Patents by Inventor Roger I. Pennell

Roger I. Pennell 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).

  • Publication number: 20210079420
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Joon-Huyn Park, Roger I. Pennell, Richard Flavell, Chuan-Yin Wu
  • Publication number: 20210079413
    Abstract: High throughput methods are described for identifying combinations of mutations that can be used to improve a phenotypic feature in an organism. Large populations of organisms (e.g., plants) containing different combinations of mutations can be assessed using the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Richard Hamilton, Delin Liang
  • Patent number: 10907169
    Abstract: Methods and materials for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding abiotic stress tolerance-increasing polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to abiotic stress and methods of increasing plant yield under abiotic stress conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Wuyi Wang, Chuan-Yin Wu, Dwarkesh Parihar, Paresh Verma, Vijay R. Kumar, Shridhar J. Rao
  • Patent number: 10876129
    Abstract: High throughput methods are described for identifying combinations of mutations that can be used to improve a phenotypic feature in an organism. Large populations of organisms (e.g., plants) containing different combinations of mutations can be assessed using the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Richard Hamilton, Delin Liang
  • Patent number: 10822616
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Joon-Hyun Park, Roger I. Pennell, Richard Flavell, Chuan-Yin Wu
  • Patent number: 10815496
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Joon-Hyun Park, Roger I. Pennell, Richard Flavell, Chuan-Yin Wu
  • Publication number: 20200299717
    Abstract: Described are methods and materials for the genetic modification of plants by specific gene targeting and precise editing of nucleic acid sequences in a plant. The methods and materials provided herein enable one to edit the plant genome by design to control the expression of endogenous genes and/or control the transmission and expression of transgenic traits. Provided are also methods of producing plants having a desirable agronomic trait by crossing a transgenic plant expressing a gRNA with a plant expressing a Cas enzyme, and selecting a progeny plant having the desirable agronomic trait or a seed thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Richard Hamilton, Delin Liang
  • Publication number: 20200095595
    Abstract: Methods and materials for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding abiotic stress tolerance-increasing polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to abiotic stress and methods of increasing plant yield under abiotic stress conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: ROGER I. PENNELL, WUYI WANG, CHUAN-YIN WU, DWARKESH PARIHAR, PARESH VERMA, VIJAY R. KUMAR, SHRIDHAR J. RAO
  • Publication number: 20200040349
    Abstract: Methods and materials for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding abiotic stress tolerance-increasing polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to abiotic stress and methods of increasing plant yield under abiotic stress conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: ROGER I. PENNELL, WUYI WANG, CHUAN-YIN WU, DWARKESH PARIHAR, PARESH VERMA, VIJAY R. KUMAR, SHRIDHAR J. RAO
  • Patent number: 10480000
    Abstract: Methods and materials for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding abiotic stress tolerance-increasing polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to abiotic stress and methods of increasing plant yield under abiotic stress conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Wuyi Wang, Chuan-Yin Wu, Dwarkesh Parihar, Paresh Verma, Vijay R. Kumar, Shridhar J. Rao
  • Publication number: 20190323030
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Joon-Hyun Park, Roger I. Pennell, Richard Flavell, Chuan-Yin Wu
  • Publication number: 20190323029
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Joon-Hyun Park, Roger I. Pennell, Richard Flavell, Chuan-Yin Wu
  • Patent number: 10323256
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Joon-Huyn Park, Roger I. Pennell, Richard Flavell, Chuan-Yin Wu
  • Publication number: 20190055571
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: SHING KWOK, KENNETH BOUNDS, RYAN MILLER, SAM HARRIS, JAMES BURNS, ROGER I. PENNELL, VIJAY SHARMA, MICHAEL F. PORTEREIKO, HAN-SUK KIM, GERARD MAGPANTAY
  • Publication number: 20190032071
    Abstract: High throughput methods are described for identifying combinations of mutations that can be used to improve a phenotypic feature in an organism. Large populations of organisms (e.g., plants) containing different combinations of mutations can be assessed using the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Richard Hamilton, Delin Liang
  • Publication number: 20180282744
    Abstract: Methods and materials for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding abiotic stress tolerance-increasing polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to abiotic stress and methods of increasing plant yield under abiotic stress conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Wuyi Wang, Chuan-Yin Wu, Dwarkesh Parihar, Paresh Verma, Vijay R. Kumar, Shridhar J. Rao
  • Publication number: 20180079789
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased biomass levels and plant products produced from plants having increased biomass levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Chuan-Yin Wu, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay, Fasong Zhou, Julissa Sosa, Greg Nadzan, Roger I. Pennell, Mircea Achiriloaie, Wuyi Wang
  • Patent number: 9101100
    Abstract: High throughput methods are described for identifying combinations of transgenes that can be used to improve a phenotypic feature in an organism. Large populations of organisms (e.g., plants) containing different combinations of transgenes as well as different promoter-coding sequence combinations can be assessed using the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Richard Hamilton, Michael F. Portereiko
  • Publication number: 20150052634
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass composition-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having altered biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having altered biomass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Joon-Huyn Park, Roger I. Pennell, Richard Flavell, Chuan-Yin Wu
  • Publication number: 20130191941
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Shing Kwok, Kenneth Bounds, Ryan Miller, Sam Harris, James Burns, Roger I. Pennell, Vijay Sharma, Michael F. Portereiko, Han-Suk Kim, Gerard Magpantay