Patents by Inventor Sean R. Eddy

Sean R. Eddy 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).

  • Transposable elements in rice and methods of use
    Patent number: 8063268
    Abstract: Disclosed are isolated transposable elements, or isolated DNA sequences which encode a transposase protein or a portion of a transposase protein. The isolated transposable elements or the isolated DNA sequences are members of the mPing/Pong family of transposable elements. The invention also relates to a purified transposase protein, or peptide fragments thereof, encoded by such DNA sequences. Such transposable elements are useful in applications such as the stable introduction of a DNA sequence of interest into a eukaryotic cell. The sequence information disclosed herein is useful in the design of oligonucleotide primers which are useful for the isolation of related members of the mPing/Pong family of transposable elements, or for the detection of transpositions of the transposable elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignees: Washington University, University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan R. Wessler, Ning Jiang, Zhirong Bao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Sean R. Eddy
  • Transposable elements in rice and methods of use
    Patent number: 7250556
    Abstract: Disclosed are isolated transposable elements, or isolated DNA sequences which encode a transposase protein or a portion of a transposase protein. The isolated transposable elements or the isolated DNA sequences are members of the mPing/Pong family of transposable elements. The invention also relates to a purified transposase protein, or peptide fragments thereof, encoded by such DNA sequences. Such transposable elements are useful in applications such as the stable introduction of a DNA sequence of interest into a eukaryotic cell. The sequence information disclosed herein is useful in the design of oligonucleotide primers which are useful for the isolation of related members of the mPing/Pong family of transposable elements, or for the detection of transpositions of the transposable elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignees: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Washington University
    Inventors: Susan R. Wessler, Ning Jiang, Zhirong Bao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Sean R. Eddy
  • Transposable elements in rice and methods of use
    Publication number: 20040043485
    Abstract: Disclosed are isolated transposable elements, or isolated DNA sequences which encode a transposase protein or a portion of a transposase protein. The isolated transposable elements or the isolated DNA sequences are members of the mPing/Pong family of transposable elements. The invention also relates to a purified transposase protein, or peptide fragments thereof, encoded by such DNA sequences. Such transposable elements are useful in applications such as the stable introduction of a DNA sequence of interest into a eukaryotic cell. The sequence information disclosed herein is useful in the design of oligonucleotide primers which are useful for the isolation of related members of the mPing/Pong family of transposable elements, or for the detection of transpositions of the transposable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Susan R. Wessler, Ning Jiang, Zhirong Bao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Sean R. Eddy