Patents by Inventor Max Otto Ruegger

Max Otto Ruegger 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).

  • High-throughput methods of screening DNA for deletions and other mutations
    Patent number: 7354715
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to high-throughput methods of screening DNA for mutations. These methods offer various unexpected advantages over current methods. In a preferred embodiment, the subject invention includes pooling DNA samples from many plants that were subjected to mutagenesis. Methods of the subject invention include highly sensitive means for detecting individual mutants, preferably deletions, in large pools or collections of DNA samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Avutu Sambi Reddy, Max Otto Ruegger, James Patrick Connell, Thomas Skokut
  • Nucleic acid compositions conferring altered visual phenotypes
    Publication number: 20040249146
    Abstract: This invention describes the identification and isolation of genes that confer modifications of plant architecture and/or leaf surface features in plant. These genes are derived from the following sources: Nicotiana benthamiana, Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryzae sativa (var. Indica IR7), Papaver rhoeas, Saccharomyces cerivisiae and Trichoderma harzianum (Rifai 1295-22). Further, this invention also describes other both homologous and heterologous sequences with a high degree of functional similarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Vipula Kiran Shukla, Rodney Alan Crosley, Thomas Alan Skokut, Max Otto Ruegger, Ignacio Mario Larrinua