Patents by Inventor Nicholas Provart

Nicholas Provart 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).

  • Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression
    Patent number: 8115058
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen A. Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • RICE PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF PLANT EXPRESSION
    Publication number: 20110225678
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen A. Goff, Fumlaki Kataglri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • ABIOTIC STRESS RESPONSIVE POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20100275333
    Abstract: Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors, expression cassettes, host cells, and plants containing such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for using such polynucleotides and polypeptides, for example, to alter the responsiveness of a plant to abiotic stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Joel Kreps, Steven P. Briggs, Stephen A. Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Todd Moughamer, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu, Robert Dietrich, Bret Cooper
  • Plant disease resistance genes
    Patent number: 7777097
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of producing plants with increased resistance to pathogen infection by expressing disease resistance genes in the plants and transgenic plants having enhanced pathogen resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Jane Glazebrook, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Stephen A. Goff, Todd Moughamer, Fumiyaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • RICE PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF PLANT EXPRESSION
    Publication number: 20090183283
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Arthur Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Jeol Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression
    Patent number: 7550578
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen A. Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression
    Publication number: 20070056055
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides
    Publication number: 20060075523
    Abstract: Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors, expression cassettes, host cells, and plants containing such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for using such polynucleotides and polypeptides, for example, to alter the responsiveness of a plant to abiotic stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Joel Kreps, Steven Briggs, Stephen Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Todd Moughamer, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu, Robert Dietrich, Bret Cooper
  • &agr;-Amylase-resistant polysaccharides, production method, use and foods containing these polysaccharides
    Patent number: 6696563
    Abstract: The invention relates to a production method of &agr;-amylase resistant polysaccharides with high RS content, comprising the following steps: a) producing a paste of water-insoluble poly-(1,4-&agr;-D-glucan) and water; b) heating the paste; c) cooling off and retrogradation of the past at a temperature that is lower than the temperature of the heated paste and d) optionally drying the resulting product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Celanese Ventures GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Bengs, Gisela Jacobasch, Detlef Schmiedl, Jörg Riesmeier, Martin Quanz, Michael Bäuerlein, Nicholas Provart
  • Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression
    Publication number: 20040016025
    Abstract: The invention provides a method to identify a plurality of plant promoters having a particular characteristic as well as the sequence of promoters having one of those characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Budworth, Todd Moughamer, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Arthur Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Identification and characterization of plant genes
    Publication number: 20040010815
    Abstract: Disclosed are polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences involved in or associated with isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: B. Markus Lange, Majid Ghassemian, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen Arthur Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Todd Moughamer, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke, Tong Zhu
  • Polysaccharides containing &agr;-1,4-glucan chains and method for producing same
    Patent number: 6677142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polysaccharides containing &agr;-1,4-glucan chains. According to the inventive method, a glucosyl group acceptor undergoes a chain prolongation reaction by reacting it with saccharose in the presence of an amylosaccharase. The amount of the glucosyl group acceptor in the reaction mixture is chosen in such a way that the mole ratio of the available ends of the glucosyl group acceptor to the saccharose is at least 1:1,000 and/or the weight ratio of the glucosyl group acceptor to the saccharose is at least 1:0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Celanese Ventures GmbH
    Inventors: Max Weissmüller, Martin Quanz, Nicholas Provart
  • Genes that are modulated by posttranscriptional gene silencing
    Publication number: 20030135888
    Abstract: The invention provides a method to identify genes that are modulated by posttranscriptional gene silencing as well as regulatory elements and methods to modulate gene expression by posttranscriptional gene silencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Tong Zhu, Xun Wang, Hur-Song Chang, Steven P. Briggs, Bret Cooper, Jane Glazebrook, Stephen A. Goff, Fumiaki Katagiri, Joel Kreps, Todd Moughamer, Nicholas Provart, Darrell Ricke
  • alpha-Amylase-resistant polysaccharides, production method, use and foods containing these polysaccharides
    Publication number: 20030004332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a production method of &agr;-amylase resistant polysaccharides with high RS content, comprising the following steps: a) producing a paste of water-insoluble poly-(1,4-&agr;-D-glucan) and water; b) heating the paste; c) cooling off and retrogradation of the past at a temperature that is lower than the temperature of the heated paste and d) optionally drying the resulting product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Holger Bengs, Gisela Jacobasch, Detlef Schmiedl, Jorg Riesmeier, Martin Quanz, Michael Bauerlein, Nicholas Provart
  • Method for preparing water-insoluble alpha-1, 4-glucans
    Publication number: 20020052029
    Abstract: An in-vitro method for producing water-insoluble &agr;-1,4-glucan is described, wherein saccharose is reacted in a buffer-free system using an amylosaccharase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Martin Quanz, Nicholas Provart, Ronald Banasiak