Patents by Inventor François TORNEY

François TORNEY 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).

  • Publication number: 20240076324
    Abstract: Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptide sequences having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the pesticidal polypeptides, DNA constructs comprising the nucleic acid molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the pesticidal polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides provided herein can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful for the production of organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Methods are provided for producing the polypeptides disclosed herein, and for using those polypeptides for controlling a pest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AGBIOME, INC.
    Inventors: REBEKAH DETER KELLY, JESSICA PARKS, REBECCA E. THAYER, FRANCOIS TORNEY
  • Patent number: 11780890
    Abstract: Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptide sequences having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the pesticidal polypeptides, DNA constructs comprising the nucleic acid molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the pesticidal polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides provided herein can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful for the production of organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Methods are provided for producing the polypeptides disclosed herein, and for using those polypeptides for controlling a pest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AgBiome, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebekah Deter Kelly, Jessica Parks, Rebecca E. Thayer, Francois Torney
  • Publication number: 20220162269
    Abstract: Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptide sequences having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the pesticidal polypeptides, DNA constructs comprising the nucleic acid molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the pesticidal polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides provided herein can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful for the production of organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Methods are provided for producing the polypeptides disclosed herein, and for using those polypeptides for controlling a pest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: AGBIOME, INC.
    Inventors: REBEKAH DETER KELLY, JESSICA PARKS, REBECCA E. THAYER, FRANCOIS TORNEY
  • Publication number: 20200347104
    Abstract: A wheat transgenic plant carrying restorer of fertility genes specific to T. timopheevii CMS cytoplasm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicants: VILMORIN & CIE, LIMAGRAIN EUROPE
    Inventors: Pierrick VARENNE, Jordi COMADRAN, Sébastien SPECEL, Alain MURIGNEUX, Joanna MELONEK, Ian SMALL, Pascual PEREZ, Jorge DUARTE, Jean-Philippe PICHON, Sylvain LEVADOUX, Jérôme MARTIN, François TORNEY
  • Patent number: 10626406
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of plant improvement, in particular of the improvement of yield for plants, by using a transgene containing an root-specific promoter driving expression of a MYB-related protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: GENOPLANTE-VALOR
    Inventors: François Torney, Jérôme Martin, Stéphane Lafarge
  • Patent number: 10538780
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of plant improvement, in particular of the improvement of yield for plants, by transforming plants with a transgene containing a promoter driving expression of a AK-HSDH protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: BIOGEMMA
    Inventors: Stéphane Lafarge, Jacques Rouster, Francois Torney, Jerome Martin
  • Publication number: 20180230480
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of plant improvement, in particular of the improvement of yield for plants, by using a transgene containing an root-specific promoter driving expression of a MYB-related protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: François TORNEY, Jérôme MARTIN, Stéphane LAFARGE
  • Patent number: 9359615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants having increased pre-formed defense, their production and uses. The invention more particularly discloses plants which overexpress a p33kD or BURP protein, or an ortholog thereof, and exhibit an increased pre-formed resistance to pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GENOPLANTE-VALOR
    Inventors: Jean-Benoit Morel, Francois Torney, Stephane Lafarge
  • Publication number: 20130326729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants having increased pre-formed defense, their production and uses. The invention more particularly discloses plants which overexpress a p33kD or BURP protein, or an ortholog thereof, and exhibit an increased pre-formed resistance to pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: GENOPLANTE-VALOR
    Inventors: Jean-Benoit Morel, Francois Torney, Stephane Lafarge