Patents by Inventor Stephen L. Grier

Stephen L. Grier 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).

  • Publication number: 20020178471
    Abstract: An inbred sweet corn line, designated R659, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R659 and descendants thereof, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R659 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R659 with another maize line or plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton
  • Patent number: 6399860
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a novel DNA construct comprising an expression cassette having a constitutive promoter which functions in plant cells operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding a Cry 1Ab protein, and a terminator functional in plants and optionally further comprising a second cassette including a promoter which functions in plants operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding for phosphinothricin acetyl transferase, and a terminator functional in plants wherein the two cassettes are transcribed in the same direction. Also provided are transgenic plants, particularly maize plants, having such a construct stably incorporated into their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irvin J. Mettler, Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton, Michele Gardiner
  • Patent number: 6342660
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a novel DNA construct comprising an expression cassette having a constitutive promoter which functions in plant cells operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding a Cry 1Ab protein, and a terminator functional in plants and optionally further comprising a second cassette including a promoter which functions in plants operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding for phosphinothricin acetyl transferase, and a terminator functional in plants wherein the two cassettes are transcribed in the same direction. Also provided are transgenic plants, particularly maize plants, having such a construct stably incorporated into their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Irvin J. Mettler, Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton, Michele Gardiner
  • Patent number: 6232533
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a novel DNA construct comprising an expression cassette having a constitutive promoter which functions in plant cells operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding a Cry 1Ab protein, and a terminator functional in plants and optionally further comprising a second cassette including a promoter which functions in plants operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding for phosphinothricin acetyl transferase, and a terminator functional in plants wherein the two cassettes are transcribed in the same direction. Also provided are transgenic plants, particularly maize plants, having such a construct stably incorporated into their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irvin J. Mettler, Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton, Michele Gardiner
  • Patent number: 6232534
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a novel DNA construct comprising an expression cassette having a constitutive promoter which functions in plant cells operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding a Cry 1Ab protein, and a terminator functional in plants and optionally further comprising a second cassette including a promoter which functions in plants operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding for phosphinothricin acetyl transferase, and a terminator functional in plants wherein the two cassettes are transcribed in the same direction. Also provided are transgenic plants, particularly maize plants, having such a construct stably incorporated into their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irvin J. Mettler, Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton, Michele Gardiner
  • Patent number: 6229075
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a novel DNA construct comprising an expression cassette having a constitutive promoter which functions in plant cells operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding a Cry 1Ab protein, and a terminator functional in plants and optionally further comprising a second cassette including a promoter which functions in plants operably linked to a maize alcohol dehydrogenase intron, a DNA sequence of a gene encoding for phosphinothricin acetyl transferase, and a terminator functional in plants wherein the two cassettes are transcribed in the same direction. Also provided are transgenic plants, particularly maize plants, having such a construct stably incorporated into their genomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irvin J. Mettler, Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton, Michele Gardiner
  • Patent number: 6188003
    Abstract: An inbred sweet corn line, designated R762, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R762, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R762 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R762 with another maize line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton
  • Patent number: 6034306
    Abstract: An inbred sweet corn line, designated R398D, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R398D, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R398D with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R398D with another maize line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis Ag
    Inventors: Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton
  • Patent number: 5990395
    Abstract: An inbred sweet corn line, designated W1498A, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line W1498A, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line W1498A with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line W1498A with another maize line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Douglas C. Plaisted, Stephen L. Grier, Wesley Houghton