Patents by Inventor Scott Diehn

Scott Diehn 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).

  • Patent number: 8895716
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
  • Publication number: 20140283205
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter for the gene encoding Sorghum bicolor TIP2-3. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant or plant cell with a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Crow, Scott Diehn, Brooke Peterson-Burch
  • Publication number: 20140283206
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter for the gene encoding Sorghum bicolor pLTP. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant or plant cell with a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Crow, Scott Diehn, Brooke Peterson-Burch
  • Publication number: 20140275208
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a Coleopteran plant pest or a Diabrotica plant pest, decrease the expression of a target sequence in the pest. In specific embodiments, the decrease in expression of the target sequence controls the pest and thereby the methods and compositions are capable of limiting damage to a plant. The present invention provides various target polynucleotides set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: disclosed herein, (but not including the forward and reverse primers.) or active variants and fragments thereof, or complements thereof, wherein a decrease in expression of one or more of the sequences in the target pest controls the pest (i.e., has insecticidal activity). Further provided are silencing elements which when ingested by the pest decrease the level of the target polypeptide and thereby control the pest. In specific embodiments, the pest is D. virgifera virgifera, D. barberi, D. virgifera zeae, D. speciosa, D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: XU HU, JAMES PRESNAIL, NINA Richtman, SCOTT DIEHN, MICHELLE HARNACK, LISA PROCYK
  • Patent number: 8575434
    Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-004114-3 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc, E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Timothy M. Nowatzki, Douglas S. Nubel, M. Alejandra Pascual, James C. Register, III, Christopher J. Scelonge, Joshua K. Young, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong, Erin L. Crowgey
  • Publication number: 20130145502
    Abstract: The invention relates to gene expression regulatory sequences, specifically introns that act as enhancers of gene expression, the promoter and terminator sequences endogenously associated with these introns. Presence of these intronic enhancer sequences in proximity to promoter sequences leads to enhancement of gene expression. Methods of finding such new intronic enhancer sequences and using them to generate transgenic plants are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Ajit Nott, David A. Selinger, Carl R. Simmons, Priyanka Bhyri, Venkata S. Tavva
  • Patent number: 8395022
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
  • Patent number: 8350121
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
  • Patent number: 8344206
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
  • Patent number: 8338662
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
  • Publication number: 20120210463
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter for the gene encoding Sorghum bicolor RCc3. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant or plant cell with a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Brooke Peterson-Burch
  • Publication number: 20120167249
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: E.I. du PONT de NEMOURS and COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
  • Publication number: 20120167250
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: E.I. du PONT de NEMOURS and COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
  • Publication number: 20110209242
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a green tissue-preferred promoter from maize. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stabling incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the root-preferred promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Lynne E. Sims
  • Publication number: 20110154525
    Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-040416-8 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Timothy M. Nowatzki, Douglas S. Nubel, M. Alejandra Pascual, James C. Register, III, Christopher J. Scelonge, Gregory J. Young, Joshua K. Young, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong
  • Publication number: 20110154526
    Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-043A47-3 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Timothy M. Nowatzki, Douglas S. Nubel, M. Alejandra Pascual, James C. Register, III, Christopher J. Scelonge, Gregory J. Young, Joshua K. Young, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong
  • Publication number: 20110154524
    Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-032316-8 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Timothy M. Nowatzki, Douglas S. Nubel, M. Alejandra Pascual, James C. Register, III, Christopher J. Scelonge, Gregory J. Young, Joshua K. Young, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong
  • Publication number: 20110154523
    Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-004114-3 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Timothy M. Nowatzki, Douglas S. Nubel, M. Alejandra Pascual, James C. Register, III, Christopher J. Scelonge, Joshua K. Young, Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong, Erin L. Crowgey
  • Publication number: 20110113511
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons
  • Publication number: 20100313302
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Carl R. Simmons