Patents by Inventor Mathias L. Muller

Mathias L. Muller 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).

  • Patent number: 7714184
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from maize. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the embodiments are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant a DNA construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathias L. Muller, Carl R. Simmons, Nasser Yalpani
  • Publication number: 20090119799
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from maize. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the embodiments are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant a DNA construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Mathias L. Muller, Carl R. Simmons, Nasser Yalpani
  • Patent number: 7528293
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Patent number: 7511188
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Patent number: 7498413
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from maize. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the embodiments are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant a DNA construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathias L. Muller, Carl R. Simmons, Nasser Yalpani
  • Publication number: 20080127375
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Publication number: 20080120741
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Publication number: 20080120746
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Publication number: 20080120744
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Publication number: 20080120747
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Publication number: 20080120745
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Publication number: 20080120742
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Publication number: 20080120743
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Patent number: 7351878
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Patent number: 7332650
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Patent number: 7301069
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a pathogenic fungus or nematode, are provided. A method for enhancing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gowri Shah, Jun-Zhi Wei, Gusui Wu
  • Patent number: 7273965
    Abstract: Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the invention. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antifungal polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hana S. Ali, Robert J. Keenan, Michael Lassner, Mathias L. Muller, Gusui Wu
  • Patent number: 7145060
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nucleic acid encoding a chitinase and methods for it to enhance resistance of plants to fungal infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Verdia, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathias L. Muller, Thom True, Carl R. Simmons, Nasser Yalpani
  • Publication number: 20040250309
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions with chitinase activity and methods for using such compositions to enhance resistance of plants to fungal infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Verdia, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathias L. Muller, Thom True, Carl R. Simmons, Nasser Yalpani