: 20110214204
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Patent number: 7897383
    Abstract: Recombinant constructs useful for reducing the expression of endogenous mRNA and any substantially similar endogenous mRNA are disclosed. In particular, a recombinant construct comprising, inter alia, a suitable nucleic acid sequence and its reverse complement can be used to alter the expression of any homologous, endogenous RNA (i.e., the target RNA) which is in proximity to this suitable nucleic acid sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International
    Inventors: Anthony J. Kinney, Kimberly F. Glassman, William James Gordon-Kamm, Keith S. Lowe, Scott E. Nichols, Kevin L. Stecca
  • Publication number: 20110008868
    Abstract: Multizymes (i.e., single polypeptides having at least two independent and separable enzymatic activities) are disclosed for a variety of applications beyond the synthesis of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Howard Glenn Damude, Steven Gutteridge, Anthony J. Kinney, Michael W. Lassner, Daniel L. Siehl
  • Publication number: 20100242137
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney