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).
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Patent number: 7659446Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 25, 2004Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20080010703Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20070240243Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2003Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20070226839Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: Neal Gutterson, Oliver Ratcliffe, Emily Queen, T. Reuber, Karen Century, Roger Canales
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Publication number: 20060272060Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20060242738Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2004Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: 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
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Patent number: 7109393Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 7, 2001Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Neal Gutterson, Paul Oeller
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Publication number: 20060015972Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2003Publication date: January 19, 2006Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20060008874Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2004Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: Mendel biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, T. Reuber, Jeffrey Libby
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Publication number: 20050155117Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Karen Century, Emily Queen, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roger Canales, Neal Gutterson
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Publication number: 20050097638Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Neal Gutterson, Frederick Hempel, Roderick Kumimoto, James Keddie, Bradley Sherman, Jeffrey Libby
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Publication number: 20050086718Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: April 21, 2005Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline Heard, James Keddie, Robert Creelman, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Neal Gutterson, Bradley Sherman
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Publication number: 20040098764Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20030082580Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Applicant: DNA Plant Technology CorporationInventors: Dean Engler, Steven Scofield, Neal Gutterson, Peter John Balint-Kurti
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Patent number: 6521458Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 1999Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: DNA Plant Technology CorporationInventors: Neal Gutterson, William G. Hanson
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Publication number: 20030018993Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Neal Gutterson, Paul Oeller
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Patent number: 6452067Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 1998Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: DNA Plant Technology CorporationInventors: John R. Bedbrook, Neal Gutterson, Paul W. Oeller
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Patent number: 6392119Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 1998Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: DNA Plant Technology CorporationInventors: Neal Gutterson, Ed Ralston
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Publication number: 20020002712Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: January 3, 2002Inventors: Mary C. Betlach, James T. Kealey, Neal Gutterson, Ed Ralston
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Patent number: 6262340Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 10, 1998Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Kosan Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: Mary C. Betlach, James T. Kealey, Neal Gutterson, Ed Ralston