Patents by Inventor John White Forster
John White Forster 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: 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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Patent number: 10881060Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or characterising an endophyte strain, said method including providing a plurality of samples of endophytes, subjecting said endophytes to genetic analysis; subjecting said endophytes to metabolic analysis and selecting endophytes having a desired genetic and metabolic profile. The present invention also relates to novel endophytes having a desired toxin profile wherein the endophyte produces significantly less toxic alkaloids compared with a control endophyte such as standard toxic (ST) endophyte; and/or significantly more alkaloids conferring beneficial properties compared with a control endophyte such as ST endophyte. The present invention also relates to endophyte variants having a desired genetic and metabolic profile, wherein said endophyte variants possess genetic and/or metabolic characteristics that result in a beneficial phenotype in a plant harbouring or otherwise associated with the endophyte variant.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, John White Forster, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Emma Jane Isobel Ludlow, Jatinder Kaur, Simone Jane Rochfort, Maia Andrea Rabinovich, Piyumi Ekanayake
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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: 20170118943Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or characterising an endophyte strain, said method including providing a plurality of samples of endophytes, subjecting said endophytes to genetic analysis, subjecting said endophytes to metabolic analysis and selecting endophytes having a desired genetic and metabolic profile. The present invention also relates to novel endophytes having a desired toxin profile wherein the endophyte produces significantly less toxic alkaloids compared with a control endophyte such as standard toxic (ST) endophyte; and/or significantly more alkaloids conferring beneficial properties compared with a control endophyte such as ST endophyte. The present invention also relates to endophyte variants having a desired genetic and metabolic profile, wherein said endophyte variants possess genetic and/or metabolic characteristics that result in a beneficial phenotype in a plant harbouring or otherwise associated with the endophyte variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, John White Forster, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Emma Jane Isobel Ludlow, Jatinder Kaur, Simone Jane Rochfort, Maia Andrea Rabinovich, Piyumi Ekanayake
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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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Publication number: 20160046901Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or characterising an endophyte strain, said method including providing a plurality of samples of endophytes, subjecting said endophytes to genetic analysis, subjecting said endophytes to metabolic analysis and selecting endophytes having a desired genetic and metabolic profile. The present invention also relates to novel endophytes having a desired toxin profile wherein the endophyte produces significantly less toxic alkaloids compared with a control endophyte such as standard toxic (ST) endophyte; and/or significantly more alkaloids conferring beneficial properties compared with a control endophyte such as ST endophyte. The present invention also relates to endophyte variants having a desired genetic and metabolic profile, wherein said endophyte variants possess genetic and/or metabolic characteristics that result in a beneficial phenotype in a plant harbouring or otherwise associated with the endophyte variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: German Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, John White Forster, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Emma Jane Isobel Ludlow, Jatinder Kaur, Simone Jane Rochfort, Maia Andrea Rabinovich, Piyumi Ekanayake
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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
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Publication number: 20130104263Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or characterising an endophyte strain, said method including providing a plurality of samples of endophytes, subjecting said endophytes to genetic analysis, subjecting said endophytes to metabolic analysis and selecting endophytes having a desired genetic and metabolic profile. The present invention also relates to novel endophytes having a desired toxin profile wherein the endophyte produces significantly less toxic alkaloids compared with a control endophyte such as standard toxic (ST) endophyte; and/or significantly more alkaloids conferring beneficial properties compared with a control endophyte such as ST endophyte. The present invention also relates to endophyte variants having a desired genetic and metabolic profile, wherein said endophyte variants possess genetic and/or metabolic characteristics that result in a beneficial phenotype in a plant harbouring or otherwise associated with the endophyte variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: AGRICULTURE VICTORIA SERVICES PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, John White Forster, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Emma Jane Isobel Ludlow, Jatinder Kaur, Simone Jane Rochfort, Maia Andrea Rabinovich, Piyumi Ekanayake