Patents by Inventor Larry Nea

Larry Nea 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).

  • Methods for the production of stably transformed, fertile plants
    Patent number: 7994399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for the incorporation of DNA into the genome of a Zea mays plant by means of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Preferred is the use of the Zea may lines deposited with American Type Culture Collection under the Patent Deposit Designation PTA-6170 and PTA-6171.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Fang-Ming Lai, Penny Mrabet, Kangfeng Mei, Luke Mankin, Hongyi Zhang, Christopher Bagley, Larry Nea, Zhongqi Wang, Bijay Singh, Jianying Peng
  • Disarmed strains, Ri-plasmids, and methods of transformation based thereon
    Patent number: 7989678
    Abstract: The present invention relates “disarmed” strain variants of Agrobacterium strain K599 (NCPPB 2659), “disarmed” plasmid variants of the Ri-plasmid pRi2659, and derivatives thereof, and methods employing these strains and plasmids in plant transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Mankin, Dwight-Steven Hill, Paula Olhoft, Effie Toren, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Huihua Fu, Lesley Ireland, Hongmei Jia, Hee-Sook Song, Allan Richard Wenck, Larry Nea
  • Improved Methods for the Production of Stably Transformed, Fertile Zea Mays Plants
    Publication number: 20090249514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for the incorporation of DNA into the genome of a Zea mays plant by means of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Preferred is the use of the Zea may lines deposited with American Type Culture Collection under the Patent Deposit Designation PTA-6170 and PTA-6171.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH
    Inventors: Fang-Ming Lai, Penny Mrabet, Kangfeng Mei, Luke Mankin, Hongyi Zhang, Christopher Bagley, Larry Nea, Zhongqi Wang, Bijay Singh, Jianying Peng
  • Disarmed Agrobacterium Strains, Ri-Plasmids, and Methods of Transformation Based Thereon
    Publication number: 20070292953
    Abstract: The present invention relates “disarmed” strain variants of Agrobacterium strain K599 (NCPPB 2659), “disarmed” plasmid variants of the Ri-plasmid pRi2659, and derivatives thereof, and methods employing these strains and plasmids in plant transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Mankin, Dwight-Steven Hill, Paula Olhoft, Effie Toren, Jeffrey Brown, Liqun Xing, Huihua Fu, Lesley Ireland, Hongmei Jia, Hee-Sook Song, Allan Wenck, Larry Nea
  • Disarmed strains, ri-plasmids, and methods of transformation based thereon
    Patent number: RE44750
    Abstract: The present invention relates “disarmed” strain variants of Agrobacterium strain K599 (NCPPB 2659), “disarmed” plasmid variants of the Ri-plasmid pRi2659, and derivatives thereof, and methods employing these strains and plasmids in plant transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Luke Mankin, Dwight-Steven Hill, Paula Olhoft, Effie Toren, Jeffrey A. Brown, Liqun Xing, Huihua Fu, Lesley Ireland, Hongmei Jia, Hee-Sook Song, Allan R. Wenck, Larry Nea