Patents by Inventor Sarah E. Worden

Sarah E. Worden 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).

  • INSECTICIDAL CRY TOXINS
    Publication number: 20190380349
    Abstract: Insecticidal toxins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control Coleopteran plant pests, and transgenic plants that produce, and are protected, by these toxins are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Huarong Li, Sek Yee Tan, Tao Xu, Vimbai Chikwana, Kuan Yang, Marc D. Zack, Sarah E. Worden
  • RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L40 (RPL40) NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES THAT CONFER RESISTANCE TO COLEOPTERAN AND HEMIPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20190308702
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: KENNETH NARVA, ELANE FISHILEVICH, MURUGESAN RANGASAMY, MEGHAN L. FREY, WENDY LO, SARAH E. WORDEN, PREMCHAND GANDRA
  • Insecticidal cry toxins
    Patent number: 10433557
    Abstract: Insecticidal toxins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control Coleopteran plant pests, and transgenic plants that produce, and are protected, by these toxins are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Huarong Li, Sek Yee Tan, Tao Xu, Vimbai Chikwana, Kuan Yang, Marc D. Zack, Sarah E. Worden
  • Nucleic acid molecules that confer resistance to coleopteran pests
    Patent number: 10435687
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Sarah E. Worden, Meghan L. Frey, Murugesan Rangasamy, Kanika Arora, Balaji Veeramani, Premchand Gandra, Andreas Vilcinskas, Eileen Knorr
  • WUPA nucleic acid molecules that confer resistance to coleopteran and hemipteran pests
    Patent number: 10344298
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran and hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran and hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran and hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Elane Fishilevich, Murugesan Rangasamy, Meghan L. Frey, Wendy Lo, Sarah E. Worden, Premchand Gandra
  • Ribosomal protein L40 (RPL40) nucleic acid molecules that confer resistance to coleopteran and hemipteran pests
    Patent number: 10329581
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Elane Fishilevich, Murugesan Rangasamy, Meghan L. Frey, Wendy Lo, Sarah E. Worden, Premchand Gandra
  • CACTUS NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES TO CONTROL COLEOPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20190161770
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of insect pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in insect pests, including coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of insect pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth E Narva, Huarong LI, Chaoxian Geng, Murugesan Rangasamy, Kanika Arora, Balaji Veeramant, Premchand Gandra, Sarah E. Worden, Andreas Vilcinskas, Eileen Knorr
  • PARENTAL RNAI SUPPRESSION OF KRUPPEL GENE TO CONTROL HEMIPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20190024112
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Blair D. Siegfried, Kenneth E. Narva, Kanika Arora, Sarah E. Worden, Chitvan Khajuria, Elane Fishilevich, Nicholas P. Storer, Meghan Frey, Ronda L. Hamm, Ana Velez
  • PARENTAL RNAI SUPPRESSION OF HUNCHBACK GENE TO CONTROL HEMIPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20180305694
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Blair D. Siegfried, Kenneth E. Narva, Kanika Arora, Sarah E. Worden, Chitvan Khajuria, Elane Fishilevich, Nicholas P. Storer, Meghan Frey, Ronda L. Hamm, Ana Velez
  • PARENTAL RNAI SUPPRESSION OF CHROMATIN REMODELING GENES TO CONTROL COLEOPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20180305713
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Blair D. Siegfried, Kenneth E. Narva, Kanika Arora, Sarah E. Worden, Chitvan Khajuria, Elane Fishilevich, Nicholas P. Storer, Meghan Frey, Ronda L. Hamm, Ana Velez
  • COPI COATOMER BETA SUBUNIT NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES THAT CONFER RESISTANCE TO COLEOPTERAN AND HEMIPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20180251779
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of insect pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in insect pests, including coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of insect pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. NARVA, Huarong LI, Chaoxian GENG, Navin ELANGO, Matthew J. HENRY, Murugesan RANGASAMY, Aaron T. WOOSLEY, Kanika ARORA, Premchand GANDRA, Sarah E. WORDEN, Elane FISHILEVICH
  • PARENTAL RNAI SUPPRESSION OF CHROMATIN REMODELING GENES TO CONTROL COLEOPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20180245082
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Blair D. Siegfried, Kenneth E. Narva, Kanika Arora, Sarah E. Worden, Chitvan Khajuria, Elane Fishilevich, Nicholas P. Storer, Meghan Frey, Ronda L. Hamm, Ana M. Velez
  • Parental RNAi suppression of chromatin remodeling genes to control coleopteran pests
    Patent number: 10053706
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Blair D. Siegfried, Kenneth E. Narva, Kanika Arora, Sarah E. Worden, Chitvan Khajuria, Elane Fishilevich, Nicholas P. Storer, Meghan Frey, Ronda L. Hamm, Ana Velez
  • Parental RNAI suppression of hunchback gene to control hemipteran pests
    Patent number: 10047360
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Blair D. Siegfried, Kenneth E. Narva, Kanika Arora, Sarah E. Worden, Chitvan Khajuria, Elane Fishilevich, Nicholas P. Storer, Meghan Frey, Ronda L. Hamm, Ana Velez
  • Parental RNAI suppression of kruppel gene to control hemipteran pests
    Patent number: 10047374
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Blair D. Siegfried, Kenneth E. Narva, Kanika Arora, Sarah E. Worden, Chitvan Khajuria, Elane Fishilevich, Nicholas P. Storer, Meghan Frey, Ronda L. Hamm, Ana Velez
  • COPI COATOMER GAMMA SUBUNIT NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES THAT CONFER RESISTANCE TO COLEOPTERAN AND HEMIPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20180223309
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of insect pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in insect pests, including coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of insect pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Huarong Li, Chaoxian Geng, Navin Elango, Matthew J. Henry, Murugesan Rangasamy, Aaron T. Woosley, Kanika Arora, Premchand Gandra, Sarah E. Worden, Elane Fishilevich
  • RAB5 NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES THAT CONFER RESISTANCE TO COLEOPTERAN AND HEMIPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20180223308
    Abstract: This disclosed subject matter concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. NARVA, Elane FISHILEVICH, Murugesan RANGASAMY, Meghan L. FREY, Wendy LO, Sarah E. WORDEN, Premchand GANDRA
  • CRY1D FOR CONTROLLING CORN EARWORM
    Publication number: 20180163224
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Sek Yee Tan, Joel J. Sheets, Todd Glancy, Aaron T. Woosley, Sarah E. Worden, Diaa Alabed, Stephanie Burton, Karen C. McLaughlin, Kenneth E. Narva, Thomas Meade
  • Parental RNAi suppression of chromatin remodeling genes to control coleopteran pests
    Patent number: 9994844
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Blair D. Siegfried, Kenneth E. Narva, Kanika Arora, Sarah E. Worden, Chitvan Khajuria, Elane Fishilevich, Nicholas P. Storer, Meghan Frey, Ronda L. Hamm, Ana M. Velez
  • THREAD NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES THAT CONFER RESISTANCE TO HEMIPTERAN PESTS
    Publication number: 20180135072
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of hemipteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of hemipteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Elane Fishilevich, Meghan L. Frey, Murugesan Rangasamy, Sarah E. Worden, Premchand Gandra