Patents by Inventor Carol Lewnau

Carol Lewnau 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: 20120240291
    Abstract: Regulatory regions are shown which regulate expression of an operably linked heterologous nucleic acid molecule in plants. Promoters are described which express at lower levels in pollen cells that in other plant cells. Methods of using such promoter to regulate expression of an operably linked nucleic acid molecule are described. A polyadenylation nucleotide sequence from soybean is further shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: MS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Held, Vaithilingam Sekar, Janell Eby, Carol Lewnau, Penny Perkins
  • Patent number: 7888561
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a soybean polyubiquitin promoter, polyubiquitin terminator, sequences which hybridize to same and functional fragments thereof. The regulatory element of the invention provide improved expression in plants of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Expression vectors with the regulatory element is the subject of the invention, which may further include an operably linked nucleotide sequence. The invention is further directed to transformed plant tissue including the nucleotide sequence and to transformed plants and seeds thereof. The regulatory element is useful for driving a nucleotide sequence, for example a gene, or antisense expression or the like for the purpose of imparting agronomically useful traits such as, but not limited to, increase in yield, disease resistance, insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, drought tolerance and salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: MS Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vaithilingam Sekar, Carol Lewnau, Janell Eby, Brad Atchinson, Bruce Held
  • Publication number: 20100199377
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a soybean polyubiquitin promoter, polyubiquitin terminator, sequences which hybridize to same and functional fragments thereof. The regulatory element of the invention provide improved expression in plants of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Expression vectors with the regulatory element is the subject of the invention, which may further include an operably linked nucleotide sequence. The invention is further directed to transformed plant tissue including the nucleotide sequence and to transformed plants and seeds thereof. The regulatory element is useful for driving a nucleotide sequence, for example a gene, or antisense expression or the like for the purpose of imparting agronomically useful traits such as, but not limited to, increase in yield, disease resistance, insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, drought tolerance and salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: MS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Vaithilingam Sekar, Carol Lewnau, Janell Eby, Brad Atchinson, Bruce Held
  • Patent number: 7667023
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a promoter, designated MuB, sequences which hybridize to same and functional fragments thereof. The regulatory element of the invention provide improved expression in plants of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Expression vectors with the regulatory element is the subject of the invention, which may further include an operably linked nucleotide sequence. The invention is further directed to transformed plant tissue including the nucleotide sequence and to transformed plants and seeds thereof. The regulatory element is useful for driving gene or antisense expression or the like for the purpose of imparting agronomically useful traits such as, but not limited to, increase in yield, disease resistance, insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, drought tolerance and salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: MS Technologies
    Inventors: Bruce Held, Vaithilingam Sekar, Janell Eby, Carol Lewnau, Sumei Xiong, Phil Dykema, Herbert Martin Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090111186
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a promoter, designated MuB, sequences which hybridize to same and functional fragments thereof. The regulatory element of the invention provide improved expression in plants of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Expression vectors with the regulatory element is the subject of the invention, which may further include an operably linked nucleotide sequence. The invention is further directed to transformed plant tissue including the nucleotide sequence and to transformed plants and seeds thereof. The regulatory element is useful for driving gene or antisense expression or the like for the purpose of imparting agronomically useful traits such as, but not limited to, increase in yield, disease resistance, insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, drought tolerance and salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: MS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Held, Vaithilingam Sekar, Janell Eby, Carol Lewnau, Sumei Xiong, Phil Dykema, Herbert Martin Wilson
  • Publication number: 20080250529
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a soybean polyubiquitin promoter, polyubiquitin terminator, sequences which hybridize to same and functional fragments thereof. The regulatory element of the invention provide improved expression in plants of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Expression vectors with the regulatory element is the subject of the invention, which may further include an operably linked nucleotide sequence. The invention is further directed to transformed plant tissue including the nucleotide sequence and to transformed plants and seeds thereof. The regulatory element is useful for driving a nucleotide sequence, for example a gene, or antisense expression or the like for the purpose of imparting agronomically useful traits such as, but not limited to, increase in yield, disease resistance, insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, drought tolerance and salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: MS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Vaithilingam Sekar, Carol Lewnau, Janell Eby, Brad Atchinson, Bruce Held
  • Patent number: 7393948
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a soybean polyubiquitin promoter, polyubiquitin terminator, sequences which hybridize to same and functional fragments thereof. The regulatory element of the invention provide improved expression in plants of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Expression vectors with the regulatory element is the subject of the invention, which may further include an operably linked nucleotide sequence. The invention is further directed to transformed plant tissue including the nucleotide sequence and to transformed plants and seeds thereof. The regulatory element is useful for driving a nucleotide sequence, for example a gene, or antisense expression or the like for the purpose of imparting agronomically useful traits such as, but not limited to, increase in yield, disease resistance, insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, drought tolerance and salt tolerance in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: MS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vaithilingam Sekar, Carol Lewnau, Janell Eby, Brad Atchinson, Bruce Held
  • Publication number: 20060225147
    Abstract: This invention relates to glyphosate-resistant transgenic plants and methods of making the same. In a preferred embodiment, a DNA fragment which comprises an EPSPS 5? regulatory sequence and a glyphosate-resistant EPSPS coding sequence is introduced into regenerable plant cells. The encoded EPSPS has a chloroplast transit peptide. The DNA fragment does not contain a non-EPSPS enhancer. Cells are selected for stable transformation, and the selected cells can be used to regenerate glyphosate-resistant transgenic plants. The DNA fragment used for transformation preferably comprises a modified plant genomic sequence, such as SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQ ID NO: 6. In one embodiment, two DNA fragments of this invention are stably transformed into a plant to confer glyphosate-resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Mertec, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Held, Herbert Wilson, Phllip Dykema, Carol Lewnau, Janelle Eby
  • Publication number: 20060051870
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the introduction of molecules, including nucleic acids, carbohydrates, plant growth regulators and peptides into cells and tissues. The present invention is also directed to media and methods for enhancing embryogenic callus production of elite lines of soybean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Bruce Held, Herbert Wilson, Liming Hou, Carol Lewnau, Janelle Eby