Patents by Inventor Patricia Ann Owens Merlo

Patricia Ann Owens Merlo 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).

  • Sugarcane bacilliform viral (SCBV) enhancer and its use in plant functional genomics
    Patent number: 10077450
    Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Cory Larsen, Scott A. Bevan, John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William Michael Ainley, Mark Allen Thompson
  • Root specific expression conferred by chimeric gene regulatory elements
    Patent number: 9909133
    Abstract: Provided are constructs and methods for expressing a transgene in plant cells and/or plant tissues using chimeric gene regulatory elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Ronnie Hampton, Jr., Cory Larsen, Aaron Woosley
  • ROOT SPECIFIC EXPRESSION CONFERRED BY CHIMERIC GENE REGULATORY ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20150247155
    Abstract: Provided are constructs and methods for expressing a transgene in plant cells and/or plant tissues using chimeric gene regulatory elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Patricia Ann OWENS MERLO, Ronnie HAMPTON, JR., Cory LARSEN, Aaron WOOSLEY
  • SUGARCANE BACILLIFORM VIRAL (SCBV) ENHANCER AND ITS USE IN PLANT FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
    Publication number: 20150059021
    Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Cory Larsen, Scott A. Bevan, John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William Michael Ainley, Mark Allen Thompson
  • Compositions and method for modulation of gene expression in plants
    Publication number: 20030014775
    Abstract: An enzymatic nucleic acid molecule with RNA cleaving activity, wherein said nucleic acid molecule modulates the expression of an gene in a plant. A transgenic plant comprising nucleic acids encoding for an enzymatic nucleic acid molecule with RNA cleaving activity, wherein said nucleic acid molecule modulates the expression of a gene in said plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Zwick, Brent V. Edington, James A. McSwiggen, Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Lining Guo, Thomas A. Skokut, Scott A. Young, Otto Folkerts, Donald J. Merlo
  • Nucleic acid encoding delta-9 desaturase
    Patent number: 6350934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding delta 9 desaturase gene, and expression vectors, plant cells, and transgenic plants expressing delta 9 desaturase nucleic acid. The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used, for example, to decrease delta 9 desaturase activity in plant cells, resulting in decreased unsaturated fatty acid production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignees: Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc., DowElanco
    Inventors: Michael G. Zwick, Brent E. Edington, James A. McSwiggen, Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Lining Guo, Thomas A. Skokut, Scott A. Young, Otto Folkerts, Donald J. Merlo