Patents by Inventor Ross Mann
Ross Mann 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).
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Patent number: 12195727Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Pseudomonas poae which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also relates to plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation LimitedInventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20240224909Abstract: The present invention relates to bacteria conferring bioprotection and/or biofertilizer properties to plants into which they are inoculated. More particularly, the present invention relates to endophyte strains of Paenibacillus sp., plants infected with such strains and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: Tongda Li, Jatinder Kaur, Holly Hone, Rens Van Essen, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20240130312Abstract: The present invention relates to bacteria conferring bioprotection and/or biofertilizer properties to plants into which they are inoculated. More particularly, the present invention relates to endophyte strains of Paenibacillus sp., plants infected with such strains and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: Tongda Li, Jatinder Kaur, Holly Hone, Rens Van Essen, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20240008434Abstract: The present invention relates to novel endophytes of plants of the Cannabaceae family, particularly biofertilizer Enterobacter sp. endophytes, and also to plants and parts thereof infected therewith, and related methods, including methods for conferring biofertilization to plants and for selecting a biofertilizer endophyte of a plant of the Cannabaceae family.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Dilani De Silva, Jatinder Kaur, Tongda Li, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20240000032Abstract: The present invention relates to novel endophytes of plants of the Cannabaceae family, particularly bioprotective Pseudomonas sp. endophytes, and also to plants and parts thereof infected therewith, and related methods, including methods for conferring bioprotection to plants and for selecting a bioprotectant endophyte of a plant of the Cannabaceae family.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Dilani De Silva, Jatinder Kaur, Tongda Li, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Patent number: 11818994Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
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Publication number: 20230193193Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Pseudomonas poae which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation LimitedInventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20220333151Abstract: The present invention provides a method for profiling plant endophyte microbiomes, wherein the method provides for identification of endophyte strains that are phylogenetically related to a desired endophyte strain. More particularly, the present invention relates to method for identifying, characterising and/or comparing endophyte strains and to novel endophyte strains selected and/or isolated by the method. The present invention also relates to methods for transferring endophyte strains between plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Ankush Chandel, Jatinder Kaur, Delphine Elise Michelle Vincent, Holly Hone, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20220272935Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Xanthomonas sp. which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also discloses plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation LimitedInventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20220272985Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Stenoptrophomonas rhizophila which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also discloses plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation LimitedInventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20220264891Abstract: The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Erwinia gerundensis which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also discloses plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicants: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD, Dairy Australia Limited, Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation LimitedInventors: Tongda Li, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Jatinder Kaur, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg
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Publication number: 20220264890Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially purified or isolated endophyte strain from a plant, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Curtobacterium laccumfaciens and/or Arthrobacter sp., and wherein said endophyte provides improved environmental stress tolerance to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also relates to plants infected with the endophytes and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: Jatinder Kaur, Ian Ross Tannenbaum, Tongda Li, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Ross Mann, German Carlos Spangenberg, Ankush Chanel, Guodong Yang, Holly Hone
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Publication number: 20220125003Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Michaela Kathryn Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
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Patent number: 11267850Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for the biosynthesis of janthitrem in janthitrem producing endophytes. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Sophie Elizabeth Davidson, Simone Vassiliadis, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Simone Jane Rochfort, Emma Jane Isobel Ludlow, Natasha Denise Brohier
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Patent number: 11191249Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
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Publication number: 20200270314Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for the biosynthesis of janthitrem in janthitrem producing endophytes. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services Pty LtdInventors: German Carlos SPANGENBERG, Kathryn Michaela GUTHRIDGE, Ross MANN, Timothy Ivor SAWBRIDGE, Sophie Elizabeth DAVIDSON, Simone VASSILIADIS, Inoka Kumari HETTIARACHCHIGE, Simone Jane ROCHFORT, Emma Jane Isobel LUDLOW, Natasha Denise BROHIER
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Publication number: 20180305657Abstract: The present invention relates to fungi, in particular fungal endophytes of Daldinia spp., compounds produced by the fungi, uses of the fungi, uses of compounds produced by the fungi and similar compounds, and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Ross Mann, Desmond Auer, Christian Krill, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Jacqueline Edwards, Simone Jane Rochfort
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Publication number: 20180213797Abstract: The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTDInventors: German Carlos Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, Ross Mann, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Inoka Kumari Hettiarachchige, Piyumi Niroshini Ekanayake, Natasha Denise Brohier, Simone Jane Rochfort, Jacqueline Edwards
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Patent number: 5897022Abstract: A kinetic activity gumball-dispensing device has a hopper containing a plurality of gumballs and has at least one alternate-material ball, where the alternate-material ball travels along a first visible route which begins and ends in an opaque enclosure and which is defined by a series of visually interesting kinetic activities. The gumballs are dispensed along a second visible route after the return of the alternate-material ball from the first route, which second route begins adjacent the opaque enclosure. The gumball-dispensing device thus gives the appearance that the gumball dispensed is the ball which traveled the first visible route. The series of kinetic activities includes an inclined, pendular staircase with a series of pivoting, pendular steps; a turntable; an elevator having a pivoting carrier; a swivelling bucket mechanism; and a trampoline means aligned to intercept the alternate-material ball falling from the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1997Date of Patent: April 27, 1999Inventor: Ross Mann