Patents by Inventor Noel Cogan

Noel Cogan 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: 20250011802
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods for the modification of plant cells, e.g., cannabis plant cells, using RNA interference (RNAi), and cells that have been modified to express mediators of RNAi, e.g., short interfering RNA (siRNA). The present disclosure further relates to plants comprising the modified cells and products derived from the plants, e.g., plant material and extracts derived therefrom and methods for selecting siRNA for altering the expression of one or more cannabinoid biosynthesis genes, such as THCAS, CBCAS or CBDAS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Lennon James Matchett-Oates, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg, Ehab Ibrahim Ahmed Mohamaden
  • Publication number: 20230125534
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to targeted gene editing constructs, including methods of designing a DNA-recognition moiety for modulation of gene expression in plants, DNA-recognition moieties, gene editing constructs, methods for the modulation of gene expression in plants using gene editing constructs, and plants or regenerable plant cells produced therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ehab Ibrahim Ahmed Mohamaden, Lennon James Matchett-Oates, Shivraj Kaur Braich, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Publication number: 20230002838
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods useful to the production of cannabis plants, including methods for determining the sex of a cannabis plant, methods for determining the developmental stage of a female cannabis plant inflorescence, methods for monitoring the development of female cannabis plant inflorescence, methods for standardising the harvesting of female cannabis plants, methods for selecting a female cannabis plant for harvest and methods for selecting a hypoallergenic cannabis plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Noel Cogan, Shivraj Kaur Braich, Larry Stephen Jewell, German Carlos Spangenberg, Rebecca C. Baillie
  • Publication number: 20220187328
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of determining the terpene profile of cannabis plant material, specifically through use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Extraction methods include liquid based extraction methods, specifically hexane based liquid extraction methods, and headspace extraction methods, specifically static headspace extraction and headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME). Static headspace and HS-SPME are shown to be better for monoterpene extraction, and hexane based liquid extraction for sesquiterpene extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg, Christian Krill
  • Publication number: 20220046877
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an artificial plant seed and to its use for plant propagation, in particular, for the propagation of cannabis plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Noel Cogan, Ehab Ibrahim Ahmed Mohamaden, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Publication number: 20220051760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to determining the chemotype profile of cannabis plant material through determining cannabinoid content of the plant material using near infrared spectroscopy. The invention also involves the training of a classifier to determine the chemotype profile of a cannabis plant from the spectroscopic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg, Doris Sanjeeta Ram
  • Patent number: 11224181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Poaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods. The present invention also relates to expression of self-gamete recognition genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs, molecular markers and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shinozuka, Noel Cogan, John White Forster, German Carlos Spangenberg, Nicola Patron, Yidong Ran, Luke Pembleton
  • Publication number: 20220000056
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to new cannabis plants, including parts, extracts and uses thereof, comprising a cannabinoid profile enriched for total THC (i.e., ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), total CBG (i.e., cannabigerol (CBG) and cannabigerolic acid (CBGA)), and total THCV (i.e., tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) and tetrahydrocannabivarinic acid (THCVA)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Publication number: 20210400895
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new Cannabis plants, including parts, extracts and uses thereof, comprising a cannabinoid profile enriched for total THC (i.e., ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA)) and total CBG (i.e., cannabigerol (CBG) and cannabigerolic acid (CBGA)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Publication number: 20210400894
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to new Cannabis plants, including parts, extracts and uses thereof, comprising a cannabinoid profile enriched for total CBD (i.e., cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Carlos Spangenberg
  • Publication number: 20210386031
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to new cannabis plants, including parts, extracts and uses thereof, comprising a cannabinoid profile enriched for total CBD (i.e., cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA)) and for total THC (i.e., ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Christopher Elkins, Simone Jane Rochfort, Noel Cogan, German Caries Spangenberg
  • Publication number: 20210204503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to medicinal cannabis plants, and cannabis plant-derived products. In particular, the present invention relates to medicinal cannabis plants having a desired cannabinoid content, methods of selecting cannabis plants having a desired cannabinoid content, chemotype and/or sex, extraction therefrom, and uses thereof. The present invention also relates to genetic markers for identifying and selecting cannabis plants having a desired chemotype and/or sex and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Noel COGAN, Simone Jane ROCHFORT, German Carlos SPANGENBERG, Larry Stephen JEWELL
  • Publication number: 20210092933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behaviour with symbionts, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby, such as plant or grass and endophyte symbiota. Multiple symbionts are deployed in multiple organsims and selected for improved symbiotic compatibility and performance early in the breeding process. Methods include producing improved organisms from germplasm, by inoculating host organism germplasm libraries with symbionts seleced from symbiont libraries and selecting improved host organisms exhibiting desired symbiota characteristics, and selection of organism-symbiont associations with a desired genetic and metabolic profile by metagenomic analysis of nucleic acid libraries from an organism or organism-symbiont.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, John White Forster, Noel Cogan, Yidong Ran, John Gregory Mason, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ben Hayes, Matthew James Hayden, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Simone Jane Rochfort, Ben Cocks, Hans Dieter Daetwyler
  • Patent number: 10961540
    Abstract: A method of gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD3 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD3 gene in a cell, to generate a break in the FAD3 gene and then ligating into the break a nucleic acid molecule associated with one or more traits of interest is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel Cogan, John Forster, Matthew Hayden, Tim Sawbridge, German Spangenberg, Steven R. Webb, Manju Gupta, W. Michael Ainley, Matthew J. Henry, Jeffrey C. Miller, Dmitry Y. Guschin
  • Patent number: 10640779
    Abstract: An Engineered Transgene Integration Platform (ETIP) is described that can be inserted randomly or at targeted locations in plant genomes to facilitate rapid selection and detection of a GOI that is perfectly targeted (both the 5? and 3? ends) at the ETIP genomic location. One element in the subject disclosure is the introduction of specific double stranded breaks within the ETIP. In some embodiments, an ETIP is described using zinc finger nuclease binding sites, but may utilize other targeting technologies such as meganucleases, CRISPRs, TALs, or leucine zippers. Also described are compositions of, and methods for producing, transgenic plants wherein the donor or payload DNA expresses one or more products of an exogenous nucleic acid sequence (e.g. protein or RNA) that has been stably-integrated into an ETIP in a plant cell. In embodiments, the ETIP facilitates testing of gene candidates and plant expression vectors from ideation through Development phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Noel Cogan, John Forster, Matthew Hayden, Tim Sawbridge, German Spangenberg, Steven R. Webb, Manju Gupta, W. Mike Ainley, Matthew J. Henry, John Mason, Sandeep Kumar, Stephen Novak
  • Patent number: 10631516
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behaviour with symbionts, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby, such as plant or grass and endophyte symbiota. Multiple symbionts are deployed in multiple organisms and selected for improved symbiotic compatibility and performance early in the breeding process. Methods include producing improved organisms from germplasm, by inoculating host organism germplasm libraries with symbionts selected from symbiont libraries and selecting improved host organisms exhibiting desired symbiota characteristics, and selection of organism-symbiont associations with a desired genetic and metabolic profile by metagenomic analysis of nucleic acid libraries from an organism or organism-symbiont association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, John White Forster, Noel Cogan, Yidong Ran, John Gregory Mason, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Simone Jane Rochfort, Ben Cocks
  • Publication number: 20200087671
    Abstract: A method of gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD3 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD3 gene in a cell, to generate a break in the FAD3 gene and then ligating into the break a nucleic acid molecule associated with one or more traits of interest is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Noel Cogan, John Forster, Matthew Hayden, Tim Sawbridge, German Spangenberg, Steven R. Webb, Manju Gupta, W. Michael Ainley, Matthew J. Henry, Jeffrey C. Miller, Dmitry Y. Guschin
  • Patent number: 10577616
    Abstract: A method of gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD2 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD2 gene in a cell, to generate a break in the FAD2 gene and then ligating into the break a nucleic acid molecule associated with one or more traits of interest is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel Cogan, John Forster, Matthew Hayden, Tim Sawbridge, German Spangenberg, Steven R. Webb, Manju Gupta, W. Michael Ainley, Matthew J. Henry, Jeffrey C. Miller, Dmitry Y. Guschin
  • Patent number: 10526610
    Abstract: A method of gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD3 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD3 gene in a cell, to generate a break in the FAD3 gene and then ligating into the break a nucleic acid molecule associated with one or more traits of interest is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel Cogan, John Forster, Matthew Hayden, Tim Sawbridge, German Spangenberg, Steven R. Webb, Manju Gupta, W. Michael Ainley, Matthew J. Henry, Jeffrey C. Miller, Dmitry Y. Guschin
  • Publication number: 20190246593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Poaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods. The present invention also relates to expression of self-gamete recognition genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs, molecular markers and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd, Dairy Australia Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shinozuka, Noel Cogan, John White Forster, German Carlos Spangenberg, Nicola Patron, Yidong Ran, Luke Pembleton