Patents by Inventor Michele Morgante
Michele Morgante 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).
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Publication number: 20160242338Abstract: A new and distinct variety of grapevine named ‘EARLY SAUVIGNON’, primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the temperate regions, and characterized by its strong vigor; erect growth habit; wedge-shaped leaves with medium texture; medium weight and conical shaped berry clusters; early maturing, firm berry flesh with no coloration and neutral taste primarily for winemaking; early harvesting time; and resistance to winter temperatures (to ?22° C.), resistance to downy mildew and tolerance to powdery mildew.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicants: Universita degli Studi di Udine, Istituto di Genomica ApplicataInventors: Simone Diego Castellarin, Guido Cipriani, Gabriele Di Gaspero, Michele Morgante, Enrico Peterlunger, Raffaele Testolin
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Publication number: 20160242341Abstract: A new and distinct variety of grapevine, primarily suited to the growing conditions of the temperate regions, and characterized by its medium-strong vigor; horizontal growth habit; medium-sized, wedge-shaped to circular-shaped leaves; very low to low weight berry clusters; berries with slightly firm flesh, neutral taste, and no flesh coloration; primarily used for wine; and resistance to winter temperatures (to ?24° C.), resistance to downy mildew, and tolerance to powdery mildew.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicants: Università degli Studi di Udine, Istituto di Genomica ApplicataInventors: Simone Diego CASTELLARIN, Guido CIPRIANI, Gabriele DI GASPERO, Michele MORGANTE, Enrico PETERLUNGER, Raffaele TESTOLIN
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Publication number: 20140130206Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC, E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: EDGAR B. CAHOON, REBECCA E. CAHOON, SAVERIO CARL FALCO, YIWEN FANG, SABINE S. HANTKE, ANTHONY J. KINNEY, JIAN-MING LEE, ZHONGSEN LI, GUO-HUA MIAO, MICHELE MORGANTE, XIPING NIU, JOAN T. ODELL, J ANTONI RAFALSKI, HAJIME SAKAI, PEIZHONG ZHENG, QUINN QUN ZHU
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Publication number: 20130007912Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peihong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
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Patent number: 8288616Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, Sabine S. Hantke, Anthony J. Kinney, Jian-Ming Lee, Zhongsen Li, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Xiping Niu, Joan T. Odell, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Peizhong Zheng, Quinn Qun Zhu
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Publication number: 20120240290Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating flowering time in plants. Maize RAP2.7 nucleotide sequences are disclosed which upon overexpression cause later flowering and when inhibited cause earlier flowering. Also disclosed is a DNA sequence which acts as a regulator/enhancer of RAP2.7, termed VGT1. This sequence does not code for any known protein, but acts as either a RNAi element or a regulatory DNA or RNA element that either directly regulates expression of flowering genes such as Rap2.7 or specifically targets expression of other genes which control flowering genes such as Rap2.7. This element this can be used as a sequence—based marker to identify inbred and hybrids which have altered maturity. Methods for expressing these nucleotide sequences in a plant for modifying maturity and flowering in plants are provided as well as expression constructs, vectors, transformed cells and plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Dwight Tomes, Silvio Salvi, Michele Morgante, Giorgio Sponza, Edward Bruggemann, Xiaomu Niu, Bailin Li, Roberto Tuberosa
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Patent number: 8173867Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating flowering time in plants. Maize RAP2.7 nucleotide sequences are disclosed which upon overexpression cause later flowering and when inhibited cause earlier flowering. Also disclosed is a DNA sequence which acts as a regulator/enhancer of RAP2.7, termed VGT1. This sequence does not code for any known protein, but acts as either a RNAi element or a regulatory DNA or RNA element that either directly regulates expression of flowering genes such as Rap2.7 or specifically targets expression of other genes which control flowering genes such as Rap2.7. This element this can be used as a sequence-based marker to identify inbred and hybrids which have altered maturity. Methods for expressing these nucleotide sequences in a plant for modifying maturity and flowering in plants are provided as well as expression constructs, vectors, transformed cells and plants.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International IncInventors: Dwight T. Tomes, Silvio Salvi, Michele Morgante, Giorgio Sponza, Edward Bruggemann, Xiaomu Niu, Bailin Li, Roberto Tuberosa
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Publication number: 20110214204Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
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Publication number: 20100242137Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INCInventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
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Publication number: 20090158467Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating flowering time in plants. Maize RAP2.7 nucleotide sequences are disclosed which upon overexpression cause later flowering and when inhibited cause earlier flowering. Also disclosed is a DNA sequence which acts as a regulator/enhancer of RAP2.7, termed VGT1. This sequence does not code for any known protein, but acts as either a RNAi element or a regulatory DNA or RNA element that either directly regulates expression of flowering genes such as Rap2.7 or specifically targets expression of other genes which control flowering genes such as Rap2.7. This element this can be used as a sequence-based marker to identify inbred and hybrids which have altered maturity. Methods for expressing these nucleotide sequences in a plant for modifying maturity and flowering in plants are provided as well as expression constructs, vectors, transformed cells and plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNAInventors: DWIGHT TOMES, SILVIO SALVI, MICHELE MORGANTE, GIORGIO SPONZA, EDWARD BRUGGEMANN, XIAOMU NIU, BAILIN LI, ROBERTO TUBEROSA
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Publication number: 20090054247Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
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Patent number: 7479584Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating flowering time in plants. Maize RAP2.7 nucleotide sequences are disclosed which upon overexpression cause later flowering and when inhibited cause earlier flowering. Also disclosed is a DNA sequence which acts as a regulator/enhancer of RAP2.7, termed VGT1. This sequence does not code for any known protein, but acts as either a RNAi element or a regulatory DNA or RNA element that either directly regulates expression of flowering genes such as Rap2.7 or specifically targets expression of other genes which control flowering genes such as Rap2.7. This element this can be used as a sequence—based marker to identify inbred and hybrids which have altered maturity. Methods for expressing these nucleotide sequences in a plant for modifying maturity and flowering in plants are provided as well as expression constructs, vectors, transformed cells and plants.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2005Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., University of BolognaInventors: Dwight Tomes, Silvio Salvi, Michele Morgante, Giorgio Sponza, Edward Bruggemann, Xiaomu Niu, Bailin Li, Roberto Tuberosa
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Publication number: 20080104728Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Quinn Zhu, Sabine Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan Odell, Saverio Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar Cahoon, Rebecca Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li
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Patent number: 7312375Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a reproduction protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the reproduction protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the reproduction protein in a transformed host cell. The invention also provides isolated transcriptional regulatory elements and polynucleotides associated therewith.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Karlene H. Butler, Olga Danilevskaya, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Hajime Sakai, Carl R. Simmons, Zude Weng, Omolayo O. Famodu, Sabine Hantke
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Publication number: 20060242729Abstract: The invention provides isolated YABBY transcription factor nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering YABBY transcription factor levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Edgar Cahoon, Rebecca Cahoon, Saverio Falco, Yiwen Fang, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Joan Odell, J. Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Quinn Zhu, Sabine Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Zhongsen Li
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Patent number: 7122723Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a recombination protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the recombination protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the recombination protein in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Omolayo O. Famodu, Michele Morgante
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Patent number: 7071382Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an apoptosis inhibitory protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the apoptosis inhibitory protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the apoptosis inhibitory protein in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Perry G. Caimi, Theodore M. Klein, Michele Morgante, Hajime Sakai, Jennie Bih-Jien Shen, Scott V. Tingey
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Publication number: 20060070144Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating flowering time in plants. Maize RAP2.7 nucleotide sequences are disclosed which upon overexpression cause later flowering and when inhibited cause earlier flowering. Also disclosed is a DNA sequence which acts as a regulator/enhancer of RAP2.7, termed VGT1. This sequence does not code for any known protein, but acts as either a RNAi element or a regulatory DNA or RNA element that either directly regulates expression of flowering genes such as Rap2.7 or specifically targets expression of other genes which control flowering genes such as Rap2.7. This element this can be used as a sequence-based marker to identify inbred and hybrids which have altered maturity. Methods for expressing these nucleotide sequences in a plant for modifying maturity and flowering in plants are provided as well as expression constructs, vectors, transformed cells and plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Dwight Tomes, Silvio Salvi, Michele Morgante, Giorgio Sponza, Edward Bruggemann, Xiaomu Niu, Bailin Li, Roberto Tuberosa
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Publication number: 20050216974Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a reproduction protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the reproduction protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the reproduction protein in a transformed host cell. The invention also provides isolated transcriptional regulatory elements and polynucleotides associated therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2004Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Karlene Butler, Olga Danilevskaya, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Hajime Sakai, Carl Simmons, Zude Weng, Omolayo Famodu, Sabine Hantke
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Patent number: D549284Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Inventor: Michele Morgante