Patents by Inventor Paul Richard Graupner

Paul Richard Graupner 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).

  • Identification and characterization of the spinactin biosysnthesis gene cluster from spinosyn producing
    Patent number: 9631195
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns methods for producing a spinosyn producing host cell that comprises modifying a nucleic acid molecule encoding for spinactin by introducing, mutating, deleting, replacing or inactivating a nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more activities of a polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule. Methods for producing a modified Saccharopolyspora spinosa organism or strain are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Nadaraj Palaniappan, Paul Lewer, Paul Richard Graupner
  • Spinosyn-producing polyketide synthases
    Patent number: 9137992
    Abstract: The invention provides, biologically active spinosyns, hybrid spinosyn polyketide synthases capable of functioning in Saccharopolyspora spinosa to produce the spinosyns, and methods of controlling insects using the spinosyns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Dow AgroScienceas LLC
    Inventors: Lesley S. Burns, Paul Richard Graupner, Paul Lewer, Christine J. Martin, William A. Vousden, Clive Waldron, Barnie Wilkinson
  • SPINOSYN-PRODUCING POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES
    Publication number: 20140080777
    Abstract: The invention provides, biologically active spinosyns, hybrid spinosyn polyketide synthases capable of functioning in Saccharopolyspora spinosa to produce the spinosyns, and methods of controlling insects using the spinosyns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Lesley S. Burns, Paul Richard Graupner, Paul Lewer, Christine J. Martin, William A. Vousden, Clive Waldron, Barnie Wilkinson
  • Use of malonomicin and analogs in fungicidal applications
    Patent number: 7887827
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of malonomicin compounds and derivatives in fungicidal applications and to new derivatives of malonomicin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Todd Lowell Werk, Carl Evan Snipes, Paul Richard Graupner, Cathy Lynn Peacock, Eleanor Lougee Chapin, William Kirkland Brewster, Frederick Richard Green, III
  • Methylidene mevalonates and their use as herbicides
    Patent number: 7393812
    Abstract: Methylidene mevalonic acid, a material isolated from a fungal extract, and its primary alcohol and carboxylic acid derivatives, are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control. These materials are useful for weed control and for the cultivation of organically grown crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Ben Clifford Gerwick, III, Paul Richard Graupner, Stephen Craig Fields, Paul Richard Schmitzer, William Kirkland Brewster