Patents by Inventor German Carlos Spangenberg
German Carlos Spangenberg 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).
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Patent number: 11224181Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Poaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods. The present invention also relates to expression of self-gamete recognition genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs, molecular markers and methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia LimitedInventors: Hiroshi Shinozuka, Noel Cogan, John White Forster, German Carlos Spangenberg, Nicola Patron, Yidong Ran, Luke Pembleton
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Publication number: 20220000056Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to new cannabis plants, including parts, extracts and uses thereof, comprising a cannabinoid profile enriched for total THC (i.e., ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), total CBG (i.e., cannabigerol (CBG) and cannabigerolic acid (CBGA)), and total THCV (i.e., tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) and tetrahydrocannabivarinic acid (THCVA)).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20210400895Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new Cannabis plants, including parts, extracts and uses thereof, comprising a cannabinoid profile enriched for total THC (i.e., ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA)) and total CBG (i.e., cannabigerol (CBG) and cannabigerolic acid (CBGA)).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20210400894Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to new Cannabis plants, including parts, extracts and uses thereof, comprising a cannabinoid profile enriched for total CBD (i.e., cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA)).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Patent number: 11191249Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
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Publication number: 20210204503Abstract: The present invention relates to medicinal cannabis plants, and cannabis plant-derived products. In particular, the present invention relates to medicinal cannabis plants having a desired cannabinoid content, methods of selecting cannabis plants having a desired cannabinoid content, chemotype and/or sex, extraction therefrom, and uses thereof. The present invention also relates to genetic markers for identifying and selecting cannabis plants having a desired chemotype and/or sex and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Noel COGAN, Simone Jane ROCHFORT, German Carlos SPANGENBERG, Larry Stephen JEWELL
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Publication number: 20210092933Abstract: The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behaviour with symbionts, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby, such as plant or grass and endophyte symbiota. Multiple symbionts are deployed in multiple organsims and selected for improved symbiotic compatibility and performance early in the breeding process. Methods include producing improved organisms from germplasm, by inoculating host organism germplasm libraries with symbionts seleced from symbiont libraries and selecting improved host organisms exhibiting desired symbiota characteristics, and selection of organism-symbiont associations with a desired genetic and metabolic profile by metagenomic analysis of nucleic acid libraries from an organism or organism-symbiont.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, John White Forster, Noel Cogan, Yidong Ran, John Gregory Mason, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ben Hayes, Matthew James Hayden, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Simone Jane Rochfort, Ben Cocks, Hans Dieter Daetwyler
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Publication number: 20200270314Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for the biosynthesis of janthitrem in janthitrem producing endophytes. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty LtdInventors: German Carlos SPANGENBERG, Kathryn Michaela GUTHRIDGE, Ross MANN, Timothy Ivor SAWBRIDGE, Sophie Elizabeth DAVIDSON, Simone VASSILIADIS, Inoka Kumari HETTIARACHCHIGE, Simone Jane ROCHFORT, Emma Jane Isobel LUDLOW, Natasha Denise BROHIER
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Patent number: 10631516Abstract: The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behaviour with symbionts, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby, such as plant or grass and endophyte symbiota. Multiple symbionts are deployed in multiple organisms and selected for improved symbiotic compatibility and performance early in the breeding process. Methods include producing improved organisms from germplasm, by inoculating host organism germplasm libraries with symbionts selected from symbiont libraries and selecting improved host organisms exhibiting desired symbiota characteristics, and selection of organism-symbiont associations with a desired genetic and metabolic profile by metagenomic analysis of nucleic acid libraries from an organism or organism-symbiont association.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, John White Forster, Noel Cogan, Yidong Ran, John Gregory Mason, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Simone Jane Rochfort, Ben Cocks
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Publication number: 20190246593Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Poaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods. The present invention also relates to expression of self-gamete recognition genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs, molecular markers and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd, Dairy Australia LimitedInventors: Hiroshi Shinozuka, Noel Cogan, John White Forster, German Carlos Spangenberg, Nicola Patron, Yidong Ran, Luke Pembleton
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Patent number: 10306858Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Poaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods. The present invention also relates to expression of self-gamete recognition genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs, molecular markers and methods.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignees: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd, Dairy Australia LimitedInventors: Hiroshi Shinozuka, Noel Cogan, John White Forster, German Carlos Spangenberg, Nicola Patron, Yidong Ran, Luke Pembleton
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Publication number: 20180305657Abstract: The present invention relates to fungi, in particular fungal endophytes of Daldinia spp., compounds produced by the fungi, uses of the fungi, uses of compounds produced by the fungi and similar compounds, and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Ross Mann, Desmond Auer, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Jacqueline Edwards, Simone Jane Rochfort
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Patent number: 10051777Abstract: The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behavior with symbionts such as fungal endophytes or epiphytes or bacterial microbiome in plants, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby. More particularly, the present invention provides artificial seeds comprising symbiota, and methods for preparing and using such artificial seeds, as well as plants, plant seeds and other plant parts derived from artificial seeds or symbiont-containing plants of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty LtdInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Yidong Ran, John Gregory Mason, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge
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Publication number: 20180213797Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
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Patent number: 9932602Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignees: Dairy Australia Limited, Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Angela Jane Lidgett, Robyn Louise Heath, Russell Leigh McInnes, Damian Paul Lynch, Ulrik John, Aidyn Mouradov
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Patent number: 9872502Abstract: The present invention relates to fungi of Acremonium spp, wherein said fungi are purified or isolated from plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa complex and wherein, when said fungi are inoculated into a plant, said plant has improved resistance to diseases and/or pests relative to an uninocualated control plant. The present invention also relates to plants inoculated with such fungi, products produced by the fungi and related genes, proteins and methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty LtdInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge
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Publication number: 20160186205Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Poaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods. The present invention also relates to expression of self-gamete recognition genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs, molecular markers and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd, Dairy Futures Limited, Dairy Australia LimitedInventors: Hiroshi Shinozuka, Noel Cogan, John White Forster, German Carlos Spangenberg, Nicola Patron, Yidong Ran, Luke Pembleton
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Patent number: 9222096Abstract: The present invention provides substantially purified or isolated fungi of Nodulisporium spp. or Ascocoryne spp., plants infected with said fungi, organic compounds produced by said fungi, and related nucleic acids, polypeptides and methods.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Simone Jane Rochfort, Scott W. Mattner, Ross C. Mann
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Publication number: 20150291972Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Angela Jane Lidgett, Robyn Louise Heath, Russell Leigh McInnes, Damian Paul Lynch, Ulrik John, Aidyn Mouradov
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Publication number: 20150156982Abstract: The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behaviour with symbionts, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby, such as plant or grass and endophyte symbiota. Multiple symbionts are deployed in multiple organisms and selected for improved symbiotic compatibility and performance early in the breeding process. Methods include producing improved organisms from germplasm, by inoculating host organism germplasm libraries with symbionts selected from symbiont libraries and selecting improved host organisms exhibiting desired symbiota characteristics, and selection of organism-symbiont associations with a desired genetic and metabolic profile by metagenomic analysis of nucleic acid libraries from an organism or organism-symbiont association.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty LtdInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, John White Forster, Noel Cogan, Yidong Ran, John Gregory Mason, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ben Hayes, Matthew James Hayden, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Simone Jane Rochfort, Ben Cocks, Hans Dieter Daetwyler