Patents by Inventor Nancy A. Federspiel

Nancy A. Federspiel 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).

  • Polynucleotides encoding insect plasma membrane ca2+ ATPase and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20060269938
    Abstract: The instant invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding insect plasma membrane calcium ATPase (PMCA), as well as PMCA polypeptides encoded thereby. The invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate a level of PMCA MRNA, polypeptide, or PMCA activity. Such agents are candidate insecticidal compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Nancy Federspiel, Jason Stricker, Meg Winberg, Hartmut Tintrup, Yie-Teh Yu, Lijuan Zhou, Narsimha Munagala
  • Generation of plants with altered oil content
    Publication number: 20060174374
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of an aconitase nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Jonathan Lightner, Stephanie Clendenen, Jeremy Coate, Nancy Federspiel
  • Generation of plants with altered oil content
    Publication number: 20060174375
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of a citrate synthase nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Jonathan Lightner, Stephanie Clendennen, Jeremy Coate, Nancy Federspiel
  • Generation of plants with altered oil content
    Publication number: 20050257288
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of an ICL nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Jonathan Lightner, Jeremy Coate, Stephanie Clendennen, Nancy Federspiel, Debra Schuster
  • Inhibitors of regulatory pathways
    Patent number: 6020121
    Abstract: Methods are provided for screening for potential inhibitors of bacterial, or other microbial, global pathogenesis gene regulators and other gene regulators. Methods are also provided for treating microbial (e.g., bacterial) infections using such inhibitors. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors. The screening methods involve detecting whether the activity of a global pathogenesis gene regulator is altered in the presence of a test compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Microcide Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Bao, Amy Boggs, Pamela R. Contag, Nancy A. Federspiel, Alan Hebert, Scott Hecker, Francois Malouin