Patents by Inventor Colleen M. Higgins

Colleen M. Higgins 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).

  • Polynucleotides encoding cellulose synthase from pinus radiata and methods of use for regulating polysaccharides of a plant
    Patent number: 8110726
    Abstract: Novel plant polysaccharide synthesis genes and polypeptides encoded by such genes are provided. These genes and polynucleotide sequences are useful regulating polysaccharide synthesis and plant phenotype. Moreover, these genes are useful for expression profiling of plant polysaccharide synthesis genes. One aspect of the present invention therefore are polynucleotides encoding cellulose synthase from Pinus radiata and methods of using such a polynucleotide to regulate polysaccharides of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Arborgen Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard N. Bloksberg, Marie B. Connett-Porceddu, Sarah Jane Emerson, Michael J. Frost, Richard Llewellyn Syndey Forster, Murray Robert Grigor, Ilkka Havukkala, Colleen M. Higgins, Robert J. Kodrzycki, Steven Troy Lund, Andreas Magusin
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING POLYSACCHARIDES OF A PLANT CELL
    Publication number: 20100186118
    Abstract: Novel plant polysaccharide synthesis genes and polypeptides encoded by such genes are provided. These genes and polynucleotide sequences are useful regulating polysaccharide synthesis and plant phenotype. Moreover, these genes are useful for expression profiling of plant polysaccharide synthesis genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Leonard N. BLOKSBERG, Marie B. Connett, Sarah Jane Emerson, Michael J. Frost, Richard Llewellyn Syndey Forster, Murray Robert Grigor, Ilkka Havukkala, Colleen M. Higgins, Robert J. Kodrzycki, Steven Troy Lund, Andreas Magusin
  • Cell Cycle Genes and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20100122382
    Abstract: Novel plant polysaccharide synthesis genes and polypeptides encoded by such genes are provided. These genes and polynucleotide sequences are useful regulating polysaccharide synthesis and plant phenotype. Moreover, these genes are useful for expression profiling of plant polysaccharide synthesis genes. The invention specifically provides cell cycle polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences isolated from Eucalyptus and Pinus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Richard L. Forster, Marie B. Connett, Sarah Jane Emerson, Murray Robert Grigor, Colleen M. Higgins, Steven Troy Lund, Andreas Magusin, Bob Kodrzycki
  • Cellulose synthase from pine and methods of use
    Patent number: 7671188
    Abstract: The present invention concerns isolated polynucleotides that encode a polypeptide with cellulose synthase activity and methods of producing a plant that expresses the cellulose synthase-encoding polynucleotides and thereby has a different phenotype compared to a non-transformed plant of the same species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Arborgen LLC
    Inventors: Leonard N. Bloksberg, Marie B. Connett-Porceddu, Sarah Jane Emerson, Michael J. Frost, Richard Llewellyn Syndey Forster, Murray Robert Grigor, Ilkka Havukkala, Colleen M. Higgins, Robert J. Kodrzycki, Steven Troy Lund, Andreas Magusin
  • Modifications of plant traits using cyclin A
    Patent number: 7598084
    Abstract: Novel plant polysaccharide synthesis genes and polypeptides encoded by such genes are provided. These genes and polynucleotide sequences are useful regulating polysaccharide synthesis and plant phenotype. Moreover, these genes are useful for expression profiling of plant polysaccharide synthesis genes. The invention specifically provides cell cycle polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences isolated from Eucalyptus and Pinus. The invention also provides for the expression of cyclin A genes to modify the physical traits of a transgenic plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Arborgen LLC
    Inventors: Richard L. Forster, Marie B. Connett, Sarah Jane Emerson, Murray Robert Grigor, Colleen M. Higgins, Steven Troy Lund, Andreas Magusin, Bob Kodrzycki
  • Compositions isolated from plant cells and their use in the modification of plant cell signaling
    Publication number: 20030046728
    Abstract: Novel isolated polynucleotides that encode polypeptides involved in plant cell signaling are provided, together with genetic constructs comprising such polynucleotides. Methods for using such constructs for the modulation of cell signaling in plants are also disclosed, together with transgenic plants comprising such constructs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Genesis Research and Development Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Strabala, Nicolaas Nieuwenhuizen, Colleen M. Higgins