Patents by Inventor Douglas Kenneth Becker

Douglas Kenneth Becker 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).

  • Patent number: 10415047
    Abstract: This invention discloses a constitutive promoter from the Taro bacilliform virus (TaBV) for expression of foreign or endogenous coding sequences in plants, including dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. The invention also discloses a chimeric nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter of the invention operably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide that codes for a protein of interest or a transcript capable of modulating expression of a target gene. The invention further discloses transformed plant cells, as well as differentiated plants and plant parts, containing the construct. Methods for diagnosis and treatment of viral infections, especially badnaviral infections, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Farmacule Bioindustries Pty Ltd
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Robert Maxwell Harding, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Gregory John Hafner, Ilin Yang
  • Publication number: 20180105821
    Abstract: This invention discloses a constitutive promoter from the Taro bacilliform virus (TaBV) for expression of foreign or endogenous coding sequences in plants, including dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. The invention also discloses a chimeric nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter of the invention operably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide that codes for a protein of interest or a transcript capable of modulating expression of a target gene. The invention further discloses transformed plant cells, as well as differentiated plants and plant parts, containing the construct. Methods for diagnosis and treatment of viral infections, especially badnaviral infections, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Farmacule Bioindustries Pty Ltd
    Inventors: James Langham DALE, Robert Maxwell Harding, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Gregory John Hafner, llin Yang
  • Patent number: 9416365
    Abstract: This invention discloses a constitutive promoter for expression of foreign or endogenous coding sequences in plants, including dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. The invention also discloses a chimeric nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter of the invention operably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide that codes for a protein of interest or a transcript capable of modulating expression of a target gene. The invention further discloses transformed plant cells, as well as differentiated plants and plant parts, containing the construct. Methods for diagnosis and treatment of viral infections, especially badnaviral infections, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Farmacule Bioindustries Pty Ltd
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Robert Maxwell Harding, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Gregory John Hafner, Ilin Yang
  • Patent number: 8829170
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to constructs and in particular genetic constructs comprising polynucleotide sequences capable of release in covalently closed, circular form from a larger nucleotide sequence such as, but not limited to, a genome of a eukaryotic cell. Preferably, once released, a polynucleotide sequence is reconstituted in a form which permits expression of the polynucleotide sequence. In one embodiment, the reconstituted polynucleotide sequence comprises a coding sequence with all or part of an extraneous nucleotide such as, but not limited to, an intronic sequence or other splice signal inserted therein. Expression and in particular transcription of the coding sequence involves splicing out the extraneous sequence. The release and circularization is generally in response to a stimulus such as a protein-mediated stimulus. More particularly, the protein is a viral or prokaryotic or eukaryotic derived protein or developmentally and/or tissue specific regulated protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Benjamin Dugdale, Greg John Hafner, Scott Richard Hermann, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Robert Maxwell Harding, Srimek Chowpongpang
  • Publication number: 20110119782
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to constructs and in particular genetic constructs comprising polynucleotide sequences capable of release in covalently closed, circular form from a larger nucleotide sequence such as, but not limited to, a genome of a eukaryotic cell. Preferably, once released, a polynucleotide sequence is reconstituted in a form which permits expression of the polynucleotide sequence. In one embodiment, the reconstituted polynucleotide sequence comprises a coding sequence with all or part of an extraneous nucleotide such as, but not limited to, an intronic sequence or other splice signal inserted therein. Expression and in particular transcription of the coding sequence involves splicing out the extraneous sequence. The release and circularization is generally in response to a stimulus such as a protein-mediated stimulus. More particularly, the protein is a viral or prokaryotic or eukaryotic derived protein or developmentally and/or tissue specific regulated protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Benjamin Dugdale, Greg John Hafner, Scott Richard Hermann, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Robert Maxwell Harding, Srimek Chowpongpang
  • Patent number: 7863430
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to constructs and in particular genetic constructs comprising polynucleotide sequences capable of release in covalently closed, circular form from a larger nucleotide sequence such as a genome of a eukaryotic cell. Preferably, once released, a polynucleotide sequence is reconstituted in a form which permits expression of the polynucleotide sequence. In one embodiment, the reconstituted polynucleotide sequence comprises a coding sequence with all or part of an extraneous nucleotide such as an intronic sequence or other splice signal inserted therein. Expression and in particular transcription of the coding sequence involves splicing out the extraneous sequence. The release and circularization is generally in response to a stimulus such as a protein-mediated stimulus. More particularly, the protein is a viral or prokaryotic or eukaryotic derived protein or developmentally and/or tissue specific regulated protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Benjamin Dugdale, Greg John Hafner, Scott Richard Hermann, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Robert Maxwell Harding, Srimek Chowpongpang
  • Publication number: 20100281566
    Abstract: This invention discloses a constitutive promoter for expression of foreign or endogenous coding sequences in plants, including dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. The invention also discloses a chimeric nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter of the invention operably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide that codes for a protein of interest or a transcript capable of modulating expression of a target gene. The invention further discloses transformed plant cells, as well as differentiated plants and plant parts, containing the construct. Methods for diagnosis and treatment of viral infections, especially badnaviral infections, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Robert Maxwell Harding, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Gregory John Hafner, Ilin Yang
  • Patent number: 7598366
    Abstract: This invention discloses a constitutive promoter from the Taro bacilliform virus (TaBV) for expression of foreign or endogenous coding sequences in plants, including dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. The invention also discloses a chimeric nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter of the invention operably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide that codes for a protein of interest or a transcript capable of modulating expression of a target gene. The invention further discloses transformed plant cells, as well as differentiated plants and plant parts, containing the construct. Methods for diagnosis and treatment of viral infections, especially badnaviral infections, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Robert Maxwell Harding, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Gregory John Hafner, Ilin Yang
  • Publication number: 20040121430
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to constructs and in particular genetic constructs comprising polynucleotide sequences capable of release in covalently closed, circular form from a larger nucleotide sequence such as[, but not limited to,] a genome of a eukaryotic cell. Preferably, once released, a polynucleotide sequence is reconstituted in a form which permits expression of the polynucleotide sequence. In one embodiment, the reconstituted polynucleotide sequence comprises a coding sequence with all or part of an extraneous nucleotide such as[, but not limited to,] an intronic sequence or other splice signal inserted therein. Expression and in particular transcription of the coding sequence involves splicing out the extraneous sequence. The release and circularization is generally in response to a stimulus such as a protein-mediated stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Benjamin Dugdale, Greg John Hafner, Scott Richard Hermann, Douglas Kenneth Becker, Robert Maxwell Harding, Srimek Chowpongpang
  • Patent number: 6127604
    Abstract: The invention relates a DNA molecule which is a partial fragment of an intergenic region of a BBTV component or alternatively which DNA molecule is derived from said intergenic region whereby the DNA molecule is capable of promoting, enhancing, regulating, or modifying transcription of a non-BBTV gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: James Langham Dale, Robert Maxwell Harding, Benjamin Dugdale, Peter Ronald Beetham, Gregory John Hafner, Douglas Kenneth Becker