Patents by Inventor Megan Sweeney

Megan Sweeney 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).

  • Rice comprising an RC responsive promoter driving expression of a heterologous nucleic acid molecule
    Patent number: 9556446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rice plants, seeds, and cells that include a promoter responsive to a basic helix-turn-helix red anthocyanin transcription factor operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Susan McCouch, Megan Sweeney
  • Rc, Brown Pericarp and Seed Coat
    Publication number: 20090205082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of red pericarp and seed coat in rice, and in particular, compositions comprising a basic helix-turn-helix red anthocyanin transcription factor, Rc, and methods using Rc for identifying rice germplasm comprising Rc including but not limited to grain quality grading and seed certification analysis. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention further relates to promoter sequences Rc binding elements including but not limited to regulatory elements of genes associated with anthocyanidin/proanthocyanidin pathways and the use of these elements for controlling weedy red rice plants and controlling the spread of transgenes into weedy red rice plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Susan Mccouch, Megan Sweeney