Patents by Inventor Laurie Leonelli

Laurie Leonelli 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).

  • PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20250236879
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel DNA molecules and constructs, including their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants and plant cells. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and commodity products comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides, along with methods of their use. The invention also provides methods for identifying regulatory elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Laurie Leonelli, Jake Harris, Jooyeon Jeong
  • Transgenic plants with increased photosynthesis efficiency and growth
    Patent number: 11572569
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transgenic plant comprising one or more nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides selected from photosystem II subunit S (PsbS), zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP), and violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE), operably linked to at least one expression control sequence. Expression vectors for making transgenic plants, and methods for increasing biomass production and/or carbon fixation and/or growth in a plant comprising increasing expression of at least one of PsbS, ZEP and VDE polypeptides are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of The University Of Illinois, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stephen P. Long, Johannes Kromdijk, Katarzyna Glowacka, Krishna K. Niyogi, Laurie Leonelli, Stephane T. Gabilly
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH INCREASED PHOTOSYNTHESIS EFFICIENCY AND GROWTH
    Publication number: 20190161765
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transgenic plant comprising one or more nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides selected from photosystem II subunit S (PsbS), zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP), and violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE), operably linked to at least one expression control sequence. Expression vectors for making transgenic plants, and methods for increasing biomass production and/or carbon fixation and/or growth in a plant comprising increasing expression of at least one of PsbS, ZEP and VDE polypeptides are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stephen P. Long, Johannes Kromdijk, Katarzyna Glowacka, Krishna K. Niyogi, Laurie Leonelli, Stephane T. Gabilly