Patents by Inventor Mercedes Paz

Mercedes Paz 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).

  • Methods and compositions for identifying verticillium wilt resistant sunflower plants
    Patent number: 11317575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for identifying sunflower lines having increased resistance to Verticillium wilt, and identification of genetic markers linked to gene(s) conditioning such increased disease resistance. The present invention also relates to methods of breeding sunflower plants from lines having increased Verticillium wilt resistance by marker-assisted selection, compositions including nucleic acid probes or primers which are useful for such marker assisted selection, and plants and plant parts produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajat Aggarwal, Martin Ariel Cantore, Natalia Mercedes Paz
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING VERTICILLIUM WILT RESISTANT SUNFLOWER PLANTS
    Publication number: 20200068823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for identifying sunflower lines having increased resistance to Verticillium wilt, and identification of genetic markers linked to gene(s) conditioning such increased disease resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Rajat Aggarwal, Martin Ariel Cantore, Natalia Mercedes Paz
  • Methods and compositions for identifying Verticillium wilt resistant sunflower plants
    Patent number: 10477788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for identifying sunflower lines having increased resistance to Verticillium wilt, and identification of genetic markers linked to gene(s) conditioning such increased disease resistance. The present invention also relates to methods of breeding sunflower plants from lines having increased Verticillium wilt resistance by marker-assisted selection, compositions including nucleic acid probes or primers which are useful for such marker assisted selection, and plants and plant parts produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajat Aggarwal, Martin Ariel Cantore, Natalia Mercedes Paz
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING VERTICILLIUM WILT RESISTANT SUNFLOWER PLANTS
    Publication number: 20160150747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for identifying sunflower lines having increased resistance to Verticillium wilt, and identification of genetic markers linked to gene(s) conditioning such increased disease resistance. The present invention also relates to methods of breeding sunflower plants from lines having increased Verticillium wilt resistance by marker-assisted selection, compositions including nucleic acid probes or primers which are useful for such marker assisted selection, and plants and plant parts produced by such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Rajat Aggarwal, Martin Ariel Cantore, Natalia Mercedes Paz
  • Method for treating PQQ-responsive heavy metal toxicity
    Patent number: 5460819
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for treating PQQ-responsive heavy metal toxicity which include the administration of PQQ to a patient in need thereof. The toxicity may be associated with such heavy metals as lead, indium and vanadium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Gallop, Mercedes A. Paz
  • Reporter compounds containing boron
    Patent number: 4659817
    Abstract: Compounds and methods featuring, in one aspect, compositions containing an organic boronic acid and one or more reporter groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Gallop, Mercedes Paz
  • Reporter compounds
    Patent number: 4496722
    Abstract: Compounds and methods featuring, in one aspect, compositions containing an organic boronic acid and one or more reporter groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Gallop, Mercedes Paz