Patents by Inventor Gregory Downs

Gregory Downs 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).

  • Methods and Compositions for Effecting Developmental Gene Expression in Plants
    Publication number: 20140173779
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleotide sequences that can be used in operable association with a promoter to express a polynucleotide sequence of interest in a plant, plant part or plant cell at particular stages of development and/or in specific tissues. and methods for directing developmental stage specific and/or tissue specific expression of a polynucleotide of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: The University of Guelph, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Christophe Liseron-Monfils, Manish N. Raizada, Joseph Colasanti, Gregory Downs, Yong-Mei Bi, Lewis N. Lukens, Steven J. Rothstein, Tong Zhu, Xi Chen
  • Methods and Compositions for Modulating Gene Expression in Plants
    Publication number: 20130312136
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleotide sequences that can be used in operable association with a promoter to express a polynucleotide of interest in a plant, plant part or plant cell. Also provided are methods of increasing or decreasing the expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant, plant part or plant cell in response to nitrate, drought and/or rehydration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Christophe Liseron-Monfils, Manish N. Raizada, Gregory Downs, Lewis N. Lukens, Tong Zhu