Patents by Inventor Darrell Ricke

Darrell Ricke 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).

  • Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression
    Patent number: 8115058
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen A. Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • RICE PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF PLANT EXPRESSION
    Publication number: 20110225678
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen A. Goff, Fumlaki Kataglri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • ABIOTIC STRESS RESPONSIVE POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20100275333
    Abstract: Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors, expression cassettes, host cells, and plants containing such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for using such polynucleotides and polypeptides, for example, to alter the responsiveness of a plant to abiotic stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Joel Kreps, Steven P. Briggs, Stephen A. Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Todd Moughamer, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu, Robert Dietrich, Bret Cooper
  • Plant disease resistance genes
    Patent number: 7777097
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of producing plants with increased resistance to pathogen infection by expressing disease resistance genes in the plants and transgenic plants having enhanced pathogen resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Jane Glazebrook, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Stephen A. Goff, Todd Moughamer, Fumiyaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • RICE PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF PLANT EXPRESSION
    Publication number: 20090183283
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Arthur Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Jeol Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression
    Patent number: 7550578
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen A. Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Transcription factors of cereals
    Publication number: 20070089180
    Abstract: Plant DISR genes the expression of which in a plant increases resistance of the plant to pathogen infection, compositions comprising the genes or encoded polypeptides, and methods for their use, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Jane Glazebrook, Steven Briggs, Bret Cooper, Stephen Goff, Todd Moughamer, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicolas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression
    Publication number: 20070056055
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides
    Publication number: 20060075523
    Abstract: Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors, expression cassettes, host cells, and plants containing such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for using such polynucleotides and polypeptides, for example, to alter the responsiveness of a plant to abiotic stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Joel Kreps, Steven Briggs, Stephen Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Todd Moughamer, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu, Robert Dietrich, Bret Cooper
  • Transcription factors of cereals
    Publication number: 20050235375
    Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding transcription factors of cereals and in particular rice are provided. Also provided are re-combinant vectors, expression cassettes, host cells and plants containing the polynucleotides. Methods for using the polynucleotides to alter resistance or tolerance of plants to stress, alter biological pathways, and alter gene expression are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Wenqiong Chen, Steven Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Todd Moughamer, Nicolas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Identification and characterization of plant genes
    Publication number: 20050177901
    Abstract: The invention discloses a set of genes the expression products of which are up-regulated during the grain filling process in rice and active in different metabolic pathways involved in nutrient partitioning. The invention also discloses the use of said genes to modify the compositional and nutritional characteristics of the plant grain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Tong Zhu, Wengiong Chen, Steven Briggs, Bret Cooper, Stephen Goff, Todd Moughamer, Jane GlazeBrook, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicolas Provart, Darrell Ricke
  • Identification and characterization of phosphate transporter genes
    Publication number: 20050032156
    Abstract: The invention relates to proteins that are involved in the transport and translocation of phosphorous in plants and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those proteins. The invention further provides the means and tools for modifying the uptake and translocation of phosphorous in photosynthetic organisms such as plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Uta Paszkowski, Steven Briggs, Bret Cooper, Stephen Goff, Todd Moughamer, Jane Glazebrook, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicolas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression
    Publication number: 20040016025
    Abstract: The invention provides a method to identify a plurality of plant promoters having a particular characteristic as well as the sequence of promoters having one of those characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Arthur Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Identification and characterization of plant genes
    Publication number: 20040010815
    Abstract: Disclosed are polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences involved in or associated with isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: B. Markus Lange, Majid Ghassemian, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Arthur Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Todd Moughamer, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Genes that are modulated by posttranscriptional gene silencing
    Publication number: 20030135888
    Abstract: The invention provides a method to identify genes that are modulated by posttranscriptional gene silencing as well as regulatory elements and methods to modulate gene expression by posttranscriptional gene silencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Tong Zhu, Xun Wang, Hur-Song Chang, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen A. Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Todd Moughamer, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke