Patents by Inventor Nicholas Duck
Nicholas Duck 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: 9416367Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, or both and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants. In various embodiments, the vector construct includes one or more nucleic acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 38. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants. The invention also relates to methods of expressing in plants the nucleic acid molecules corresponding to the nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants or are modulated by nitrogen conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Iowa Corn Promotion BoardInventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Alissa Nicole Anthony, Vadim Beilinson, Jill Hinson
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Publication number: 20150096077Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, or both and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants. In various embodiments, the vector construct includes one or more nucleic acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 38. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants. The invention also relates to methods of expressing in plants the nucleic acid molecules corresponding to the nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants or are modulated by nitrogen conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Alissa Schawalder, Vadim Beilinson, Jill Hinson
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Publication number: 20140344999Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: ATHENIX CORPORATIONInventors: Nadine Carozzi, Michael G. Koziel, Nicholas Duck, Nalini M. Desai, Rong Guo, Daniel John Tomso, Rebekah Deter, Tracy Hargiss
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Patent number: 8829279Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Athenix CorporationInventors: Nadine Carozzi, Michael G. Koziel, Nicholas Duck, Nalini M. Desai, Rong Guo, Daniel John Tomso, Rebekah Deter, Tracy Hargiss
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Publication number: 20140249027Abstract: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicants: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC, E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: LINDA A. CASTLE, Yong Hong Chen, Nicholas Duck, Lorraine J. Giver, Rebecca Gorton, Cristina Ivy, Roger Kemble, Bill F. McCutchen, Jeremy Minshull, Phillip A. Patten, Daniel L. Siehl
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Patent number: 8692070Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, and/or alleviating a limitation such that yield is increased, or a combination of these and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including a synthetic N-acetyl glutamate kinase (NAGK) gene that modulates nitrogen use in plants. The invention also includes the overexpression and enzymatic characterization of an arginine-insensitive NAGK isolated from a bacterial strain that improves stress tolerance and nitrogen uptake, metabolism or both. In various embodiments, the vector construct includes one or more nucleic acid sequences including SEQ ID NO: 1. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Iowa Corn Promotion BoardInventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Philip Hammer, Laura Schouten
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Patent number: 8575425Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, or 4, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 9, 10, or 11, as well as variants and fragments thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Athenix CorporationInventors: Nalini Manoj Desai, Jill Hinson, Deepa Balasubramanian, Kimberly S. Sampson, Daniel J. Tomso, Duane Alan Lehtinen, Nicholas Duck, Rong Guo, Volker Heinrichs
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Publication number: 20120144520Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, or both and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants. In various embodiments, the vector construct comprises a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 38. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants. The invention also relates to methods of expressing in plants the nucleic acid molecules corresponding to the nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants or are modulated by nitrogen conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: IOWA CORN PROMOTION BOARDInventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Alissa Schawalder, Vadim Beilinson, Jill Hinson
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Patent number: 8147856Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Athenix Corp.Inventors: Nadine Carozzi, Nicholas Duck, Theodore Kahn, Nalini Desai, Shruti Agarwal, Daniel John Tomso, Rong Guo, Julia Daum
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Publication number: 20110252503Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, and/or alleviating a limitation such that yield is increased, or a combination of these and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including a synthetic N-acetyl glutamate kinase (NAGK) gene that modulates nitrogen use in plants. The invention also includes the overexpression and enzymatic characterization of an arginine-insensitive NAGK isolated from a bacterial strain that improves stress tolerance and nitrogen uptake, metabolism or both. In various embodiments, the vector construct includes one or more nucleic acid sequences including SEQ ID NO: 1. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: IOWA CORN PROMOTION BOARDInventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Philip Hammer, Laura Schouten
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Patent number: 7923602Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Athenix Corp.Inventors: Nadine Carozzi, Nicholas Duck, Theodore Kahn, Nalini Desai
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Publication number: 20110023184Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, or 4, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 9, 10, or 11, as well as variants and fragments thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Nalini Manoj Desai, Jill Hinson, Deepa Balasubramanian, Kimberly S. Sampson, Daniel J. Tomso, Duane Alan Lehtinen, Nicholas Duck, Rong Guo
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Publication number: 20100162433Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, or both and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants. In various embodiments, the vector construct includes one or more nucleic acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 38. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants. The invention also relates to methods of expressing in plants the nucleic acid molecules corresponding to the nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants or are modulated by nitrogen conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Alissa Schawalder, Vadim Beilinson, Jill Hinson
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Publication number: 20090181116Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: Athenix CorporationInventors: Nadine Carozzi, Nicholas Duck, Theodore Kahn, Nalini Desai, Shruti Agarwal, Daniel John Tomso, Rong Guo, Julia Daum
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Publication number: 20080070829Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: Athenix CorporationInventors: Nadine Carozzi, Michael Koziel, Nicholas Duck, Nalini Desai, Rong Guo, Daniel Tomso, Rebekah Deter, Tracy Hargiss
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Publication number: 20070294787Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Athenix CorporationInventors: Nadine Carozzi, Nicholas Duck, Theodore Kahn, Nalini Desai, Shruti Jain, Daniel Tomso, Rong Guo, Julia Thissen
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Publication number: 20070238646Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: Athenix CorporationInventors: Nadine Carozzi, Tracy Hargiss, Michael Koziel, Nicholas Duck, Brian Carr
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Publication number: 20070240239Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or 4, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 or 3, as well as variants thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: Athenix CorporationInventors: Nadine Carozzi, Tracy Hargiss, Michael Koziel, Nicholas Duck, Brian Carr
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Publication number: 20070218530Abstract: Compositions and methods for biomass conversion are provided. Compositions comprise novel enzyme mixtures that can be used directly on lignocellulose substrate. Methods involve converting lignocellulosic biomass to free sugars and small oligosaccharides with enzymes that break down lignocellulose. Novel combinations of enzymes are provided that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. Also provided are methods to identify enzymes, strains producing enzymes, or genes that encode enzymes capable of degrading lignocellulosic material to generate sugars.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2007Publication date: September 20, 2007Inventors: Nicholas Duck, Brian Carr, Michael Koziel, Nadine Carozzi, Brian Vande Berg
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Publication number: 20070107078Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to plant cells and bacterial cells are provided. The methods comprise transforming the cells with nucleotide sequences encoding herbicide resistance genes. In particular, herbicide resistance is conferred by expression of proteins with homology to decarboxylase enzymes. Compositions comprise transformed plants, plant tissues, and seeds, as well as transformed bacterial cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicant: Athenix CorporationInventors: Philip Hammer, Todd Hinson, Nicholas Duck, Michael Koziel