Patents by Inventor Caroline A. Kulesza

Caroline A. Kulesza 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).

  • Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production
    Patent number: 8513492
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis ?-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Coleopteran-Resistant Transgenic Plants and Methods of Their Production
    Publication number: 20090260107
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis ?-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Sunsan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production
    Patent number: 7544862
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis ?-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production
    Publication number: 20080134358
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis ?-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production
    Patent number: 7227056
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis ?-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production
    Publication number: 20040033523
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis &dgr;-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC.
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Nucleic acid compositions encoding modified Bacillus thuringiensis coleopteran-toxic crystal proteins
    Patent number: 6642030
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis &dgr;-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production using modified Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb nucleic acids
    Patent number: 6620988
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding modified Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis Cry 3Bb* &dgr;-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for preparing a Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plant and reducing insect in restations, and plants thereby produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Methods for improving the activity of .delta.-endotoxins against insect pests
    Patent number: 6077824
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for increasing the activity of B. thuringiensis .delta.-endotoxins against Coleopteran insect pests. Also disclosed are methods for mutagenizing nucleic acid sequences encoding these polypeptides, and increasing insect resistance in transgenic plants expressing these genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Ecogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch
  • Polypeptide compositions toxic to coleopteran insects
    Patent number: 6063597
    Abstract: Disclosed are Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis .delta.-endotoxins, nucleic acid sequences, and transgenic plants expressing these genes. Methods of making and using these genes and proteins are disclosed as well as methods for the recombinant expression, and transformation of suitable host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch
  • Nucleic acid segments encoding modified bacillus thuringiensis coleopteran-toxic crystal proteins
    Patent number: 6060594
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis .delta.-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignees: Ecogen, Inc., Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Insect-resistant transgenic plants
    Patent number: 6023013
    Abstract: The invention provides transgenic plants and transformed host cells which express modified cry 3B genes with enhanced toxicity to Coleopteran insects. Also disclosed are methods of making and using these transgenic plants, methods of making recombinant host cells expressing these .delta.-endotoxins, and methods of killing insects such as Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber) and western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignees: Monsanto Company, Ecogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano
  • Insect-resistant transgenic plants
    Patent number: RE39580
    Abstract: The invention provides transgenic plants and transformed host cells which express modified cry 3B genes with enhanced toxicity to Coleopteran insects. Also disclosed are methods of making and using these transgenic plants, methods of making recombinant host cells expressing these ?-endotoxins, and methods of killing insects such as Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber) and western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Leigh H. English, Susan M. Brussock, Thomas M. Malvar, James W. Bryson, Caroline A. Kulesza, Frederick S. Walters, Stephen L. Slatin, Michael A. Von Tersch, Charles Romano