Patents by Inventor Kevin DORN

Kevin DORN 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).

  • Assay for detecting palmer amaranth DNA in individual and mixed samples
    Patent number: 11866793
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and kits for identifying Amaranthus palmeri plant material using genetic markers. The methods may be used to determine whether a sample contains Amaranthus palmeri plant material or to genotype an Amaranthus plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Anthony Brusa, Kevin Dorn
  • Plants having increased oil quality
    Patent number: 11396657
    Abstract: This document provides materials and methods for generating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants that having low levels of erucic acid. For example, oilseed plants having reduced expression levels of one or more polypeptides involved in erucic acid metabolism (e.g., fatty acid elongase 1 (FAE1)), as well as materials and methods for making and using oilseed plants having low levels of erucic acid are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
    Inventors: Michael David Marks, John C. Sedbrook, Donald L. Wyse, Kevin Dorn
  • Early flowering plants
    Patent number: 11337391
    Abstract: This document relates to materials and methods for generating early flowering oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants. For example, oilseed plants (e.g., modified oilseed plants) having one or more modifications in a polypeptide involved in early flowering (e.g., early flowering six (ELF6)), as well as materials and methods for making and using early flowering oilseed plants are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Michael David Marks, Kevin Dorn
  • ASSAY FOR DETECTING PALMER AMARANTH DNA IN INDIVIDUAL AND MIXED SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20210301355
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and kits for identifying Amaranthus palmeri plant material using genetic markers. The methods may be used to determine whether a sample contains Amaranthus palmeri plant material or to genotype an Amaranthus plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Anthony BRUSA, Kevin DORN
  • PLANTS HAVING INCREASED OIL QUALITY
    Publication number: 20200131523
    Abstract: This document provides materials and methods for generating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants that having low levels of erucic acid. For example, oilseed plants having reduced expression levels of one or more polypeptides involved in erucic acid metabolism (e.g., fatty acid elongase 1 (FAE1)), as well as materials and methods for making and using oilseed plants having low levels of erucic acid are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: Regents of the University of Minnesota, The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
    Inventors: Michael David MARKS, John C. SEDBROOK, Donald L. WYSE, Kevin DORN