Patents by Inventor Susan McAvoy

Susan McAvoy 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).

  • PLASMID ADDICTION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20240026280
    Abstract: Provided herein, in some embodiments, are compositions and methods for a plasmid addiction system based on essential glycolytic genes. Also provided herein, in some embodiments, are compositions and methods for a plasmid addiction system based on an outer membrane efflux protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Himanshu Dhamankar, Drew S. Cunningham, Caitlin Macadino, William Farmer, Susan McAvoy, Areen Banerjee, Karthikeyan Ramachandriya
  • Stable, fertile, high polyhydroxyalkanoate producing plants and methods of producing them
    Patent number: 9096861
    Abstract: Transgenic plants that produce high levels of polyhydroxybutyrate and methods of producing them are provided. In a preferred embodiment the transgenic plants are produced using plastid transformation technologies and utilize genes which are codon optimized. Stably transformed plants able to produce greater than 10% dwt PHS in tissues are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Metabolix, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Bohmert-Tatarev, Susan McAvoy, Oliver P. Peoples, Kristi D. Snell
  • STABLE, FERTILE, HIGH POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE PRODUCING PLANTS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THEM
    Publication number: 20100229258
    Abstract: Transgenic plants that produce high levels of polyhydroxybutyrate and methods of producing them are provided. In a preferred embodiment the transgenic plants are produced using plastid transformation technologies and utilize genes which are codon optimized. Stably transformed plants able to produce greater than 10% dwt PHS in tissues are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Karen Bohmert-Tatarev, Susan McAvoy, Oliver P. Peoples, Kristi D. Snell