Patents by Inventor Kelley Smith

Kelley Smith 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).

  • Regulatory sequences for transgenic plants
    Patent number: 6699984
    Abstract: Regulatory sequences derived from the maize per5 gene have utility in plant biotechnology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Michael Ainley, Katherine Armstrong, Scott Belmar, Otto Folkerts, Nicole Hopkins, Michael A. Menke, Dayakar Pareddy, Joseph F. Petolino, Kelley Smith, Aaron Woosley
  • Promoter and intron from maize actin depolymerizing factor
    Publication number: 20030213009
    Abstract: The promoter and an intron derived from maize actin depolymerizing factor, and genetic variants or deletions thereof are useful in controlling trangene expression in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Beth C. Rubin-Wilson, Kelley A. Smith
  • Regulatory sequences useful for gene expression in plant embryo tissue
    Patent number: 6410828
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to maize metallothionein gene transcription regulatory sequences which are useful for directing expression of heterologous DNAs in plant embryo tissue. The invention also relates to expression cassettes containing the promoter sequences and to transgenic plants containing the expression cassettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Armstrong, Aaron T. Woosley, Dayakar R. Pareddy, Beth C. Rubin-Wilson, Timothy D. Hey, Kelley A. Smith, Otto Folkerts
  • Maize MIP synthase promoter
    Publication number: 20020068359
    Abstract: The maize myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthase (MIP synthase)gene and novel embryo specific regulatory sequences derived from the MIP synthase gene are useful in plant genetic engineering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Katherine Armstrong, Timothy D. Hey, Otto Folkerts, Kelley A. Smith, Nicole L. Hopkins
  • Regulatory sequences for transgenic plants
    Patent number: 6384207
    Abstract: Regulatory sequences derived from a maize root preferential cationic peroxidase gene (Per5), including the promoter, introns, and the 3′ untranslated region, are useful to control expression of recombinant genes in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Michael Ainley, Katherine Armstrong, Scott Belmar, Otto Folkerts, Nicole Hopkins, Michael A. Menke, Dayakar Pareddy, Joseph F. Petolino, Kelley Smith, Aaron Woosley