Patents by Inventor CRAIG E. HASTINGS

CRAIG E. HASTINGS 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).

  • Methods and compositions for rapid plant transformation
    Patent number: 11330776
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to methods and compositions for the rapid and efficient transformation of plants. The disclosure further provides methods for producing a transgenic plant, comprising (a) transforming a cell of an explant with an expression construct comprising (i) a nucleotide sequence encoding a WUS/WOX homeobox polypeptide; (ii) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising two AP2-DNA binding domains; or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (b) allowing expression of the polypeptide of (a) in each transformed cell to form a regenerable plant structure in the absence of exogenous cytokinin, wherein no callus is formed; and (c) germinating the regenerable plant structure to form the transgenic plant. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ajith Anand, Maren L. Arling, Alexandre Da Silva Conceicao, William James Gordon-Kamm, Craig E Hastings, George J Hoerster, Todd J Jones, Theodore Mitchell Klein, Carlos M La Rota, Keith S Lowe, Shiv Bahadur Tiwari, Ning Wang, Xinli Emily Wu
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RAPID PLANT TRANSFORMATION
    Publication number: 20170121722
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to methods and compositions for the rapid and efficient transformation of plants. The disclosure further provides methods for producing a transgenic plant, comprising (a) transforming a cell of an explant with an expression construct comprising (i) a nucleotide sequence encoding a WUS/WOX homeobox polypeptide; (ii) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising two AP2-DNA binding domains; or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (b) allowing expression of the polypeptide of (a) in each transformed cell to form a regenerable plant structure in the absence of exogenous cytokinin, wherein no callus is formed; and (c) germinating the regenerable plant structure to form the transgenic plant. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: AJITH ANAND, MAREN L. ARLING, ALEXANDRE DA SILVA CONCEICAO, WILLIAM JAMES GORDON-KAMM, CRAIG E. HASTINGS, GEORGE M. HOERSTER, THEODORE MITCHELL KLEIN, CARLOS M. LA ROTA, KEITH S. LOWE, SHIV BAHADUR TIWARI, NING WANG, XINLI EMILY WU