Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Feldmann

Kenneth A. Feldmann 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).

  • Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7838650
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Pennell, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Yu-Ping Lu, Yiwen Fang, Shing Kwok, Van-Dinh Dang, Zhihong Cook, Jack Okamuro, Nestor Apuya, Richard Schneeberger, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Edward A. Kiegle, Leonard Medrano
  • ROOT ACTIVE PROMOTERS, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100269222
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to root active promoter sequences, polynucleotide constructs comprising the root active promoters and methods of identifying the root active promoters, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present root active promoters to modulate transcript levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: LEONARD MEDRANO, KENNETH FELDMANN, TATIANA TATARINOVA
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant growth rate and biomass in plants
    Patent number: 7803983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Peter Mascia, Kenneth Feldmann, Richard Schneeberger, Greg Nadzan
  • DWF4 Polynucleotides, Polypeptides and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20100205694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel, polynucleotides isolated from dwarf plants. The dwf4 polynucleotides that encode all, or a portion of, a DWF4 polypeptide, a cytochrome P450 enzyme that mediates multiple steps in synthesis of brassinosteriods. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides that encode regulatory regions of dwf4. Uses of the dwf4 polypeptides and polynucleotides are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Ricardo Azpiroz, Sunghwa Choe, Kenneth Feldmann
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING MODULATED PLANT SIZE AND BIOMASS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20100119690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture and/or biomass in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. FELDMANN, Greg Nadzan
  • Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding cytochrome P450 proteins
    Patent number: 7691991
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3? termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Kenneth Feldmann
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20100083407
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Feldmann, Vyacheslav Brover, Vladimir Makarov, Timothy Swaller
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant size and biomass in plants
    Patent number: 7663027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture and/or biomass in plants. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture and/or biomass that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Feldmann, Greg Nadzan
  • PROMOTER, PROMOTER CONTROL ELEMENTS, AND COMBINATIONS, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100037346
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Zhihong COOK, Yiwen Fang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Edward A. Kiegle, Shing Kwok, Roger Pennell, Richard Schneeberger, Chuan-Yin Wu, Nestor Apuya, Diane K. Jofuku, Jonathan Donson, Leonard Medrano
  • Promoter, Promoter Control Elements, and Combinations, and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20100037344
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Zhihong Cook, Yiwen Fang, Shing Kwok, Yu-Ping Lu, Leonard Medrano, Roger Pennell, Richard Schneeberger, Chuan-Yin Wu, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Edward A. Kiegle
  • Nucleic acid sequences encoding transcription factor proteins
    Patent number: 7659386
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Kenneth Feldmann
  • MULTIMEDIA ARCHITECTURE FOR AUDIO AND VISUAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20100030808
    Abstract: A multimedia architecture for audio and video content. The architecture includes virtual assets that model, or are associated with, a media presentation and one or more real assets that model, or are associated with, digitally encoded embodiments of the media presentation. The architecture enables automatic selection of content in a format that is optimal for a particular device, shielding a user from the complexities of multiple digital formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED
    Inventors: David P. Ress, Dominic Goodwill, Kenneth Feldmann
  • Sugar Accumulation
    Publication number: 20090328256
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating lysine, glucose, fructose, galactose and leucine content in plants are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Boris Jankowski, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Steven Craig Bobzin
  • Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding sterol desaturase proteins
    Patent number: 7608441
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3? termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Kenneth Feldmann
  • Sequence-determined DNA fragments and corresponding polypeptides encoded therapy
    Publication number: 20090265815
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3? termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Nestor Apuya, Vyacheslav Brover, Xianfeng Chen, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Yiwen Fang, Kenneth Feldmann, Peter Mascia, Jack Okamuro, Roger Pennell, Richard Schneegerger, Gopalakrishnan Subramanian, Maxim Troukhan, Liansheng Zheng, Edward Kiegle, Diane Jofuku Okamuro, William J. Kimmerly, Shing Kwok, Tatiana Tatarinova, Wayne Volkmuth
  • Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding UBIE/COQ5 methyltransferase family proteins
    Patent number: 7604971
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3? termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Kenneth Feldmann
  • Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding glutamine amidotransferase proteins
    Patent number: 7604976
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3? termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Kenneth Feldmann
  • Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics
    Patent number: 7601892
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with modified biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Feldmann, Greg Nadzan, Noah Theiss
  • Modulations of amino acid and sugar content in plants
    Patent number: 7595433
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating lysine, glucose, fructose, galactose and leucine content in plants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Jankowski, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Steven Craig Bobzin
  • MODULATING PLANT SUGAR LEVELS
    Publication number: 20090241223
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to plants having modulated (e.g., increased) levels of sugars (e.g., glucose, fructose, and/or sucrose). For example, this document provides plants having increased sugar levels as well as methods and materials for making plants and plant products having increased sugar levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: CERES, INC., a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Boris Jankowski, Kenneth Feldmann, Steven Craig Bobzin