Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Stecca

Kevin L. Stecca 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).

  • Publication number: 20090293150
    Abstract: Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 20% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. DGAT genes from Yarrowia lipolytica combined with plastidic phosphoglucomutase down regulation are used to achieve the increase in seed storage lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Knut Meyer, Kevin L. Stecca
  • Publication number: 20090293151
    Abstract: Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. DGAT genes from oleaginous organisms are used to achieve the increase in seed storage lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: KNUT MEYER, HOWARD GLENN DAMUDE, KEVIN G. RIPP, KEVIN L. STECCA
  • Publication number: 20090142829
    Abstract: Recombinant constructs useful for reducing the expression of endogenous mRNA and any substantially similar endogenous mRNA are disclosed. In particular, a recombinant construct comprising, inter alia, a suitable nucleic acid sequence and its reverse complement can be used to alter the expression of any homologous, endogenous RNA (i.e., the target RNA) which is in proximity to this suitable nucleic acid sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Kimberly F. Glassman, William J. Gordon-Kamm, Anthony J. Kinney, Keith S. Lowe, Scott E. Nichols, Kevin L. Stecca
  • Publication number: 20080312082
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic high oleic acid/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides soybean plants having a DP-305423-1 event which imparts a high oleic acid phenotype and tolerance to at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide. The soybean plant harboring the DP-305423-1 event comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 83 or 84. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the DP-305423-1 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the soybean DP-305423-1 events are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony J. Kinney, Kevin L. Stecca, Knut Meyer
  • Patent number: 7456014
    Abstract: Recombinant constructs useful for reducing the expression of endogenous mRNA and any substantially similar endogenous mRNA are disclosed. In particular, a recombinant construct comprising, inter alia, a suitable nucleic acid sequence and its reverse complement can be used to alter the expression of any homologous, endogenous RNA (i.e., the target RNA) which is in proximity to this suitable nucleic acid sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Kinney, Kevin L. Stecca
  • Patent number: 6900369
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, Karlene H. Butler, Saverio Carl Falco, Anthony J. Kinney, Kevin L. Stecca
  • Patent number: 6730823
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Kinney, Karlene H. Butler, Kevin L. Stecca, Saverio Carl Falco
  • Publication number: 20030131382
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, Karlene H. Butler, Saverio Carl Falco, Anthony J. Kinney, Kevin L. Stecca
  • Publication number: 20030036197
    Abstract: Recombinant constructs useful for reducing the expression of endogenous mRNA and any substantially similar endogenous mRNA are disclosed. In particular, a recombinant construct comprising, inter alia, a suitable nucleic acid sequence and its reverse complement can be used to alter the expression of any homologous, endogenous RNA (i.e., the target RNA) which is in proximity to this suitable nucleic acid sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Kimberly F. Glassman, William J. Gordon-Kamm, Anthony J. Kinney, Keith S. Lowe, Scott E. Nichols, Kevin L. Stecca