Patents by Inventor Neal Gutterson

Neal Gutterson 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).

  • Patent number: 7659446
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley K. Sherman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Oliver Ratcliffe, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Luc J. Adam, Lynne Reuber, James S. Keddie, Arnold Dubell, Omaira Pineda, Peter P. Repetti, Karen S. Century, Neal Gutterson, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun, Roderick Kumimoto, Marsha L. Pilgrim
  • Publication number: 20080010703
    Abstract: Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer increased yield, greater height, greater early season growth, greater canopy coverage, greater stem diameter, greater late season vigor, increased secondary rooting, more rapid germination, greater cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, reduced stomatal conductance, altered C/N sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, increased low phosphorus tolerance, or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to the control plant as compared to a control plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Creelman, Neal Gutterson, Oliver Ratcliffe, T. Reuber, R. Cerny, Kimberly Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert Meister, Marie Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
  • Publication number: 20070240243
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved abiotic stress tolerance, such as drought stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods to identify related sequences and is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacqueline Heard, Jose Riechmann, Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger Canales, Peter Repetti, Roderick Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, T. Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Bradley Sherman
  • Publication number: 20070226839
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including resistance to disease and tolerance to low nitrogen, drought, and other abiotic stresses, as compared to wild-type or control plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology
    Inventors: Neal Gutterson, Oliver Ratcliffe, Emily Queen, T. Reuber, Karen Century, Roger Canales
  • Publication number: 20060272060
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved tolerance to drought, shade, and low nitrogen conditions, as compared to wild-type or reference plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology
    Inventors: Jacqueline Heard, Jose Riechmann, Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger Canales, Peter Repetti, Roderick Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, T. Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Bradley Sherman, Tracy Morrison, James Keddie, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Karen Century, Luc Adam, James Zhang, Frederick Hempel, Jeffrey Libby
  • Publication number: 20060242738
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology
    Inventors: Bradley Sherman, Jose Riechmann, Oliver Ratcliffe, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Volker Haake, Robert Creelman, Luc Adam, Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Omaira Pineda, Peter Repetti, Karen Century, Neal Gutterson, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun, Roderick Kumimoto, Marsha Pilgrim
  • Patent number: 7109393
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting target gene expression, by expressing in a cell a nucleic acid construct comprising an inverted repeat and a sense or antisense region having substantial sequence identity to a target gene, wherein the inverted repeat is unrelated to the target gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal Gutterson, Paul Oeller
  • Publication number: 20060015972
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having improved abiotic stress tolerance, such as drought stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods to identify related sequences and is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacqueline Heard, Jose Riechmann, Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger Canales, Peter Repetti, Roderick Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, T. Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Bradley Sherman
  • Publication number: 20060008874
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, variants of naturally-occurring sequences, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including improved cold and other osmotic stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. The invention also pertains to expression systems that may be used to regulate these transcription factor polynucleotides, providing constitutive, transient, inducible and tissue-specific regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Mendel biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, T. Reuber, Jeffrey Libby
  • Publication number: 20050155117
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including disease stress and abiotic stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or control plants. The invention also pertains to expression systems that may be used to regulate these transcription factor polynucleotides, providing constitutive, transient, inducible and tissue-specific regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Century, Emily Queen, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger Canales, Neal Gutterson
  • Publication number: 20050097638
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including increased biomass or improved cold or other osmotic stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. The invention also pertains to expression systems that may be used to regulate these transcription factor polynucleotides, providing constitutive, transient, inducible and tissue-specific regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Neal Gutterson, Frederick Hempel, Roderick Kumimoto, James Keddie, Bradley Sherman, Jeffrey Libby
  • Publication number: 20050086718
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant, including improved abiotic stress tolerance. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods to identify related sequences and is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacqueline Heard, James Keddie, Robert Creelman, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, Bradley Sherman
  • Publication number: 20040098764
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including improved drought and other osmotic stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods to identify related sequences and is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, T. Lynne Reuber, Omaira Pineda, Jeffrey M. Libby, Bradley K. Sherman
  • Publication number: 20030082580
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of selecting and transforming plant cells in large scale in vitro liquid cultures. In some methods of the invention, cells are selected that comprise a suppressive nucleic acid sequence that suppresses the effect of a target gene that impairs cellular function in the cell. In other embodiments, the methods are directed to identifying nucleic acids that encode polypeptides that physically interact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Engler, Steven Scofield, Neal Gutterson, Peter John Balint-Kurti
  • Patent number: 6521458
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for eliminating plants containing non-T-DNA sequences derived from a T-DNA vector. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for killing plant cells that receive non-T-DNA sequences based on incorporation of a lethal polynucleotide sequence into the non-T-DNA portion of the vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Gutterson, William G. Hanson
  • Publication number: 20030018993
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting target gene expression, by expressing in a cell a nucleic acid construct comprising an inverted repeat and a sense or antisense region having substantial sequence identity to a target gene, wherein the inverted repeat is unrelated to the target gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Neal Gutterson, Paul Oeller
  • Patent number: 6452067
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for identifying plant cells that exhibit post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) of a chosen gene. The methods involve the use of suppression-sensitive reporter genes that, when introduced into plant cells, are expressed at a lower level in cells that exhibit PTGS than in cells that are not silenced for the particular gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Bedbrook, Neal Gutterson, Paul W. Oeller
  • Patent number: 6392119
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for inhibiting the growth or killing cell in an organism, particularly plants. Genetically engineered cells and which allow for killing or provision of a beneficial effect to specified cells are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Gutterson, Ed Ralston
  • Publication number: 20020002712
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetically altered plants and plant cells that have been modified to contain expression system(s) capable of expressing a functional polyketide synthase (PKS). The present invention further provides methods of producing PKS and polyketides using these plants and cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Mary C. Betlach, James T. Kealey, Neal Gutterson, Ed Ralston
  • Patent number: 6262340
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetically altered plants and plant cells that have been modified to contain expression system(s) capable of expressing a functional polyketide synthase (PKS). The present invention further provides methods of producing PKS and polyketides using these plants and cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Kosan Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary C. Betlach, James T. Kealey, Neal Gutterson, Ed Ralston