Patents by Inventor Shai Joshua Lawit

Shai Joshua Lawit 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: 12173335
    Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising a sequence-specific DNA binding protein, DNA-dependent DNA polymerase and a DNA encoded repair template, optionally a DNA endonuclease or wherein the sequence-specific DNA binding protein comprises DNA endonuclease activity, and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in cells and organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jingyi Nie, Aaron Hummel, Shai Joshua Lawit
  • Publication number: 20240279659
    Abstract: Described herein are recruitment methods and compounds, compositions, and systems for recruitment. Such methods and compounds, compositions, and systems include the use of fusion proteins of Agrobacterium effector proteins, recruiting motifs, and/or nucleic acid binding polypeptides. Also described herein are methods and compositions for template editing of genomic DNA using Agrobacterium-derived T-DNA molecules and/or proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Hummel, Shai Joshua Lawit, Jingyi Nie, Sabine Fräbel, Sharon Leigh Guffy
  • Publication number: 20240167045
    Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising Type V CRISPR-Cas effector proteins, reverse transcriptases and extended guide nucleic acids and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Matthew Watts, Aaron Hummel, Yongjoo Kim, Shai Joshua Lawit, David Schwark
  • Publication number: 20240158804
    Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising Type V CRISPR-Cas effector proteins, reverse transcriptases and extended guide nucleic acids and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Matthew Watts, Aaron Hummel, Yongjoo Kim, Shai Joshua Lawit, David Schwark
  • Patent number: 11976278
    Abstract: Described herein are recruitment methods and compounds, compositions, and systems for recruitment. Also described herein are methods and compositions for template editing of genomic DNA using Agrobacterium-derived T-DNA molecules and/or proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Hummel, Shai Joshua Lawit, Jingyi Nie, Sabine Fräbel, Sharon Leigh Guffy
  • Patent number: 11926834
    Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising Type V CRISPR-Cas effector proteins, reverse transcriptases and extended guide nucleic acids and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Matthew Watts, Aaron Hummel, Yongjoo Kim, Shai Joshua Lawit, David Schwark
  • Publication number: 20230266293
    Abstract: Described herein are color-based and/or visual methods for identifying the presence of a transgene (e.g., the presence of a transgene in a cell, seed, plant part, and/or plant) along with composition, systems, and constructs relating to the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Bate, Shai Joshua Lawit
  • Publication number: 20220145334
    Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising CRISPR-Cas effector proteins, reverse transcriptases and extended guide nucleic acids and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Yongjoo Kim, Joseph Matthew Watts, Aaron Hummel, Shai Joshua Lawit, David Schwark
  • Publication number: 20210207113
    Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising a sequence-specific DNA binding protein, DNA-dependent DNA polymerase and a DNA encoded repair template, optionally a DNA endonuclease or wherein the sequence-specific DNA binding protein comprises DNA endonuclease activity, and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in cells and organisms
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Jingyi Nie, Aaron Hummel, Shai Joshua Lawit
  • Publication number: 20210171947
    Abstract: Described herein are recruitment methods and compounds, compositions, and systems for recruitment. Also described herein are methods and compositions for template editing of genomic DNA using Agrobacterium-derived T-DNA molecules and/or proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Hummel, Shai Joshua Lawit, Jingyi Nie, Sabine Fräbel, Sharon Leigh Guffy
  • Publication number: 20210147862
    Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising a DNA binding domain, an endonuclease and a reverse transcriptase and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Hummel, Joseph Matthew Watts, Shai Joshua Lawit, Nathaniel Graham, Larry Gilbertson, Ervin Nagy, Linda Rymarquis
  • Publication number: 20210130835
    Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising Type V CRISPR-Cas effector proteins, reverse transcriptases and extended guide nucleic acids and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Matthew Watts, Aaron Hummel, Yongjoo Kim, Shai Joshua Lawit, David Schwark
  • Publication number: 20160251669
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include nucleotide sequences encompasses a strong pollen preferred promoter which drives strong, specific expression of gene products in pollen. Also provided is a method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using a promoter sequence disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Cigan, Shai Joshua Lawit
  • Publication number: 20160249542
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the production of self-reproducing hybrid plants are provided. Compositions include suppression cassettes encoding polynucleotides and promoters that result in the MiMe clonal diploid gamete phenotype compositions and suppression cassettes and expression cassettes useful for genome elimination of a parental diploid gamete in a fertilized zygote. The methods involve crossing a first plant comprising a first suppression cassette responsible for producing the MiMe clonal diploid gamete phenotype and a first expression cassette expressing an active CENH3 mutant with a second plant comprising a second suppression cassette that reduces the level of wild-type CENH3 and a second expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide expressing CENH3 specifically in the ovule. Self fertilization of the resultant progeny plant results in the elimination of the male diploid genome in the zygote and normal development of the endosperm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: SHAI JOSHUA LAWIT, MARTA CIFUENTES OCHOA, MARISSA KATHARINE SIMON
  • Publication number: 20160194659
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the production of self-reproducing hybrid plants are provided. Compositions include suppression cassettes encoding polynucleotides and promoters that result in the MiMe diploid gamete phenotype compositions and suppression cassettes and expression cassettes useful for genome elimination of a parental diploid gamete in a fertilized zygote. The methods involve crossing a first plant comprising a first suppression cassette responsible for producing the MiMe diploid gamete phenotype and a first expression cassette expressing an active CENH3 mutant with a second plant comprising a second suppression cassette that reduces the level of wild-type CENH3 and a second expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide expressing CENH3 specifically in the ovule. Self fertilization of the resultant progeny plant results in the elimination of the female diploid genome in the zygote and normal development of the endosperm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Shai Joshua Lawit
  • Publication number: 20150152430
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include promoter sequences with direct expression in an egg cell or embryonic cell-preferred manner. Such compositions find use in, for example, a method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant; detection of specific cell types in the ovule and targeted ablation of specific cell types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Marc C. Albertsen, Mark Alan Chamberlin, Tim Wayne Fox, Shai Joshua Lawit, Brian Roy Loveland