Patents by Inventor Catherine L. Foune

Catherine L. Foune 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: 20230257427
    Abstract: New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, and new organisms, a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related and discloses selected endotoxins we call cysteine rich insecticidal peptides (CRIPS) which are peptides derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and their genes and endotoxins in combination with toxic peptides known as Inhibitor Cystine Knot (ICK) genes and peptides as well as with other types of insecticidal peptides such as trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) peptide sequences used in various formulations and combinations; of both genes and peptides, useful for the control of insects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Vestaron Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. KENNEDY, William Tedford, Christopher Hendrickson, Robert Venable, Catherine L. Foune, John Mcintyre, Alvar R. Carlson, Lin Bao
  • Patent number: 11692016
    Abstract: New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, new organisms, and a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related to novel cell culture methods and conditions that can be used to express heterologous polypeptides, along with new transgenic yeast strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle Schneider, Catherine L. Foune, Lin Bao, Robert Venable, Robert M. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11472854
    Abstract: New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, and new organisms, a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related and discloses selected endotoxins we call cysteine rich insecticidal peptides (CRIPS) which are peptides derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and their genes and endotoxins in combination with toxic peptides known as Inhibitor Cystine Knot (ICK) genes and peptides as well as with other types of insecticidal peptides such as trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) peptide sequences used in various formulations and combinations; of both genes and peptides, useful for the control of insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Vestaron Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Kennedy, William Tedford, Christopher Hendrickson, Robert Venable, Catherine L. Foune, John McIntyre, Alvar R. Carlson, Lin Bao
  • Publication number: 20200277345
    Abstract: New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, and new organisms, a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related and discloses selected endotoxins we call cysteine rich insecticidal peptides (CRIPS) which are peptides derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and their genes and endotoxins in combination with toxic peptides known as Inhibitor Cystine Knot (ICK) genes and peptides as well as with other types of insecticidal peptides such as trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) peptide sequences used in various formulations and combinations; of both genes and peptides, useful for the control of insects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Vestaron Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. KENNEDY, William TEDFORD, Christopher HENDRICKSON, Robert VENABLE, Catherine L. FOUNE, John MCINTYRE, Alvar R. CARLSON, Lin BAO
  • Publication number: 20200207818
    Abstract: New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, new organisms, and a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related to novel cell culture methods and conditions that can be used to express heterologous polypeptides, along with new transgenic yeast strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Vestaron Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Schneider, Catherine L. Foune, Lin Bao, Robert Venable, Robert M. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20200181212
    Abstract: Described are the artificially induced conversion of certain toxic peptides to create both different forms of those peptides and new and useful derivatives of the original peptides that are both useful by themselves and useful as new compounds and new stable intermediates that may be used to make other important compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Vestaron Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Kennedy, Lin Bao, Alvar R. Carlson, Catherine L. Foune, Alexandra M. Haase, Bruce A. Steinbaugh
  • Publication number: 20170121377
    Abstract: Described are the artificially induced conversion of certain toxic peptides to create both different forms of those peptides and new and useful derivatives of the original peptides that are both useful by themselves and useful as new compounds and new stable intermediates that may be used to make other important compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Vestaron Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Kennedy, Lin Bao, Alvar R. Carlson, Catherine L. Foune, Alexandra M. Haase, Bruce A. SteinBaugh