Patents by Inventor Catherine Chay

Catherine Chay 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).

  • Insecticidal Compositions and Methods for Making Insect-Resistant Transgenic Plants
    Publication number: 20090068159
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding ET37, TIC810 and TIC812 proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis, and nucleotide sequences for use in expressing TIC809, ET37, TIC810 and TIC812, and fusions of various insecticidally effective combinations of these proteins such as TIC 127, in plants. Methods of making and using the polynucleotide sequences and the proteins in the development of transgenic plant cells and transgenic plants exhibiting improved insect resistance against (1) Coleopteran insects including Western Corn Rootworm (Dibrotica virgifera), Southern Corn Rootworm (Dibrotica undecempunctata), Northern Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica barbed), Mexican Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera zeae), Brazilian Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica balteata) and Brazilian Corn Rootworm complex (Diabrotica viridula and Diabrotica speciosa), and against Hemipteran insects such as Lygus bugs, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: James A. Baum, James K. Roberts, Bei Zhang, Heather Anderson, Catherine A. Chay
  • Plant regulatory sequences for control of gene expression
    Patent number: 6645765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the invention relates to 5′ regulatory sequences which are useful for regulating expression of heterologous DNAs in plants and methods for identifying multiple 5′ regulatory sequences which confer a particular expression profile when operably linked to DNA sequences. The invention also relates to expression vectors containing the 5′ regulatory sequences and to transgenic plants containing the expression vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Heather M. Anderson, Catherine A. Chay, Guilan Chen, Timothy W. Conner