Patents by Inventor Dean Engler

Dean Engler 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).

  • TRANSFORMATION AND ENGINEERED TRAIT MODIFICATION IN MISCANTHUS SPECIES
    Publication number: 20110047651
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the efficient transformation of Miscanthus are provided. The method involves infection with Agrobacterium, particularly those comprising a binary vector. In this manner, any gene or nucleotide sequence of interest can be introduced into the Miscanthus plant. The transformed gene or nucleotide sequence of interest will be flanked by at least one T-DNA border and present in the transformed Miscanthus in low copy number. Transformed Miscanthus, cells, tissues, plants, and seed are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Engler, Jianxin Chen
  • Transformation of Crambe Abyssinica
    Publication number: 20100281565
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for transforming Crambe species plants by producing embryogenic callus or somatic tissue, which is transformed, selected and regenerated into whole transgenic plants. The invention also pertains to a plant of the genus Crambe, and a method for producing the plant, where the plant has greater hypocotyl regenerability than a control plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Dean Engler, Belen Montanez
  • Plant cell culture and selection system
    Publication number: 20030082580
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of selecting and transforming plant cells in large scale in vitro liquid cultures. In some methods of the invention, cells are selected that comprise a suppressive nucleic acid sequence that suppresses the effect of a target gene that impairs cellular function in the cell. In other embodiments, the methods are directed to identifying nucleic acids that encode polypeptides that physically interact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Engler, Steven Scofield, Neal Gutterson, Peter John Balint-Kurti
  • Method of genetically transforming banana plants
    Patent number: 6133035
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a transformed banana plant (genus,Musa), in particular by tranforming embroygenic material, or the somatic embryos derived from a banana plant, through incubation with Agrobacterium cells carrying exogenous DNA sequence(s), and obtaining regenerated plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignees: DNA Plant Technology Corporation, Zeneca, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dean Engler, Neal Gutterson, Garry S. Nisbet