Patents by Inventor Megan Elizabeth Griffith

Megan Elizabeth Griffith 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).

  • Modification of lignin biosynthesis via sense suppression
    Patent number: 10428343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes and, more particularly, to methods of modifying lignin biosynthesis via sense suppression and to related nucleic acids and constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: Dairy Australia Limited, Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd
    Inventors: German Spangenberg, Angela Jane Lidgett, Robyn Louise Heath, Russell Leigh McInnes, Damian Paul Lynch, Ulrik Peter John, Aidyn Mouradov, Megan Elizabeth Griffith
  • Modification of fructan biosynthesis, increasing plant biomass, and enhancing productivity of biochemical pathways in a plant
    Patent number: 9890387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of fructan biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to methods of manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells, and to related nucleic acids and constructs. The present invention also relates to increasing plant biomass and, more particularly, to methods of enhancing biomass yield and/or yield stability, including shoot and/or root growth in a plant, and to related nucleic acids and constructs. The present invention also relates to methods of enhancing the productivity of biochemical pathways and, more particularly, to fusion proteins in plants, and to related nucleic acids and constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Spangenberg, Aidyn Mouradov, Megan Elizabeth Griffith, Luciano Gaston Martelotto
  • Modification of Lignin Biosynthesis Via Sense Suppression
    Publication number: 20170191075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes and, more particularly, to methods of modifying lignin biosynthesis via sense suppression and to related nucleic acids and constructs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicants: Dairy Australia Limited, Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd
    Inventors: German Spangenberg, Angela Jane Lidgett, Robyn Louise Heath, Russell Leigh McInnes, Damian Paul Lynch, Ulrik Peter John, Aidyn Mouradov, Megan Elizabeth Griffith
  • Modification of Fructan Biosynthesis, Increasing Plant Biomass, and Enhancing Productivitiy of Biochemical Pathways in a Plant
    Publication number: 20110277187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of fructan biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to methods of manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells, and to related nucleic acids and constructs. The present invention also relates to increasing plant biomass and, more particularly, to methods of enhancing biomass yield and/or yield stability, including shoot and/or root growth in a plant, and to related nucleic acids and constructs. The present invention also relates to methods of enhancing the productivity of biochemical pathways and, more particularly, to fusion proteins in plants, and to related nucleic acids and constructs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicants: MOLECULAR PLANT BREEDING NOMINEES LTD, AGRICULTURE VICTORIA SERVICES PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Spangenberg, Aidyn Mouradov, Megan Elizabeth Griffith, Luciano Gaston Martelotto
  • Modification of Lignin Biosynthesis Via Sense Suppression
    Publication number: 20100287660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes and, more particularly, to methods of modifying lignin biosynthesis via sense suppression and to related nucleic acids and constructs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: DAIRY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, MOLECULAR PLANT BREEDING NOMINEES LTD.
    Inventors: German Spangenberg, Angela Jane Lidgett, Robyn Louise Heath, Russell Leigh McInnes, Damian Paul Lynch, Ulrik Peter John, Aidyn Mouradov, Megan Elizabeth Griffith