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).

  • Plant reproduction polynucleotides and methods of use
    Publication number: 20050216968
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Karlene Butler, Olga Danilevskaya, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Hajime Sakai, Carl Simmons, Zude Weng, Omolayo Famodu, Sabine Hantke
  • Plant recombination proteins
    Publication number: 20050204435
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Omolayo Famodu, Michele Morgante
  • Plant reproduction polynucleotides and methods of use
    Patent number: 6887988
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: 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
  • Plant recombination proteins
    Patent number: 6852910
    Abstract: 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 or 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: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Inventors: Omolayo O. Famodu, Michele Morgante
  • Inhibitors of apoptosis proteins in plants
    Publication number: 20040111767
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Perry G. Caimi, Theodore M. Klein, Michele Morgante, Hajime Sakai, Jennie Bih-Jien Shen, Scott V. Tingey
  • Plant cell cycle regulatory proteins
    Publication number: 20030186362
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a cell cycle regulatory protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the cell cycle regulatory protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the cell cycle regulatory protein in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Michele Morgante, Omolayo O. Famodu, Zude Weng
  • Plant reproduction polynucleotides and methods of use
    Publication number: 20020124282
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Karlene H. Butler, Olga Danilevskaya, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Hajime Sakai, Carl R. Simmons, Zude Weng, Omolayo O. Famodu, Sabine Hantke
  • Aromatic amino acid catabolism enzymes
    Publication number: 20010005749
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an aromatic amino acid catabolic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the aromatic amino acid catabolic enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the aromatic amino acid catabolic enzyme in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Saverio Carl Falco, William D. Hitz, Anthony J. Kinney, Michele Morgante, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • Compound microsatellite primers for the detection of genetic polymorphisms
    Patent number: 5955276
    Abstract: Compound microsatellites used as self-anchoring primers for screening genomes to detect polymorphisms are provided. The preferred compound microsatellite primers are perfect compound dinucleotide primers wherein the adjacent dinucleotide pairs contain a common nucleotide which is in-phase across the compound junction. In a useful embodiment, these in-phase compound primers have been adapted to other known screening assays including variations of the AFLP assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michele Morgante, Julie Marie Vogel