Patents by Inventor Mark D. Kinkema

Mark D. Kinkema 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).

  • Compositions and methods for increased expression in sugar cane
    Patent number: 9441234
    Abstract: A sugar cane plant cell comprising a recombinant nucleic acid molecule is provided, the recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence of interest, a promoter and the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the promoter is downstream of and in operative association with the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and upstream of and in operative association with the nucleotide sequence of interest, and the nucleotide sequence of interest is expressed at a level at least about 6 times greater than the level of expression of said nucleotide sequence of interest in a control. Additionally, a method of increasing the expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a sugar cane plant cell using the recombinant nucleic acid molecule of the invention is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mark D. Kinkema, Stacy Miles
  • Compositions and Methods for Increased Expression in Sugar Cane
    Publication number: 20140366220
    Abstract: A sugar cane plant cell comprising a recombinant nucleic acid molecule is provided, the recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence of interest, a promoter and the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the promoter is downstream of and in operative association with the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and upstream of and in operative association with the nucleotide sequence of interest, and the nucleotide sequence of interest is expressed at a level at least about 6 times greater than the level of expression of said nucleotide sequence of interest in a control. Additionally, a method of increasing the expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a sugar cane plant cell using the recombinant nucleic acid molecule of the invention is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: Syngenta Participations AG, Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: Mark D. Kinkema, Stacy Miles