Patents by Inventor Nicholas Baltes

Nicholas Baltes 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).

  • Publication number: 20230212538
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modifying the 3? untranslated region or coding sequence of endogenous genes using rare-cutting endonucleases and donor molecules. The methods and compositions described herein can be used to modify the coding sequence of endogenous genes or to facilitate early termination of transcripts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas BALTES
  • Publication number: 20230190962
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modifying the expression of endogenous genes or modifying the coding sequence of endogenous genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas BALTES
  • Patent number: 11312972
    Abstract: Materials and methods are provided for making plants with altered levels of amino acids, particularly by making controlled frameshift mutations in genes that are highly expressed in plant leaves or plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Cellectis
    Inventors: Nicholas Baltes, Song Luo
  • Publication number: 20210355502
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modifying the coding sequence of endogenous genes using rare-cutting endonucleases. The methods and compositions described herein can be used to modify the endogenous USH2A gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas BALTES
  • Publication number: 20210317436
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modifying the coding sequence of endogenous genes using rare-cutting endonucleases. The methods and compositions described herein can be used to modify the endogenous von Willebrand factor gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas BALTES
  • Publication number: 20210079412
    Abstract: Materials and methods are provided for making plants (e.g., Triticum varieties) with increased levels of dietary fiber, such as by making TALE nuclease-induced mutations in alleles encoding starch branching enzyme IIa (SBEIIa) and starch branching enzyme IIb (SBEIIb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas BALTES, Javier GIL HUMANES
  • Publication number: 20190359992
    Abstract: Materials and methods for changing expression of a gene product in a plant are provided, and in an embodiment for creating herbicide tolerant plants are described herein. The methods provide for inserting into a plant genome, at a different locus than an endogenous gene, a genomic or coding sequence of the gene, which may be modified, into a genetic location that is different from the endogenous gene and where there is a desired transcriptional activity. The methods described herein can include the targeted insertion of an endogenous 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase gene into a genomic locus that enables sufficient expression to confer herbicide tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Nicholas Baltes
  • Publication number: 20190264220
    Abstract: Materials and methods are provided for making plants with altered levels of amino acids, particularly by making controlled frameshift mutations in genes that are highly expressed in plant leaves or plant seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Baltes, Song Luo
  • Publication number: 20150225734
    Abstract: Systems and methods for gene targeting in plants, including systems and methods that include the use of geminiviruses and customizable endonucleases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Daniel F. Voytas, Nicholas Baltes