Patents by Inventor Mark Kinkema
Mark 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).
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Chlamydomonas glucan dikinase gene, enzyme and modified starch, uses, methods for production thereof
Patent number: 8076534Abstract: The present invention relates the nucleotide sequence from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encoding a glucan dikinase enzyme and to methods of use; to modified starch, as well as production and uses thereof. The starch has modified properties of viscosity and a modified phosphate content.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Shib Sankar Basu, Michael B. Lanahan, Mark Kinkema -
Patent number: 7919681Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Michael B. Lanahan, Shib Sankar Basu, Christopher J. Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Patent number: 7855322Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Michael B. Lanahan, Shib Sankar Basu, Christopher J Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Publication number: 20090320831Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Michael B. Lanahan, Shib S. Basu, Christopher J. Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Publication number: 20090288232Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Michael B. Lanahan, Shib Sankar Basu, Christopher J. Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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CHLAMYDOMONAS GLUCAN DIKINASE GENE, ENZYME AND MODIFIED STARCH, USES, METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
Publication number: 20090205080Abstract: The present invention relates the nucleotide sequence from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encoding a glucan dikinase enzyme and to methods of use; to modified starch, as well as production and uses thereof. The starch has modified properties of viscosity and a modified phosphate content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2006Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Shib Sankar Basu, Michael B. Lanahan, Mark Kinkema -
Patent number: 7557262Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Michael B. Lanahan, Shib Sankar Basu, Christopher J. Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Publication number: 20080289066Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2004Publication date: November 20, 2008Inventors: Michael B. Lanahan, Shib S. Basu, Christopher J. Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Publication number: 20080045702Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventors: MICHAEL LANAHAN, Shib Basu, Christopher Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Publication number: 20060200877Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2006Publication date: September 7, 2006Inventors: Michael Lanahan, Shib Basu, Christopher Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Patent number: 7102057Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Michael B. Lanahan, Shib Sankar Basu, Christopher J. Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Publication number: 20030135885Abstract: The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Inventors: Michael B. Lanahan, Shib Sankar Basu, Christopher J. Batie, Wen Chen, Joyce Craig, Mark Kinkema
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Patent number: 6137031Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acids that encode bZIP polypeptides that are capable of interacting with NPR1. The present invention also provides for bZIP polypeptides that are capable of interacting with NPR1 as well as transgenic plants comprising a nucleic acids that encode bZIP polypeptides that are capable of interacting with NPR1. Also provided by the present invention is a method for enhancing resistance of plants to pathogens by introducing a recombinant expression cassette comprising a plant promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide sequence encoding a bZIP polypeptide that interacts with NPR1. The present invention also provides for a method of identifying additional bZIP polypeptides that interact with NPR1.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1999Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignees: Duke University, The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Yuelin Zhang, Mark Kinkema, Xinnian Dong, Pamela Ronald, Maw Shenq Chern