Patents by Inventor Linda A. Castle

Linda A. Castle 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: 20090260104
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicants: Verdia, Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. Du Pont De Nemours
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Sichl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Rebecca Gorton, Nicholas B. Duck, Billy Fred McCutchen, Roger Kemble
  • Patent number: 7531339
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignees: Verdia, Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Nicholas B. Duck, Phillip A. Patten
  • Patent number: 7527955
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Verdia, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Nicholas B. Duck, Phillip A. Patten
  • Publication number: 20090069182
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicants: Verdia Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Rebecca Gorton, Nicholas B. Duck, Billy Fred McCutchen, Roger Kemble
  • Publication number: 20090011938
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for improving yield in a plant are provided. Methods of improving yield include treating plants with an effective amount of glyphosate, wherein the plant express at least two heterologous polypeptides that impart tolerance to glyphosate via distinct modes of action. In one non-limiting method, the first polypeptide has glyphosate N-acetyl transferase activity and the second polypeptide comprises a glyphosate-tolerant EPSPS polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicants: Pioneer Hi--Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Yong Hong Chen, Nicholas B. Duck, Lorraine Giver, Cristina Ivy, Roger Kemble, Billy Fred McCutchen, Jeremy Minshull, Phillip A. Patten, Dan Siehl
  • Patent number: 7462481
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignees: Verdia, Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l., Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Christina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Rebecca Gorton, Nicholas B. Duck, Billy Fred McCutchen, Roger Kemble
  • Publication number: 20080248547
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicants: Verdia Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I.du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Christina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Rebecca Gorton, Nicholas B. Duck, Billy Fred McCutchen, Roger Kemble
  • Publication number: 20080241927
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicants: Verdia Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du PONT de NEMOURS and COMPANY
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Christina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Rebecca Gorton, Nicholas B. Duck, Billy Fred McCutchen, Roger Kemble
  • Publication number: 20080234130
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided related to improved plants that are tolerant to more than one herbicide. Particularly, the invention provides plants that are tolerant of glyphosate and are tolerant to at least one ALS inhibitor, and methods of use thereof. The glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant plants comprise a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide that confers tolerance to glyphosate and a polynucleotide that encodes an ALS inhibitor-tolerant polypeptide. In specific embodiments, a plant of the invention expresses a GAT polypeptide and an HRA polypeptide. Methods to control weeds, improve plant yield, and increase transformation efficiencies are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicants: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Billy Fred McCutchen, Linda A. Castle, Timothy K. Chicoine, Hyeon-Je Cho, Jon S. Claus, Jerry M. Green, Anthony D. Guida, Christine B. Hazel, Matthew J. Heckert, Jeffrey M. Hegstad, James M. Hutchison, Donglong Liu, Albert L. Lu, Wayne J. Mehre, York Moy, Paul D. Olson, Kenneth A. Peeples, David W. Saunders, Mark D. Vogt, Jack Q. Wilkinson, James F. H. Wong
  • Patent number: 7405074
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Verdia Inc.
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Christina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Rebecca Gorton, Nicholas B. Duck, Billy Fred McCutchen, Roger Kemble
  • Publication number: 20080133143
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of rapidly and efficiently searching biologically-related data space. More specifically, the invention includes methods of identifying bio-molecules with desired properties, or which are most suitable for acquiring such properties, from complex bio-molecule libraries or sets of such libraries. The invention also provides methods of modeling sequence-activity relationships. As many of the methods are computer-implemented, the invention additionally provides digital systems and software for performing these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: MAXYGEN, INC
    Inventors: Claes Gustafsson, Sridhar Govindarajan, Robin A. Emig, Richard John Fox, Ajoy K. Roy, Jeremy S. Minshull, S. Christopher Davis, Anthony R. Cox, Phillip A. Patten, Linda A. Castle, Daniel L. Siehl, Rebecca Lynne Gorton, Teddy Chen
  • Publication number: 20080119639
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Nicholas B. Duck
  • Publication number: 20070048775
    Abstract: The invention provides methods employing iterative cycles of recombination and selection/screening for evolution of whole cells and organisms toward acquisition of desired properties. Examples of such properties include enhanced recombinogenicity, genome copy number, and capacity for expression and/or secretion of proteins and secondary metabolites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen Cardayre, Matthew Tobin, Willem Stemmer, Jon Ness, Jeremy Minshull, Phillip Patten, Venkiteswaran Subramanian, Linda Castle, Claus Krebber, Steven Bass, Ying-Xin Zhang, Tony Cox, Gjalt Huisman, Ling Yuan, Joseph Affholter
  • Publication number: 20070026446
    Abstract: The invention provides methods employing iterative cycles of recombination and selection/screening for evolution of whole cells and organisms toward acquisition of desired properties. Examples of such properties include enhanced recombinogenicity, genome copy number, and capacity for expression and/or secretion of proteins and secondary metabolites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen del Cardayre, Matthew Tobin, Willem Stemmer, Jon Ness, Jeremy Minshull, Phillip Patten, Venkiteswaran Subramanian, Linda Castle, Claus Krebber, Steven Bass, Ying-Xin Zhang, Tony Cox, Gjalt Huisman, Ling Yuan, Joseph Affholter
  • Publication number: 20070004912
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Linda Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Chen, Phillip Patten, Nicholas Duck
  • Patent number: 7148054
    Abstract: The invention provides methods employing iterative cycles of recombination and selection/screening for evolution of whole cells and organisms toward acquisition of desired properties Examples of such properties include enhanced recombinogenicity, genome copy number, and capacity for expression and/or secretion of proteins and secondary metabolites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Maxygen, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen delCardayre, Matthew Tobin, Willem P. C. Stemmer, Jon E. Ness, Jeremy Minshull, Phillip Patten, Venkiteswatan Subramanian, Linda A. Castle, Claus M. Krebber, Steve Bass, Ying-Xin Zhang, Tony Cox, Gjalt Huisman, Ling Yuan, Joseph A. Affholter
  • Publication number: 20060253922
    Abstract: Methods of shuffling DNA to obtain recombinant herbicide tolerance nucleic acids encoding proteins having new or improved herbicide tolerance activities, libraries of shuffled herbicide tolerance nucleic acids, transgenic plants and DNA shuffling mixtures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Venkiteswaran Subramanian, Willem Stemmer, Linda Castle, Umesh Muchhal, Daniel Siehl
  • Publication number: 20060253923
    Abstract: Methods of shuffling DNA to obtain recombinant herbicide tolerance nucleic acids encoding proteins having new or improved herbicide tolerance activities, libraries of shuffled herbicide tolerance nucleic acids, transgenic plants and DNA shuffling mixtures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Venkiteswaran Subramanian, Willem Stemmer, Linda Castle, Umesh Muchhal, Daniel Siehl
  • Publication number: 20060242731
    Abstract: Methods of shuffling DNA to obtain recombinant herbicide tolerance nucleic acids encoding proteins having new or improved herbicide tolerance activities, libraries of shuffled herbicide tolerance nucleic acids, transgenic plants and DNA shuffling mixtures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Venkiteswaran Subramanian, Willem Stemmer, Linda Castle, Umesh Muchhal, Daniel Siehl
  • Publication number: 20060218663
    Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicants: Verdia, Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Chen, Phillip Patten, Rebecca Gorton, Nicholas Duck