Patents by Inventor Oliver Ratcliffe
Oliver Ratcliffe 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: 7598429Abstract: 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 or control plant, including increased plant size, seed size, increased leaf size, lignification, water deprivation tolerance, cold tolerance, or altered flowering time. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda
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Publication number: 20090192305Abstract: This invention relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide transcription factor sequences that are of use for the transformation of plants. The AP2 transcription factors include G979, polynucleotide and polypeptide SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, respectively, and phylogenetically-related sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jose Luis Riechmann, Oliver Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, Robert A. Creelman, Luc J. Adam, Roderick W. Kumimoto
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Publication number: 20090138981Abstract: Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver Ratcliffe, Karen S. Century, Katherine Krolikowski, Robert A. Creelman, Frederick D. Hempel, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Luc J. Adam, Neal I. Gutterson, Roger Canales, Emily L. Queen, Jennifer M. Costa
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Patent number: 7511190Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, James Zhang, Gregory Nadzan
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Patent number: 7345217Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2003Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: James Zhang, Michael E. Fromm, Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Luc Adam, Pierre E. Broun, Omaira Pineda, T. Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Guo-Liang Yu, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Raymond Samaha, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Robert A. Creelman, Arnold N. DuBell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Bradley K. Sherman
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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: 20070209086Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: Oliver Ratcliffe, Jose Riechmann, Luc Adam, Arnold Dubell, Jacqueline Heard, Marsha Pilgrim, Cai-Zhong Jiang, T. Reuber, Robert Creelman, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun
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Publication number: 20070199107Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotides encoding CCAAT-binding transcription factor polypeptides that modulate the onset of reproductive development in plants. Polynucleotides encoding functional CCAAT-binding transcription factors were incorporated into expression vectors, introduced into plants, and ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention significantly shortened the time to flower development in the transgenic plants, as compared to the flowering time of control plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Peter Repetti, T. Reuber, Robert Creelman, Frederick Hempel
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Publication number: 20070186308Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: T. Reuber, Jose Riechmann, Jacqueline Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Luc Adam, Arnold Dubell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre Broun
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Patent number: 7238860Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver Ratcliffe, Jose Luis Riechmann, Luc J. Adam, Arnold N. DuBell, Jacqueline E. Heard, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Cai-Zhong Jiang, T. Lynne Reuber, Robert A. Creelman, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre E. Broun
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Publication number: 20070101454Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: Mendel BiotechnologyInventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert Creelman, Luc Adam, T. Reuber, Jose Riechmann, Volker Haake, Arnold DuBell, James Keddie, Bradley Shermann
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Patent number: 7196245Abstract: 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. These properties include increased biomass and increased tolerance to cold, water deprivation, and low nitrogen conditions.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert A. Creelman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Volker Haake
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Patent number: 7193129Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: T. Lynne Reuber, Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Luc J. Adam, Arnold N. DuBell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre E. Broun
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Publication number: 20070061911Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2003Publication date: March 15, 2007Inventors: James Zhang, Michael Fromm, Jacqueline Heard, Jose Riechmann, Luc Adam, Pierre Broun, Omaira Pineda, T. Reuber, James Keddie, Guo-Liang Yu, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Raymond Samaha, Marsha Pilgrim, Robert Creelman, Arnold DuBell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick Kumimoto, Bradley Sherman
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Publication number: 20070033671Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2003Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, Robert Creelman, Luc Adam, T. Reuber, Jose Riechmann, Volker Haake, Arnold DuBell, James Keddie, Bradley Sherman
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Publication number: 20070022495Abstract: The invention is directed to transgenic plants transformed with nucleic acids that encode a plant transcription factor that increases the transgenic plant's size and yield and/or delays flowering in the plant, and methods of using and producing the transgenic plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: T. Reuber, Oliver Ratcliffe, Thomas Ruff, Rebecca Thompson-Mize, Jindong Sun
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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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Patent number: 7135616Abstract: 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 and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Robert A. Creelman, James Keddie, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Arnold N. DuBell, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre E. Broun