Patents by Inventor Mark David Kinkema

Mark David 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).

  • Methods and compositions for modified ethanol inducible promoter systems
    Patent number: 9434953
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules comprising one or more nucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, and/or SEQ ID NO:10 that can be operably linked to a promoter, thereby making the promoter inducible by a chemical compound that can induce the expression of the alcohol dehydrogenase system of Aspergillus nidulans. Methods for making an inducible promoter and for making the expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest inducible are also provided. Further provided are plants, plant parts, and plant cells, comprising the compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Manuel Benito Sainz, Mark David Kinkema
  • Methods and Compositions for Modified Ethanol Inducible Promoter Systems
    Publication number: 20130291233
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules comprising one or more nucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, and/or SEQ ID NO:10 that can be operably linked to a promoter, thereby making the promoter inducible by a chemical compound that can induce the expression of the alcohol dehydrogenase system of Aspergillus nidulans. Methods for making an inducible promoter and for making the expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest inducible are also provided. Further provided are plants, plant parts, and plant cells, comprising the compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: Queensland University of Technology, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Manuel Benito Sainz, Mark David Kinkema