Patents by Inventor Richard Bailey Flavell

Richard Bailey Flavell 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).

  • Methods for efficient tomato genome editing
    Patent number: 11926835
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to improvements in methods for efficient editing of two or more endogenous tomato genes by insertion of one or more single stranded DNA donor molecules that are not homologous to the insertion sites in the tomato genome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Tomá{hacek over (s)} {hacek over (C)}ermák, Richard Bailey Flavell, Eva Konecna, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Jennifer A. Raji, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John Patrick Casey, Jr., Michael Andreas Kock
  • METHODS OF USE OF SEED-ORIGIN ENDOPHYTE POPULATIONS
    Publication number: 20240074440
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed-origin bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal seeds and/or seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Slavica Djonovic, Luis Miguel Marquez, David Morris Johnston, Yves Alain Millet, Jeffrey Lyford, Alexander Naydich, Craig Sadowski
  • Heterologous integration of regulatory elements to alter gene expression in wheat cells and wheat plants
    Patent number: 11866719
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to precise modifications in wheat plant genomes including the heterologous integration of nucleic acid sequences that include a regulatory element at a predetermined locus. Also provided are wheat cells, wheat plants, wheat seeds, and processed wheat products comprising the modified wheat genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Tomá{hacek over (s)} Cermák, Richard Bailey Flavell, Michael Andreas Kock, Eva Konecna, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Jennifer Raji, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John P. Casey, Jr., Jonathan Dallas George Jones
  • Methods for efficient soybean genome editing
    Patent number: 11802288
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to improvements in methods for efficient editing of two or more endogenous soybean genes by insertion of one or more single stranded DNA donor molecules that are not homologous to the insertion sites in the soybean genome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Tomáš Cermák, Richard Bailey Flavell, Eva Konecna, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Jennifer A. Raji, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John P. Casey, Jr., Michael Andreas Kock
  • Methods of use of seed-origin endophyte populations
    Patent number: 11793202
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed-origin bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal seeds and/or seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Indigo Ag, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Slavica Djonovic, Luis Miguel Marquez, David Morris Johnston, Yves Alain Millet, Jeffrey Lyford, Alexander Naydich, Craig Sadowski
  • Endophytes, Associated Compositions, and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20230329244
    Abstract: Materials and methods for improving plant traits and for providing plant benefits are provided. In some embodiments, the materials, and methods employing the same, can comprise endophytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Jonathan W. Leff, Phillip Samayoa, Luis Miguel Marquez, David Morris Johnston, Slavica Djonovic, Yves Alain Millet, Craig Sadowski, Jeffrey Lyford, Karen V. Ambrose, Xuecheng Zhang
  • GENE EDITED WHEAT PLANTS WITH ENHANCED TRAITS
    Publication number: 20230332169
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to gene edited wheat plants, seeds, and compositions, as well as improvements to wheat plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in wheat plant genomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tomá{hacek over (s)} Cermák, Richard Bailey Flavell, Michael Andreas Kock, Eva Konecna, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Jennifer A. Raji, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John Patrick Casey, JR., Jonathan Dallas George Jones
  • Method for propagating microorganisms within plant bioreactors and stably storing microorganisms within agricultural seeds
    Patent number: 11753618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of scalably producing microorganisms by propagating them within plant tissues and introducing them into agricultural seeds to improve their shelf-life during long-term storage, to produce substances of interest, and to create libraries of microbes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Indigo Ag, Inc., AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Birgit Mitter, Muhammad Naveed, Teresa Berninger, Stephane Compant, Angela Sessitsch, Geoffrey Von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Slavica Djonovic, Luis Miguel Marquez, David Morris Johnston, Yves Alain Millet, Jeffrey Lyford, Jonathan W. Leff, Phillip Samayoa, Craig Sadowski
  • Agricultural endophyte-plant compositions, and methods of use
    Patent number: 11754553
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant or a Glycine plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal or soy seeds and/or cereal or soy seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Indigo Ag, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Allison Jack, David Morris Johnston, Slavica Djonovic, Luis Miguel Marquez, Yves Alain Millet, Craig Sadowski, Jeffrey Lyford, Alexander Naydich
  • GENE EDITED SOYBEAN PLANTS WITH ENHANCED TRAITS
    Publication number: 20230279412
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel soybean plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in plant genomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tomá{hacek over (s)} Cermák, Richard Bailey Flavell, EVA KONECNA, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Jennifer A. Raji, RANDALL WILLIAM SHULTZ, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John Patrick Casey, Jr., Michael Andreas Kock
  • NOVEL MAIZE CELLS AND MAIZE PLANTS
    Publication number: 20230235349
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel maize plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to maize plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in maize plant genomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Bailey Flavell, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John Patrick Casey, Jr., Barry Andrew Martin
  • Methods for efficient maize genome editing
    Patent number: 11603536
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel maize plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to maize plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in maize plant genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Bailey Flavell, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John Patrick Casey, Jr., Barry Andrew Martin
  • Endophytes, associated compositions, and methods of use
    Patent number: 11570993
    Abstract: Materials and methods for improving plant traits and for providing plant benefits are provided. In some embodiments, the materials, and methods employing the same, can comprise endophytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Indigo Ag, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Jonathan W. Leff, Phillip Samayoa, Luis Miguel Marquez, David Morris Johnston, Slavica Djonovic, Yves Alain Millet, Craig Sadowski, Jeffrey Lyford, Karen V. Ambrose, Xuecheng Zhang
  • NOVEL MAIZE CELLS AND MAIZE PLANTS
    Publication number: 20220315941
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel maize plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to maize plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in maize plant genomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Bailey Flavell, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, John P. Casey, Barry Andrew Martin
  • METHODS OF USE OF SEED-ORIGIN ENDOPHYTE POPULATIONS
    Publication number: 20220232833
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed-origin bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal seeds and/or seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Slavica Djonovic, Luis Miguel Marquez, David Morris Johnston, Yves Alain Millet, Jeffrey Lyford, Alexander Naydich, Craig Sadowski
  • Plants containing beneficial endophytes
    Patent number: 11254908
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed, seedling or plant by producing seeds that are internally colonized with endophytes. Beneficial endophytes with particular characteristics are provided. These may be used in the methods described to provide a benefit to a seed, seedling or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Indigo Ag, Inc., AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Birgit Mitter, Muhammad Naveed, Teresa Berninger, Stephane Compant, Angela Sessitsch, Geoffrey Von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Slavica Djonovic, Luis Miguel Marquez, David Morris Johnston, Yves Alain Millet, Jeffrey Lyford, Jonathan W. Leff, Phillip Samayoa, Craig Sadowski
  • Rice cells and rice plants
    Patent number: 11220694
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in plant genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Inari Agriculture, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomá{hacek over (s)} {hacek over (C)}ermák, Richard Bailey Flavell, Eva Konecna, Yajie Niu, Michael Lee Nuccio, Jennifer A. Raji, Randall William Shultz, Davide Sosso, Maria Margarita D. Unson, Barry Andrew Martin, John Patrick Casey, Jr., Michael Andreas Kock
  • AGRICULTURAL ENDOPHYTE-PLANT COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20210372997
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant or a Glycine plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal or soy seeds and/or cereal or soy seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Geoffrey Von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Allison Jack, David Morris Johnston, Slavica Djonovic, Luis Miguel Marquez, Yves Alain Millet, Craig Sadowski, Jeffrey Lyford, Alexander Naydich
  • METHOD FOR PROPAGATING MICROORGANISMS WITHIN PLANT BIOREACTORS AND STABLY STORING MICROORGANISMS WITHIN AGRICULTURAL SEEDS
    Publication number: 20210363480
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of scalably producing microorganisms by propagating them within plant tissues and introducing them into agricultural seeds to improve their shelf-life during long-term storage, to produce substances of interest, and to create libraries of microbes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Birgit MITTER, Muhammad NAVEED, Teresa BERNINGER, Stephane COMPANT, Angela SESSITSCH, Geoffrey VON MALTZAHN, Richard Bailey FLAVELL, Gerardo V. TOLEDO, Slavica DJONOVIC, Luis Miguel MARQUEZ, David Morris JOHNSTON, Yves Alain MILLET, Jeffrey LYFORD, Jonathan W. LEFF, Phillip SAMAYOA, Craig SADOWSKI
  • Methods of use of seed-origin endophyte populations
    Patent number: 11166465
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed-origin bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal seeds and/or seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Indigo Ag, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Richard Bailey Flavell, Gerardo V. Toledo, Slavica Djonovic, Luis Miguel Marquez, David Morris Johnston, Yves Alain Millet, Jeffrey Lyford, Alexander Naydich, Craig Sadowski