Patents by Inventor Doug Heckart

Doug Heckart 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).

  • MORPHOGENIC REGULATORS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220259609
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for generating transgene-free plants. Particularly, the transgene-free plants are regenerated by transient expression of morphogenic regulators in a plant cell that is precisely edited using a gene-editing methodology. Also, provided are transformed plants, plant cell, tissues, and seeds in which a target gene is edited, but non-transgenic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Ming Cheng, Qingchun Shi, Thomas J. Poorten, Brian Charles Wilding Crawford, Sathya Sheela Jali, Doug Heckart, Yongjoo Kim