Patents by Inventor Mary Fernandes

Mary Fernandes 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: 20240093221
    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 or water use efficiency. Transgenic plants may include field crops as well as plant propagules and progeny of such transgenic plants. Methods of making and using such transgenic plants are also provided. 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 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Edwards M. Allen, Bettina Darveaux, Stephen M. Duff, Mary Fernandes, Barry S. Goldman, Cara L. Griffith, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Paul J. Loida, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Robert J. Meister, Monnanda S. Rajani, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Elena A. Rice, Daniel Ruzicka, Anagha M. Sant, Jon J. Schmuke, Rebecca L. Thompson, Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Huai Wang, Xiao Yang, Qin Zeng, Jianmin Zhao
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced traits
    Patent number: 11873502
    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 or water use efficiency. Transgenic plants may include field crops as well as plant propagules and progeny of such transgenic plants. Methods of making and using such transgenic plants are also provided. 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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Edwards M. Allen, Bettina Darveaux, Stephen M. Duff, Mary Fernandes, Barry S. Goldman, Cara L. Griffith, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Saritha V Kuriakose, Paul J. Loida, Linda L Lutfiyya, Robert J. Meister, Monnanda S. Rajani, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Elena A. Rice, Daniel Ruzicka, Anagha M. Sant, Jon J. Schmuke, Rebecca L. Thompson, Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Huai Wang, Xiao Yang, Qin Zeng, Jianmin Zhao
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED TRAITS
    Publication number: 20220195452
    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 or water use efficiency. Transgenic plants may include field crops as well as plant propagules and progeny of such transgenic plants. Methods of making and using such transgenic plants are also provided. 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: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Edwards M. ALLEN, Bettina DARVEAUX, Stephen M. DUFF, Mary FERNANDES, Barry S. GOLDMAN, Cara L. GRIFFITH, Balasulojini KARUNANANDAA, Saritha V. KURIAKOSE, Paul J. LOIDA, Linda L. LUTFIYYA, Robert J. MEISTER, Monnanda S. RAJANI, Dhanalakshmi RAMACHANDRA, Elena A. RICE, Daniel RUZICKA, Anagha M. SANT, Jon J. SCHMUKE, Rebecca L. THOMPSON, Srikanth Babu VENKATACHALAYYA, Tyamagondlu V. VENKATESH, Huai WANG, Xiao YANG, Qin ZENG, Jianmin ZHAO
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED TRAITS
    Publication number: 20200199612
    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 or water use efficiency. Transgenic plants may include field crops as well as plant propagules and progeny of such transgenic plants. Methods of making and using such transgenic plants are also provided. 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: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Edwards M. ALLEN, Bettina DARVEAUX, Stephen M. Duff, Mary FERNANDES, Barry S. GOLDMAN, Cara L. GRIFFITH, Balasulojini KARUNANANDAA, Saritha V. KURIAKOSE, Paul J. LOIDA, Linda L. LUTFIYYA, Robert J. MEISTER, Monnanda S. RAJANI, Dhanalakshmi RAMACHANDRA, Elena A. RICE, Daniel RUZICKA, Anagha M. SANT, Jon J. SCHMUKE, Rebecca L. THOMPSON, Srikanth Babu VENKATACHALAYYA, Tyamagondlu V. VENKATESH, Huai WANG, Xiao YANG, Qin ZENG, Jianmin ZHAO
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20180258442
    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: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Thomas R. Adams, Julie A. Alvarez, Mahindra Anuradha, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Kristen A. Bennett, Robert J. Bensen, Paolo Castiglioni, Richard Eric Cerny, Xianfeng Chen, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Farah Deeba, Jill Dcikman, Molian Deng, Stephen Duff, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Mary Fernandes, Karen Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Jacqueline E. Heard, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Dangyang Ke, John R. Ledeaux, Garrett J. Lee, Savitha Madappa, Donald E. Nelson, Obed Patty, Badami S. Pratesh, Qungang Qi, Ramachandra Dhanalakshmi, G. Ramamohan, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A. Sanders, Sangeetha Singh, Thomas J. Savage, Beth Savidge, Char Shobha, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Padmini Sudarshana, Sreekanta Suma, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Dale L. Val, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi Vidya, Jingrui Wu, Zhidong Xie, Nanfei Xu, Wei Zheng, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Meghan Galligan Donnarummo
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20160264980
    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: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Thomas R. Adams, Ameeta K. Agarwa, James A. Ball, Paolo Castiglioni, Banu Gopalan, Erin Bell, Shobha Char, Robert J. Bensen, Raghava S. Boddupalli, Alessandra Frizzi, Jill Deikman, Robert L. D'Ordine, Michael D. Edgerton, Xianfeng Chen, Mary Fernandes, Paul S. Chomet, Stephen Duff, Deborah G. Rucker, Changlin Fu, Jeffery E. Ahrens, Stanton B. Dotson, Richard E. Finger, Jinzhuo Dong, Molian Deng
  • Methods for Enhancing Stress Tolerance in Plants and Compositions Thereof
    Publication number: 20150197769
    Abstract: Increased tolerance to abiotic stress in a plant is provided by introducing DNA expressing a cold shock protein, e.g. bacterial cold shock protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Mary Fernandes
  • Methods for enhancing stress tolerance in plants and compositions thereof
    Patent number: 9068195
    Abstract: Increased tolerance to abiotic stress in a plant is provided by introducing DNA expressing a cold shock protein, e.g. bacterial cold shock protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mary Fernandes
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20150113676
    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: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Thomas R. Adams, Julie A. Alvarez, Mahindra Anuradha, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Kristen A. Bennett, Robert J. Bensen, Paolo Castiglioni, Richard E. Cerny, Xianfeng Chen, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Farah Deeba, Jill Deikman, Molian Deng, Meghan Galligan-Donnarummo, Stephen Duff, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Mary Fernandes, Karen Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Jacqueline E. Heard, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Dangyang Ke, John R. Ledeaux, Garrett J. Lee, Savitha Madappa, Donald E. Nelson, Obed Patty, Badami S. Pranesh, Qungang Qi, Ramachandra Dhanalakshmi, G. Ramamohan, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A. Sanders, Sangeetha Singh, Thomas J. Savage, Beth Savidge, Char Shobha, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Padmini Sudarshana, Sreekanta Navarathna Suma, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Dale L. Val, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi Vidya, Jingrui Wu, Zhidong Xie, Nanfei Xu, Wei Zheng, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah
  • Methods for Enhancing Stress Tolerance in Plants and Compositions Thereof
    Publication number: 20140250551
    Abstract: Increased tolerance to abiotic stress in a plant is provided by introducing DNA expressing a cold shock protein, e.g. bacterial cold shock protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mary Fernandes
  • Transgenic Plants With Enhanced Agronomic Traits
    Publication number: 20140196161
    Abstract: This invention provides recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. Also provided by this invention is transgenic seed for growing a transgenic plant having recombinant DNA in its genome and exhibiting an enhance agronomic trait, i.e. enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, increased yield, enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced tolerance to cold stress and/or improved seed compositions. Also disclosed are methods for identifying such transgenic plants by screening for nitrogen use efficiency, yield, water use efficiency, growth under cold stress, and seed composition changes. This invention also discloses a method of identifying the target genes of a transcription factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC.
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Mary Fernandes, Barry S. Goldman
  • Methods for enhancing stress tolerance in plants and compositions thereof
    Patent number: 8735657
    Abstract: Increased tolerance to abiotic stress in a plant is provided by introducing DNA expressing a cold shock protein, e.g. bacterial cold shock protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mary Fernandes
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20120227131
    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: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Mark S. Abad, Thomas R. Adams, Ameeta K. Argarwal, James A. Ball, Paolo Castiglioni, Banu Gopalan, Erin Bell, Shobha Char, Robert J. Bensen, Raghava S. Boddupalli, Alessandra Frizzi, Jill Deikman, Robert D'Ordine, Michael D. Edgerton, Xianfeng Chen, Mary Fernandes, Paul S. Chomet, Stephen Duff, Deborah G. Rucker, Changlin Fu, Jeffrey E. Ahrens, Stanton B. Dotson, Richard E. Finger, Jinzhuo Dong, Molian Deng
  • Transgenic Plants With Enhanced Agronomic Traits
    Publication number: 20120159664
    Abstract: This invention provides recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. Also provided by this invention is transgenic seed for growing a transgenic plant having recombinant DNA in its genome and exhibiting an enhance agronomic trait, i.e. enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, increased yield, enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced tolerance to cold stress and/or improved seed compositions. Also disclosed are methods for identifying such transgenic plants by screening for nitrogen use efficiency, yield, water use efficiency, growth under cold stress, and seed composition changes. This invention also discloses a method of identifying the target genes of a transcription factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Mark S. Abad, Mary Fernandes, Barry Goldman
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20110252501
    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 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Mark Abad, Molian Deng, Sephen Duff, Mary Fernandes, Karen K. Gabbert, Julie A. Alvarez, Kristen A. Bennett, Paolo Castiglioni, Jill Deikman, Jason Fenner, Danyang Ke, Barry S. Goldman, Qungang Qi, Thomas G. Ruff, Rebecca L. Thompason-Mize, Jingrui Wu, Thomas R. Adams, Robert Bensen, Jacqueline E. Heard, Donald E. Nelson, Erin Bell, R. Eric Cerny, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Bradon J. Fabbri, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, John R. LeDeaux, Xianfeng Chen, Meghan Galligan-Donnarummo, Deborah J. Hawkins, Garrett J. Lee, Obed Patty, Rick A. Sanders, Beth Savidge, Dale L. Val, Wei Zheng, Thomas J. Savage, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Sreekanta Suma, Jindong Sun, Tymagondlu Venkatesh, Nanfei Xu, Mahindra Anuradha, Alice Clara Augustine, Farah Deeba, Ramachandra Dhanalakshmi, Savitha Madappa, Badami S. Pranesh, M. S. Rajani, G. Ramamohan, S. Sangeetha, Char Shobha, Padmini Sudarshana, K. R. Vidva, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tymagondlu Venkatesh
  • Method of increasing plant organ and seed size in a plant
    Patent number: 7994402
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and DNA molecules useful for producing transgenic plants with agronomically desired traits based on altered sizes of plant organs and tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mary Fernandes, Zhidong Xie, Stanton B. Dotson
  • Methods for Enhancing Stress Tolerance in Plants and Compositions Thereof
    Publication number: 20110035835
    Abstract: Increased tolerance to abiotic stress in a plant is provided by introducing DNA expressing a cold shock protein, e.g. bacterial cold shock protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Mary Fernandes
  • Methods for enhancing drought tolerance in plants and compositions thereof
    Patent number: 7786353
    Abstract: Increased tolerance to drought in a plant is provided by introducing DNA expressing a bacterial cold shock protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mary Fernandes
  • Method of increasing plant organ and seed size in a plant
    Publication number: 20090133162
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and DNA molecules useful for producing transgenic plants with agronomically desired traits based on altered sizes of plant organs and tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Mary Fernandes, Zhidong Xie, Stanton B. Dotson
  • Needle-free injector
    Patent number: D893021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: PORTAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Dyer, Andrew Owen Coats, Patrick Armand Anquetil, Serge Cyril Roux, Jeffrey Scott Plantz, Gillian Brenna Corcoran, Rud Karly Lucien, Andrea Natalina Mary Fernandes