Patents by Inventor Clarence Michael

Clarence Michael 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).

  • Patent number: 12285019
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity to at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20250101452
    Abstract: Novel pesticidal polypeptides that are active against Coleopteran pests are disclosed. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. The nucleotide sequences encoding the pesticidal polypeptides can be used to transform prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the insecticidal proteins. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Clarence Michael Reynolds, Kevin V. Donohue, Abdel Toure
  • Patent number: 12252698
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insect inhibitory proteins comprising two different components, both of which are required for biological activity against at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20250011374
    Abstract: Methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, insecticidal proteins having toxicity to Spodoptera insect pests are provided. Polynucleotides comprising codons optimized for expression in plants encoding the insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and polynucleotides encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael REYNOLDS
  • Patent number: 12180498
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity to at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the disclosure, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Patent number: 12133528
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity against Coleopteran and/or Lepidopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Clarence Michael Reynolds, Christopher Fleming
  • Patent number: 12122808
    Abstract: Methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, insecticidal proteins having toxicity to Spodoptera insect pests are provided. Polynucleotides comprising codons optimized for expression in plants encoding the insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and polynucleotides encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20240254505
    Abstract: Novel pesticidal polypeptides that are active against Coleopteran pests are disclosed. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. The nucleotide sequences encoding the pesticidal polypeptides can be used to transform prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the insecticidal proteins. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20240060082
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, systems, and methods for conferring resistance to plant pathogens that express pathogen-specific proteases. Compositions of the invention may include a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes at least one substrate protein of a plant pathogen-specific protease expressed by a Phakopsora or Heterodera plant pathogen species. Additionally, the at least one substrate protein has a Phakopsora-specific or Heterodera-specific heterologous cleavage site, wherein cleavage of the cleavage site confers improved resistance to the Phakopsora or Heterodera plant pathogen species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Qingli Liu, Clarence Michael Reynolds, Xiaoping Tan, Milan Jucovic
  • Patent number: 11661610
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity Coleopteran and/or Lepidopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations SG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20230091005
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insect inhibitory proteins comprising two different components, both of which are required for biological activity against at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20230090217
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity to at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the disclosure, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael REYNOLDS
  • Publication number: 20220324920
    Abstract: Methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, insecticidal proteins having toxicity to Spodoptera insect pests are provided. Polynucleotides comprising codons optimized for expression in plants encoding the insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and polynucleotides encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael REYNOLDS
  • Publication number: 20220061334
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity to at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20220007653
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling insect pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity to at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20220010327
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel chimeric insecticidal proteins having toxicity to at least coleopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20210403938
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity Coleopteran and/or Lepidopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael REYNOLDS
  • Patent number: 11180774
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity against Coleopteran and/or Lepidopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Clarence Michael Reynolds, Christopher Fleming, Mark Greer Montgomery
  • Patent number: 11136593
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity Coleopteran and/or Lepidopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11130965
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity on coleopteran and/or lepidopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Clarence Michael Reynolds