Patents by Inventor Linda L. Lutfiyya

Linda L. Lutfiyya 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).

  • Transgenic Plants With Enhanced Traits
    Publication number: 20170369894
    Abstract: This disclosure provides recombinant DNA constructs and transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency and enhanced drought tolerance; propagules, progeny and field crops of such transgenic plants; and methods of making and using such transgenic plants. This disclosure also provides methods of producing seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Mark S. Abad, Erin Bell, Paul S. Chomet, Todd DeZwaan, Stephen Duff, Barry S. Goldman, Hongwu Jia, Lloyd Jones, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Savitha Madappa, Zoe P. McKiness, Donald E. Nelson, Sasha Preuss, Monnanda S. Rajani, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Aniruddha Raychaudhuri, Daniel P. Schachtman, Steven H. Schwartz, Char Shobha, Matthew M. Tanzer, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Huai Wang, Xiaoyun Wu
  • Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9663793
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules and constructs, and their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants. Transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided, as are methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Ahrens, Shoba Cherian, Paul J. Loida, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Wei Wu, Jiali Xie
  • PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160298127
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules and constructs, and their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants. Transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided, as are methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Ahrens, Shoba Cherian, Paul J. Loida, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Wei Wu, Jiali Xie
  • Transgenic Plants With Enhanced Agronomic Traits
    Publication number: 20160272994
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Thandoni Rao Ambika, Erin Bell, Kraig Brustad, R. Eric Cerny, Shobha Char, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Paul S. Chomet, Julie Davis, Molian Deng, Todd DeZwaan, Michael D. Edgerton, Karen Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Brian Hauge, Steve He, Jacqueline E. Heard, Alberto Iandolino, Ping Li, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Savitha Madappa, Brad McDill, Robert J. Meister, Peter Morrell, Anil Neelam, Marie Petracek, John Pitkin, M. S. Rajani, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Monica P. Ravanello, Maria F. Rodriguez, Thomas G. Ruff, Sangeetha Singh, Virginia Ursin, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi R. Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Xiaoyun Wu, Jianmin Zhao
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Patent number: 9322031
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Scott E. Andersen, Yongwei Cao, Stanton B. Dotson, Michael D. Edgerton, David K. Kovalic, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Zhidong Xie, Gregory R. Heck, Thomas J. La Rosa, Jingdong Liu, Jingrui Wu, Garrett J. Lee, Thomas R. Adams, Donald E. Nelson, Timothy Conner
  • Transgenic Plants with Enhanced Agronomic Traits
    Publication number: 20160060648
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of Arabidopsis thaliana heat stress transcription factor A-2, which is useful for imparting enhanced agronomic traits) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Edwards Allen, Veena S. Anil, Amarjit Basra, Christopher T. Bauer, Prasanna R. Bhat, Raghunatha P. Chari, Jaishree Chittoor, Paul Chomet, Karen K. Gabbert, Cara Griffith, Bill Hendrix, Alberto Iandolino, Hongwu Jia, Kevin R. Kosola, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Paul J. Loida, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Mingsheng Peng, Ying Peng, Bellur Narasimha Prasad, Monnanda S. Rajani, Monica P. Ravanello, Donald Todd, Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, K. R. Vidya, Huai Wang
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20150344898
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Savitha Madappa, Pranesh Badami, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Sangeetha Singh, Kammaradi Vidya, Stephen Duff, Steve He, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh
  • PLANTS CONTAINING A HETEROLOGOUS FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN GENE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150275224
    Abstract: Plant nitrogen use efficiency in corn has been improved by transformation with a flavohemoglobin gene. Plants comprising a flavohemoglobin gene have decreased nitric oxide (NO) levels, increased biomass accumulation under a sufficient nitrogen growth condition, and increased chlorophyll content under a limiting nitrogen growth condition. Additionally, these transformed plants evidence higher levels of yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Amarjit Basra, Mike Edgerton, Garrett J. Lee, Maolong Lu, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Wei Wu, Xiaoyun Wu
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20150232870
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: MARK SCOTT ABAD, MURTAZA F. ALIBHAI, ALICE CLARA AUGUSTINE, AMARJIT BASRA, ERIN BELL, TERRY BRADSHAW, PAOLO CASTIGLIONI, JAISHREE M. CHITTOOR-VIJAYANATH, JILL DEIKMAN, MOLIAN DENG, MICHAEL D. EDGERTON, KAREN GABBERT, BARRY S. GOLDMAN, BALASULOJINI KARUNANANDAA, SUSANNE KJEMTRUP-LOVELACE, TIMOTHY J. LELAND, ADRIAN LUND, LINDA L. LUTFIYYA, MARCUS MCNABNAY, DONALD E. NELSON, THOMAS G. RUFF, BETH SAVIDGE, PAUL SCHAFFER, PADMINI SUDARSHANA, K. SUMATHY, CAROLYN THAI, REBECCA L. THOMPSON-MIZE, CARL P. URWIN, H. G. VEENA, TYMAGONDLU V. VENKATESH, STEVEN T. VOSS, ZHIDONG XIE
  • Nucleic Acid Molecules and Other Molecules Associated with Transcription in Plants
    Publication number: 20140351999
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention pertains to nucleic acid fragments encoding transcription factors, transcription factors, antibodies to transcription factors as well as plants and other organisms expressing transcription factors. This invention also relates to methods of using such agents, for example, in plant breeding or biotechnology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Linda L. LUTFIYYA
  • PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130283478
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA molecules and constructs, and their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants. Transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided, as are methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: JEFFREY E. AHRENS, SHOBA CHERIAN, PAUL J. LOIDA, LINDA L. LUTFIYYA, WEI WU, JIALI XIE
  • Transgenic Plants with Enhanced Agronomic Traits
    Publication number: 20130145493
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Edwards Allen, Veena S. Anil, Amarjit Basra, Christopher T. Bauer, Prasanna R. Bhat, Raghunatha P. Chari, Jaishree Chittoor, Paul Chomet, Karen K. Gabbert, Cara Griffith, Bill Hendrix, Alberto Iandolino, Hongwu Jia, Kevin R. Kosola, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Paul J. Loida, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Mingsheng Peng, Ying Peng, Bellur Narasimha Prasad, Monnanda S. Rajani, Monica P. Ravanello, Donald Todd, Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya, Tyanamagondlu V. Venkatesh, K. R. Vidya, Huai Wang
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Patent number: 8410336
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Linda L. Lutfiyya
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20130074205
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Savitha Madappa, Pranesh Badami, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Sangeetha Singh, Vidya Kammaradi Ramanth Bhat, Stephen M. Duff, Steve S. He, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20120317677
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Scott E. Andersen, Yongwei Cao, Stanton B. Dotson, Michael D. Edgerton, David K. Kovalic, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Zhidong Xie, Gregory R. Heck, Thomas J. La Rosa, Jingdong Liu, Jingrui Wu, Garrett J. Lee, Thomas R. Adams, Donald E. Nelson, Timothy Conner
  • PLANTS CONTAINING A HETEROLOGOUS FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN GENE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120090051
    Abstract: Plant nitrogen use efficiency in corn has been improved by transformation with a flavohemoglobin gene. Plants comprising a flavohemoglobin gene have decreased nitric oxide (NO) levels, increased biomass accumulation under a sufficient nitrogen growth condition, and increased chlorophyll content under a limiting nitrogen growth condition. Additionally, these transformed plants evidence higher levels of yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Amarjit Basra, Mike Edgerton, Garrett J. Lee, Maolong Lu, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Wei Wu, Xiaoyun Wu
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20120066787
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Savitha Madappa, Pranesh Badami, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, S. Sangeetha, K. R. Vidya, Stephen M. Duff, Steve S. He, Linda L. Lutfiyya, T. V. Venkatesh
  • Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement
    Patent number: 8124844
    Abstract: Polynucleotides useful for improvement of plants are provided. In particular, polynucleotide sequences are provided from plant sources. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide sequences are also provided. The disclosed polynucleotides and polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. La Rosa, David K. Kovalic, Yihua Zhou, Yongwei Cao, Mark S. Abad, Scott E. Andersen, Robert E. Buehler, Joseph R. Byrum, Nordine Cheikh, Timothy W. Conner, Brian E. Coombs, Stanton B. Dotson, Patrice Dubois, Michael D. Edgerton, Dane K. Fisher, Kristine J. Hardeman, Gregory J. Heck, Gregory J. Hinkle, Raghunath V. Lalgudi, Jingdong Liu, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Debbie A. Mahadeo, James D. Masucci, James D. McIninch, Philip W. Miller, Donald E. Nelson, Ming Peng, Thomas G. Ruff, Hridayabhiranjan Shukla, Joshua Stein, Michael D. Thompson, Kunsheng Wu
  • Transcriptional regulation of plant biomass and abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 7897843
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including increased biomass or improved cold or other osmotic stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. The invention also pertains to expression systems that may be used to regulate these transcription factor polynucleotides, providing constitutive, transient, inducible and tissue-specific regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Neal I. Gutterson, Frederick D. Hempel, Roderick W. Kumimoto, James S. Keddie, Bradley K. Sherman, Jeffrey M. Libby, Jindong Sun, Kimberly Faye Zobrist-Duff, Jingrui Wu, Changlin Fu, Stanton B. Dotson, Linda L. Lutfiyya
  • Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement
    Publication number: 20090217414
    Abstract: Polynucleotides useful for improvement of plants are provided. In particular, polynucleotide sequences are provided from plant sources. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide sequences are also provided. The disclosed polynucleotides and polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas J. La Rosa, David K. Kovalic, Yihua Zhou, Yongwei Cao, Mark S. Abad, Scott E. Andersen, Robert E. Buehler, Joseph R. Byrum, Nordine Cheikh, Timothy W. Conner, Brian E. Coombs, Stanton B. Dotson, Patrice Dubois, Michael D. Edgerton, Dane K. Fisher, Kristine J. Hardeman, Gregory J. Heck, Gregory J. Hinkle, Raghunath V. Lalgudi, Jingdong Liu, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Debbie A. Mahadeo, James D. Masucci, James D. McIninch, Philip W. Miller, Donald E. Nelson, Ming Peng, Thomas G. Ruff, Hridayabhiranjan Shukla, Joshua Stein, Michael D. Thompson, Kunsheng Wu