Patents by Inventor R. Eric Cerny

R. Eric Cerny 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).

  • Transgenic Plants with Enhanced Traits
    Publication number: 20170233755
    Abstract: This disclosure provides transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency and enhanced drought tolerance; propagules, progeny and field crops of such transgenic plants; and methods of making and using such transgenic plants. This disclosure also provides methods of producing hybrid seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mark Scott ABAD, Pranesh BADAMI, Amarjit BASRA, Erin BELL, Christopher P. BONIN, Paolo CASTIGLIONI, R. Eric CERNY, Jaishree M. CHITTOOR, Paul CHOMET, Todd DEZWAAN, Stephen DUFF, Michael D. EDGERTON, Barry S. GOLDMAN, Balasulojini KARUNANANDAA, Kempagangaiah KRISHNAMURTHY, Ping LI, Adrian A. LUND, Linda LUTFIYYA, Thomas M. MALVAR, Donald E. NELSON, Monnanda S. RAJANI, Dhanalakshmi RAMACHANDRA, Thomas G. RUFF, Sara SALVADOR, S. SANGEETHA, Char SHOBHA, Jeffrey M. STAUB, Virginia URSIN, Tyamagondlu V. VENKATESH, Kammaradi R. VIDYA, Xiaoyun WU, Sean YANG, Jianmin ZHAO
  • Transgenic Plants With Enhanced Agronomic Traits
    Publication number: 20160272994
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Thandoni Rao Ambika, Erin Bell, Kraig Brustad, R. Eric Cerny, Shobha Char, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Paul S. Chomet, Julie Davis, Molian Deng, Todd DeZwaan, Michael D. Edgerton, Karen Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Brian Hauge, Steve He, Jacqueline E. Heard, Alberto Iandolino, Ping Li, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Savitha Madappa, Brad McDill, Robert J. Meister, Peter Morrell, Anil Neelam, Marie Petracek, John Pitkin, M. S. Rajani, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Monica P. Ravanello, Maria F. Rodriguez, Thomas G. Ruff, Sangeetha Singh, Virginia Ursin, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi R. Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Xiaoyun Wu, Jianmin Zhao
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20160230183
    Abstract: This invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, transgenic plant nuclei and cells with such recombinant DNA construct for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Jeffery E. Ahrens, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Robert J. Bensen, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Paolo Castiglioni, R. Eric Cerny, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Maureen Daley, Jill Deikman, Molian Deng, Todd DeZwaan, Stephen Duff, Michael D. Edgerton, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Karen Gabbert, Meghan Galligan Donnarummo, Garrett J. Lee, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Steve He, Xianfeng Chen, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Paul Loida, Savitha Madappa, Robert J. Meister, Ming Peng, Donald E. Nelson, Anand Pandravada, Obed Patty, Marie Petracek, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Monica P. Ravanello, Richard Johnson, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A. Sanders, Beth Savidge, Steven H. Schwartz, Shobha Char, Padmini Sudarshana, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Virginia Ursin, Dale V. Val, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Todd C. Weber, Jingrui Wu, Wei Zheng, Zhidong Xie, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra
  • Yield and stress tolerance in transgenic plants IV
    Patent number: 8957282
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Neal I. Gutterson, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, R. Eric Cerny, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert J. Meister, Marie E. Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20130276161
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mark Abad, Erin Bell, R. Eric Cerny, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Molian Deng, Michael D. Edgerton, Karen K. Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Brian Hauge, Steve He, Jacqueline E. Heard, Ping Li, Linda Lutfiyya, Bradley McDill, Robert J. Meister, Peter Morrell, Anil Neelam, Marie Petracek, John Pitkin, M. S. Rajani, Maria F. Rodriguez, Thomas Ruff, T. V. Venkatesh, Xiaoyun Wu, Jianmin Zhao, Albert Iandolino, Monica Ravanello, Kraig Brustad, Paul Chomet, Julie Davis, Virginia Ursin, T. Ambika, Shobha Char, Savitha Madappa, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, S. Sangeetha, K. R. Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Todd Dezwaan
  • Cotton event MON 88913 and compositions and methods for detection thereof
    Patent number: 8435743
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cotton plant event MON 88913 compositions and seed. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the cotton plant event MON 88913 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: R. Eric Cerny, Can Duong, Jesse L. Hart, Scott A. Huber, Rachel L. Krieb, Jennifer J. Listello, Amy B. Martens, Bernard Sammons
  • COTTON EVENT MON 88913 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120149024
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cotton plant event MON 88913 compositions and seed. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the cotton plant event MON 88913 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: R. Eric Cerny, Can Duong, Jesse Hart, Scott A. Huber, Rachel L. Krieb, Jennifer J. Listello, Amy B. Martens, Bernard Sammons
  • Cotton event MON 88913 and compositions and methods for detection thereof
    Patent number: 8071735
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cotton plant event MON 88913 compositions and seed. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the cotton plant event MON 88913 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: R. Eric Cerny, Can Duong, Jesse L. Hart, Scott A. Huber, Rachel L. Krieb, Jennifer J. Listello, Amy B. Martens, Bernard Sammons
  • Yield and stress tolerance in transgenic plants II
    Patent number: 8071846
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignees: Monsanto Company, Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Neal I. Gutterson, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, R. Eric Cerny, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert J. Meister, Marie E. Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
  • METHOD OF SELECTING DNA CONSTRUCTS FOR HERBICIDE TOLERANCE IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20110271399
    Abstract: An improved method for selecting among DNA constructs conferring herbicide tolerance for those which confer superior vegetative and reproductive tolerance in crop plants. Additionally, an improved method for selecting among DNA constructs conferring herbicide tolerance for those which confer superior tolerance in vegetative tissues of crop plants but little or no tolerance in male reproductive tissues of crop plants for the purpose of producing male sterile plants useful in a hybrid crop production system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: R. Eric Cerny, Sophia Y. (Yuan Chia) Chen, Jeanne G. Layton, Bernard Sammons, R. Douglas Sammons
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20110265221
    Abstract: This invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, transgenic plant nuclei and cells with such recombinant DNA construct for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mark Abad, Jeffrey E. Ahrens, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Robert J. Bensen, Paolo Castiglioni, R. Eric Cerny, Shobha Char, Xianfeng Chen, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Maureen Daley, Jill Deikman, Molian Deng, Todd Dezwaan, Stephen Duff, Michael D. Edgerton, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Karen K. Gabbert, Meghan Galligan Donnarummo, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Steve He, G. Richard Johnson, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Garrett J. Lee, Paul Loida, Savitha Madappa, Robert J. Meister, Donald E. Nelson, Anand Pandravada, Obed Patty, Ming Peng, Marie Petracek, M.S. Rajani, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Monica Ravanello, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A. Sanders, Beth Savidge, Steven H. Schwartz, Padmini Sudarshana, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Virginia Ursin, Dale L. Val, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, T.V. Venkatesh, K.R. Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Todd C. Weber, Jingrui Wu, Zhidong Xie, Wei Zheng
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20110252501
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Mark Abad, Molian Deng, Sephen Duff, Mary Fernandes, Karen K. Gabbert, Julie A. Alvarez, Kristen A. Bennett, Paolo Castiglioni, Jill Deikman, Jason Fenner, Danyang Ke, Barry S. Goldman, Qungang Qi, Thomas G. Ruff, Rebecca L. Thompason-Mize, Jingrui Wu, Thomas R. Adams, Robert Bensen, Jacqueline E. Heard, Donald E. Nelson, Erin Bell, R. Eric Cerny, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Bradon J. Fabbri, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, John R. LeDeaux, Xianfeng Chen, Meghan Galligan-Donnarummo, Deborah J. Hawkins, Garrett J. Lee, Obed Patty, Rick A. Sanders, Beth Savidge, Dale L. Val, Wei Zheng, Thomas J. Savage, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Sreekanta Suma, Jindong Sun, Tymagondlu Venkatesh, Nanfei Xu, Mahindra Anuradha, Alice Clara Augustine, Farah Deeba, Ramachandra Dhanalakshmi, Savitha Madappa, Badami S. Pranesh, M. S. Rajani, G. Ramamohan, S. Sangeetha, Char Shobha, Padmini Sudarshana, K. R. Vidva, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tymagondlu Venkatesh
  • Method of selecting DNA constructs for herbicide tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 7977046
    Abstract: An improved method for selecting among DNA constructs conferring herbicide tolerance for those which confer superior vegetative and reproductive tolerance in crop plants. Additionally, an improved method for selecting among DNA constructs conferring herbicide tolerance for those which confer superior tolerance in vegetative tissues of crop plants but little or no tolerance in male reproductive tissues of crop plants for the purpose of producing male sterile plants useful in a hybrid crop production system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: R. Eric Cerny, Sophia Y. (Yun Chia) Chen, Jeanne G. Layton, Bernard Sammons, R. Douglas Sammons
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20110004955
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mark Abad, Erin Bell, R. Eric Cerny, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Molian Deng, Michael D. Edgerton, Karen K. Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Brian Hauge, Steve He, Jacqueline E. Heard, Ping Li, Linda Lutfiyya, Bradley McDill, Robert J. Meister, Peter Morrell, Anil Neelam, Marie Petracek, John Pitkin, M. S. Rajani, Maria F. Rodriguez, Thomas Ruff, T. V. Venkatesh, Xiaoyun Wu, Jianmin Zhao, Albert Iandolino, Monica Ravanello, Kraig Brustad, Paul Chomet, Julie Davis, Virginia Ursin, T. Ambika, Shobha Char, Savitha Madappa, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, S. Sangeetha, K. R. Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Todd Dezwaan
  • YIELD AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS II
    Publication number: 20100192249
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. CREELMAN, Neal I. Gutterson, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, R. Eric Cerny, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert J. Meister, Marie E. Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
  • YIELD AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS III
    Publication number: 20100186105
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Neal I. Gutterson, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, R. Eric Cerny, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert J. Meister, Marie E. Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
  • YIELD AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS IV
    Publication number: 20100186106
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Neal I. Gutterson, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, R. Eric Cerny, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert J. Meister, Marie E. Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
  • Yield and stress tolerance in transgenic plants
    Patent number: 7692067
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignees: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc., Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Robert Creelman, Neal I. Gutterson, Oliver Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, R. Eric Cerny, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert Meister, Marie Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
  • Cotton event MON 88913 and compositions and methods for detection thereof
    Publication number: 20080274889
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cotton plant MON 88913 compositions and seed. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the cotton plant event MON 88913 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: R. Eric Cerny, Can Duong, Jesse Hart, Scott A. Huber, Rachel L. Krieb, Jennifer J. Listello, Amy B. Martens, Bernard Sammons
  • Cotton event MON 88913 and compositions and methods for detection thereof
    Patent number: 7381861
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cotton plant event MON 88913 compositions and seed. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the cotton plant event MON 88913 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: R. Eric Cerny, Can Duong, Jesse L. Hart, Scott A. Huber, Rachel L. Krieb, Jennifer J. Listello, Amy B. Martens, Bernard Sammons