Patents by Inventor Marisa Miller

Marisa Miller 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 improving resistance to soybean rust
    Patent number: 11882808
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying STAYGREEN (SGR) genes in plants. The invention further relates to plants produced using the methods and compositions of the invention comprising modified endogenous SGR genes and having increased resistance to soybean rust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Marisa Miller
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT
    Publication number: 20230357789
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying Ribosomal Protein L3 (RPL3) genes in plants, optionally to improve resistance to Fusarium head blight. The invention further relates to plants having improved resistance to Fusarium head blight produced using the methods and compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Marisa Miller, John Pitkin
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING YIELD AND DISEASE RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20230348922
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying IDEAL PLANT ARCHITECTURE 1 (IPA1) genes, or orthologues thereof, encoding SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) transcription factors in plants. The invention further relates to plants and/or parts thereof comprising one or more mutations in endogenous IPA1 genes, or orthologues thereof, produced using the methods and compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Marisa Miller, Devin Lee O'Connor, Lolita George Mathew
  • METHODS FOR IMPROVING FLORET FERTILITY AND SEED YIELD
    Publication number: 20230183730
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying Homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) transcription factors that regulate floret fertility, seed number, and/or seed weight in plants. The invention further relates to plants produced using the methods and compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Marisa Miller, Devin O'Connor
  • METHODS FOR IMPROVING FLORET FERTILITY AND SEED YIELD
    Publication number: 20230116819
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying nucleic acids encoding histone demethylase polypeptides that regulate floret fertility, seed number, and/or seed weight in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Marisa Miller, Devin O'Connor
  • METHODS FOR IMPROVING FLORET FERTILITY AND SEED YIELD
    Publication number: 20230108968
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying Short Internodes (SHI) transcription factors that regulate floret fertility, seed number, and/or seed weight in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Marisa Miller, Devin O'Connor
  • MODIFICATION OF GROWTH REGULATING FACTOR FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN SOYBEAN
    Publication number: 20220411813
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying Growth Regulating Factor (GRF) family transcription factors in soybean plants to produce soybean plants having improved pathogen resistance, optionally with improved or maintained yield traits, and/or soybean plants having improved yield traits without loss of pathogen resistance. The invention further relates to soybean plants produced using the methods and compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Marisa Miller, Lolita George Mathew, Brian Charles Wilding Crawford
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING ROOT ARCHITECTURE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20220380792
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying root architecture in a plant through modification of endogenous DEEPER ROOTING 1 (DRO1) nucleic acids. The invention further relates to plants produced using the methods and compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Marisa Miller, Julius Mojica, HaeJin Kim
  • METHODS FOR IMPROVING RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN RUST
    Publication number: 20210301283
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying STAYGREEN (SGR) genes in plants. The invention further relates to plants produced using the methods and compositions of the invention comprising modified endogenous SGR genes and having increased resistance to soybean rust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Marisa Miller
  • RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE THROUGH GENE EDITING
    Publication number: 20210261978
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying Soluble NSF Attachment Protein18 (SNAP18) genes in soybean plants to increase resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN). The invention further relates to plants having increased resistance to/reduced severity of infection by SCN produced using the methods and compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew Fister, Marisa Miller