Patents by Inventor C. Robin Buell

C. Robin Buell 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).

  • OVERCOMING SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN DIPLOID PLANTS FOR BREEDING AND PRODUCTION OF HYBRIDS
    Publication number: 20220025394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Solanaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods as well as resultant plant varieties developed through the use of self-pollination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: David S. Douches, Felix E. Enciso-Rodriguez, C. Robin Buell, Daniel Zarka, Satya Swathi Nadakuduti, Norma C. Manrique-Carpintero
  • Nucleic acids encoding pseudomonas hop proteins and use thereof
    Patent number: 7138569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a type III—secreted bacterial protein capable of modifying a cell death pathway in a plant cell. One aspect of the present invention involves an isolated nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence that encodes the HopPtoD2 protein of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae DC 3000. Expression vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants which include the DNA molecules of the present invention are also disclosed. The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used to impart disease resistance to a plant and to make a plant hypersusceptible to colonization by nonpathogenic bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Kansas State University Research Foundation, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., The Institute for Genomic Research, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Alan Collmer, James R. Alfano, Xiaoyan Tang, C. Robin Buell, Gregory B. Martin
  • Pseudomonas Avr and Hop proteins, their encoding nucleic acids, and use thereof
    Publication number: 20030182681
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding avirulence proteins or polypeptides of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae DC 3000, or nucleic acid molecules which are complementary thereto. Expression vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants which include the DNA molecules of the present invention are also disclosed. Another aspect relates to the isolated proteins or polypeptides and compositions containing the same. The nucleic acid molecules and proteins of the present invention can be used to impart disease resistance to a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Alan Collmer, James R. Alfano, Xiaoyan Tang, C. Robin Buell, Gregory B. Martin