Patents by Inventor James Baum

James Baum 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: 11947051
    Abstract: A set-up tool for aiding vehicle sensor calibrations having a structure with a first and second vehicle contact points configured to contact a vehicle and establish a calibration axis. A substantially vertically projected flat blade laser may be placed in a position perpendicular to the calibration axis and used to align the set-up tool with a center of the vehicle. Once centered, the laser ma be transitioned to project a laser line, in coordination with a protractor having a base-line parallel to the calibration axis (which is now substantially parallel to a transverse axis of the vehicle), at a discreet angle away from the center of the vehicle. A target may then be placed along the laser line to aid in the calibration of vehicle sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dan Newkirk, Jeremy Harmer, Eric Wuchte, James Baum
  • Publication number: 20220137199
    Abstract: A set-up tool for aiding vehicle sensor calibrations having a structure with a first and second vehicle contact points configured to contact a vehicle and establish a calibration axis. A substantially vertically projected flat blade laser may be placed in a position perpendicular to the calibration axis and used to align the set-up tool with a center of the vehicle. Once centered, the laser ma be transitioned to project a laser line, in coordination with a protractor having a base-line parallel to the calibration axis (which is now substantially parallel to a transverse axis of the vehicle), at a discreet angle away from the center of the vehicle. A target may then be placed along the laser line to aid in the calibration of vehicle sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Dan Newkirk, Jeremy Harmer, Eric Wuchte, James Baum
  • Patent number: 8609936
    Abstract: A novel Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein exhibiting insect inhibitory activity is disclosed. Growth of Lygus insects is significantly inhibited by providing the novel crystal protein in Lygus insect diet. Polynucleotides encoding the crystal protein, transgenic plants and microorganisms that contain the polynucleotides, isolated peptides derived from the crystal protein, and antibodies directed against the crystal protein are also provided. Methods of using the crystal protein and polynucleotides encoding the crystal protein to control Hemipteran insects are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: James Baum, Stanislaw Flasinski, Gregory R. Heck, Stephen R. Penn, Uma Rao Sukuru, Xiaohong Shi
  • Patent number: 8513493
    Abstract: A novel Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein exhibiting insect inhibitory activity is disclosed. Growth of Lygus insects is significantly inhibited by providing the novel crystal protein in Lygus insect diet. Polynucleotides encoding the crystal protein, transgenic plants and microorganisms that contain the polynucleotides, isolated peptides derived from the crystal protein, and antibodies directed against the crystal protein are also provided. Methods of using the crystal protein and polynucleotides encoding the crystal protein to control Hemipteran insects are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: James Baum, Stanislaw Flasinski, Gregory R. Heck, Stephen R. Penn, Uma Rao Sukuru, Xiaohong Shi
  • Publication number: 20100064394
    Abstract: A novel Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein exhibiting insect inhibitory activity is disclosed. Growth of Lygus insects is significantly inhibited by providing the novel crystal protein in Lygus insect diet. Polynucleotides encoding the crystal protein, transgenic plants and microorganisms that contain the polynucleotides, isolated peptides derived from the crystal protein, and antibodies directed against the crystal protein are also provided. Methods of using the crystal protein and polynucleotides encoding the crystal protein to control Hemipteran insects are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: James Baum, Stanislaw Flasinski, Gregory R. Heck, Stephen R. Penn, Uma Rao Sukuru, Xiaohong Shi
  • Publication number: 20070124836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to control of pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions. The invention provides methods and compositions for such control. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention to the pest, a reduction in pest infestation is obtained through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: James Baum, Claire Cajacob, Pascale Feldmann, Gregory Heck, Irene Nooren, Geert Plaetinck, Wendy Maddelein, Ty Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20070061919
    Abstract: Disclosed are Bacillus thuringiensis strains comprising novel crystal proteins which exhibit insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are novel B. thuringiensis genes and their encoded crystal proteins, as well as methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising the novel nucleic acid sequences of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: James Baum, Chih-Rei Chu, William Donovan, Amy Gilmer, Mark Rupar
  • Publication number: 20060260008
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments that encode the disclosed ?-endotoxin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising these polynucleotide sequences, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, such as Colorado potato beetle, southern corn rootworm and western corn rootworm, and for conferring to a plant resistance to a target insect species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Rupar, William Donovan, Chih-Rei Chu, Elizabeth Pease, Yuping Tan, Annette Slaney, Thomas Malvar, James Baum
  • Publication number: 20060253925
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments that encode the disclosed ?-endotoxin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising these polynucleotide sequences, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, such as Colorado potato beetle, southern corn rootworm and western corn rootworm, and for conferring to a plant resistance to a target insect species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Rupar, William Donovan, Chih-Rei Chu, Elizabeth Pease, Yuping Tan, Annette Slaney, Thomas Malvar, James Baum
  • Publication number: 20060191034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation and characterization of nucleotide sequences encoding novel insecticidal proteins secreted into the extracellular space from Bacillus thuringiensis and related strains. The proteins are isolated from culture supernatants of Bacillus thuringiensis and related strains and display insecticidal activity against coleopteran insects including Colorado potato beetle (Lymantria dispar) and Southern Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica undecempunctata). Insecticidal proteins encoded by nucleotide sequences that hybridize to the isolated and characterized nucleotide sequences are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and using transgenic cells and plants comprising the novel nucleotide sequence of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: James Baum, Judith Donovan, William Donovan, James Engleman, Karina Krasomil-Osterfeld, John Pitkin, James Roberts
  • Publication number: 20060123512
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel Lepidopteran- and Coleopteran-active ?-endotoxin polypeptide, and compositions comprising the polypeptide, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that comprise nucleic acid segments encoding the polypeptide. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising the novel sequences of the invention, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, such as the Western Corn Rootworm and Colorado potato beetle, and for conferring to a plant population resistance to the target insect species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Mettus, James Baum
  • Publication number: 20060021087
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to controlling pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions in an invertebrate pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling pest infestation by feeding one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules to the pest in order to achieve a reduction in pest infestation through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: James Baum, Larry Gilbertson, David Kovalic, Thomas LaRosa, Maolong Lu, Tichafa Munyikwa, James Roberts, Wei Wu, Bei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050155103
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis nucleic acid segments encoding ?-endotoxins having insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are synthetic crystal proteins encoded by these novel nucleic acid sequences. Methods of making and using these genes and proteins are disclosed as well as methods for the recombinant expression, and transformation of suitable host cells. Transformed host cells and transgenic plants expressing the modified endotoxin are also aspects of the invention. Also disclosed are methods for modifying, altering, and mutagenizing specific loop regions between the ? helices in domain 1 of these crystal proteins, including Cry1C, to produce genetically-engineered recombinant cry* genes, and the proteins they encode which have improved insecticidal activity. In preferred embodiments, novel Cry1C* amino acid segments and the modified cry1C* nucleic acid sequences which encode them are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: James Baum, Amy Gilmer, Anne-Marie Mettus
  • Patent number: 5804180
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to Bacillus thuringiensis isolates active against lepidopteran pests, and certain lepidopteran-toxic crystal proteins produced by the Bacillus thuringiensis isolates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Ecogen, Inc.
    Inventor: James Baum
  • Patent number: D905488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Essex Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter James Baum