Patents by Inventor Scott Daniel Michaels

Scott Daniel Michaels 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).

  • Alteration of flowering time in plants
    Patent number: 7888122
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic identification and use information about a family of genes, the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) genes, that is part of the regulate the timing of the onset of flowering in plants. This information enables creation of transgenic plants in which the timing of the flowering of the plants has been selectively altered. Since these genes natively act to delay the time of flowering in plants, enhancing activity of the FLC protein delays the timing of flowering initiation while inhibiting the activity of FLC advances the timing of the start of flowering. A representative number of samples of the gene family are described. Members of the gene family are demonstrated to work in other plant species as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard Mark Amasino, Fritz Michael Schomburg, Scott Daniel Michaels, Si-Bum Sung, Katia Scortecci
  • ALTERATION OF FLOWERING TIME IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20100333232
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic identification and use information about a family of genes, the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) genes, that is part of the regulate the timing of the onset of flowering in plants. This information enables creation of transgenic plants in which the timing of the flowering of the plants has been selectively altered. Since these genes natively act to delay the time of flowering in plants, enhancing activity of the FLC protein delays the timing of flowering initiation while inhibiting the activity of FLC advances the timing of the start of flowering. A representative number of samples of the gene family are described. Members of the gene family are demonstrated to work in other plant species as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Mark Amasino, Fritz Michael Schomburg, Scott Daniel Michaels, Si-Bum Sung, Katia Scortecci
  • Alteration of Flowering Time in Plants
    Publication number: 20090313724
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic identification and use information about a family of genes, the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) genes, that is part of the regulate the timing of the onset of flowering in plants. This information enables creation of transgenic plants in which the timing of the flowering of the plants has been selectively altered. Since these genes natively act to delay the time of flowering in plants, enhancing activity of the FLC protein delays the timing of flowering initiation while inhibiting the activity of FLC advances the timing of the start of flowering. A representative number of samples of the gene family are described. Members of the gene family are demonstrated to work in other plant species as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Richard Mark Amasino, Fritz Michael Schomburg, Scott Daniel Michaels, Si-Bum Sung, Katia Scortecci
  • Alteration of flowering time in plants
    Patent number: 7303918
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic identification and use information about a family of genes, the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) genes, that is part of the regulate the timing of the onset of flowering in plants. This information enables creation of transgenic plants in which the timing of the flowering of the plants has been selectively altered. Since these genes natively act to delay the time of flowering in plants, enhancing activity of the FLC protein delays the timing of flowering initiation while inhibiting the activity of FLC advances the timing of the start of flowering. A representative number of samples of the gene family are described. Members of the gene family are demonstrated to work in other plant species as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard Mark Amasino, Fritz Michael Schomburg, Scott Daniel Michaels, Si-Bum Sung, Katia Scortecci
  • Alteration of flowering time in plants
    Patent number: 6693228
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic identification and use information about a family of genes, the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) genes, that is part of the regulate the timing of the onset of flowering in plants. This information enables creation of transgenic plants in which the timing of the flowering of the plants has been selectively altered. Since these genes natively act to delay the time of flowering in plants, enhancing activity of the FLC protein delays the timing of flowering initiation while inhibiting the activity of FLC advances the timing of the start of flowering. A representative number of samples of the gene family are described. Members of the gene family are demonstrated to work in other plant species as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard Mark Amasino, Fritz Michael Schomburg, Scott Daniel Michaels, Si-Bum Sung, Katia Scortecci