Patents by Inventor Ian Small

Ian Small 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).

  • Gene responsible for cytoplasmic male sterility
    Patent number: 12241076
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid encoding Orf279 protein of amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 4, methods for detecting orf279 DNA, orf279 RNA or Orf279 protein and method for identifying functional Rf gene encoding a protein able to bind to orf279 RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: VILMORIN & CIE
    Inventors: Ian Small, Joanna Melonek
  • NEW GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY
    Publication number: 20220098612
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid encoding Orf279 protein of amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 4, methods for detecting orf279 DNA, orf279 RNA or Orf279 protein and method for identifying functional Rf gene encoding a protein able to bind to orf279 RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: VILMORIN & CIE
    Inventors: Ian SMALL, Joanna MELONEK
  • WHEAT COMPRISING MALE FERTILITY RESTORER ALLELES
    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
  • PEPTIDES FOR THE BINDING OF NUCLEOTIDE TARGETS
    Publication number: 20150218227
    Abstract: A method of regulating expression of a gene in a cell is described, comprising the step of introducing into the cell a recombinant polypeptide comprising a PPR RNA-binding domain which itself comprises at least a pair of PPR RNA base-binding motifs. The PPR RNA base-binding motifs of the PPR RNA-binding domain are operably capable of binding the target RNA molecule with a target RNA sequence. Recombinant polypeptides comprising at least one PPR RNA-binding domain capable of binding to target RNA sequence are also described, together with fusion proteins comprising the recombinant PPR RNA-binding domains as well as isolated nucleic acids useful in preparing the recombinant polypeptides described. Recombinant vectors; compositions comprising the recombinant polypeptides; isolated nucleic acids; recombinant vectors; host cells comprising same; use of same in the manufacture of a medicament for regulating gene expression; as well as systems and kits for regulating gene expression are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Alice Barkan, Ian Small, Margarita Rojas, Charles Bond, Sota Fujii, Yee Seng Chong
  • Walk-through rendering system
    Patent number: 5929861
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved rendering system for walk-through applications. The method and system for a walk-through image rendering system in a data processing system provides a first image based on a geometry-based rendering approach in which a user's view position is changing; and also provides a second image based on an image-based representation of a scene in which the user's view position is not changing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Small