Patents by Inventor T. Lynne Reuber
T. Lynne Reuber 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: 20130198909Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jose Luis Riechmann, Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, Neal I. Gutterson
-
Patent number: 8426685Abstract: The invention relates to plant AP2 protein family polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including greater tolerance to freezing, as compared to a reference plant.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Jose Luis Riechmann, Luc Adam, Jacqueline E. Heard, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Cai-Zhong Jiang, T. Lynne Reuber, Robert A. Creelman, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu
-
Patent number: 8426678Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jose Luis Riechmann, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Robert Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, Peter P. Repetti, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Neal I. Gutterson, Omaira Pineda, Gregory Nadzan
-
Publication number: 20130061345Abstract: Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to have increased tolerance to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress), increased growth, and/or increased biomass. The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, and/or low nutrient conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Frederick D. Hempel, Luc J. Adam, James S. Keddie, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Robert A. Creelman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Raymond R. Samaha, Pierre E. Broun, Magnus Hertzberg, Torgny Näsholm
-
Publication number: 20130031669Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to plant regulatory polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant, including improved abiotic stress tolerance. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods to identify related sequences and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jacqueline E. Heard, Robert A. Creelman, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Roderick W. Kumimoto, T. Lynne Reuber
-
Patent number: 8283519Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, variants of naturally-occurring sequences, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including improved cold and other osmotic stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. The invention also pertains to expression systems that may be used to regulate these transcription factor polynucleotides, providing constitutive, transient, inducible and tissue-specific regulation.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Neal I. Gutterson, T. Lynne Reuber, Jeffrey M. Libby, Jacqueline E. Heard, Jose Luis Riechmann, Omaira Pineda
-
Publication number: 20120144518Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Bradley K. Sherman, Jose Luis Riechmann, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jacqueline E. Heard, Volker Haake, Robert A. Creelman, Oliver Ratcliffe, Luc J. Adam, T. Lynne Reuber, James Keddie, Pierre E. Broun, Marsha L. Pilgrim, Arnold N. DuBell, III, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu
-
Publication number: 20120137382Abstract: Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver Ratcliffe, Karen S. Century, Katherine Krolikowski, Robert A. Creelman, Frederick D. Hempel, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Luc J. Adam, Neal I. Gutterson, Roger D. Canales, Emily L. Queen, Jennifer M. Costa
-
Publication number: 20120131691Abstract: Light-regulated promoter sequences were identified that respond to differential light conditions and so can be used to regulate gene expression in a light- or dark-inducible manner. These promoters may be used to produce transgenic plants that have an altered trait relative to control plants. In preferred embodiments, the transgenic plants with the improved traits are morphologically and/or developmentally similar to control plants (examples of the latter include wild-type or non-transformed plants of the same species). Any of these light-regulated promoters may be incorporated into a nucleic acid construct that comprises a polynucleotide regulated by one such promoter and that encodes a polypeptide or RNA molecule that, when ectopically expressed, confers an improved trait in plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Peter P. Repetti, Rajnish Khanna, Hans E. Holtan, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver J. Ratcliffe
-
Patent number: 8110725Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Oliver Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber
-
Patent number: 8071846Abstract: Polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer increased yield, greater height, greater early season growth, greater canopy coverage, greater stem diameter, greater late season vigor, increased secondary rooting, more rapid germination, greater cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, reduced stomatal conductance, altered C/N sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, increased low phosphorus tolerance, or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to the control plant as compared to a control plant.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignees: Monsanto Company, Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Neal I. Gutterson, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, R. Eric Cerny, Kimberly Faye Zobrist Duff, Susanne Kjemtrup-Lovelace, Robert J. Meister, Marie E. Petracek, Thomas Ruff, Qingzhang Xu
-
Patent number: 8030546Abstract: Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver Ratcliffe, Karen S. Century, Neal I. Gutterson, Roger Canales, Emily L. Queen
-
Patent number: 8022274Abstract: Polynucleotides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer earlier flowering, longer floral organ retention, increased cold tolerance, greater tolerance to water deprivation, altered carbon-nitrogen balance sensing, increased low nitrogen tolerance, and/or increased tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to a control plant.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Jose Luis Riechmann, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber, Katherine Krolikowski, Jacqueline E. Heard, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Robert A. Creelman, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Paul Chomet
-
Patent number: 7994394Abstract: Disease-inducible promoter sequences have been identified that may be used to produce transgenic plants that are both more resistant to disease than control plants, and are wild-type or nearly wild type in appearance. Any of these disease-inducible promoters may be incorporated into expression vectors that each comprise a defense response protein operably linked to the promoter. The expression vectors can be introduced into plants and the defense response protein then ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these expression vectors have been shown to be more resistant to disease, in some cases, to more than one type of pathogen, and yet are similar to wild type plants in their morphology and development.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Luc Adam, T. Lynne Reuber, Karen S. Century
-
Publication number: 20110179520Abstract: Tissue-enhanced promoter sequences were identified that enhance expression of a polypeptide in one or more plant tissues. These promoters may be used to produce transgenic plants that have an altered trait relative to control plants. In preferred embodiments, the transgenic plants with the improved traits are morphologically and/or developmentally similar to control plants (examples of the latter include wild-type or non-transformed plants of the same species). Any of these tissue-enhanced promoters may be incorporated into a nucleic acid construct that comprises a polynucleotide regulated by one such promoter and that encodes a polypeptide or RNA molecule that, when ectopically expressed, confers an improved trait in plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Suqin CAI, Hans E. Holtan, Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber
-
Publication number: 20110173712Abstract: Altering the activity of specific regulatory proteins in plants, for example, by knocking down or knocking out HY5 clade or STH2 clade protein expression, or by modifying COP1 clade protein expression, can have beneficial effects on plant performance, including improved stress tolerance and yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2009Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Rajnish Khanna, Oliver Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber
-
Patent number: 7960612Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including increased soluble solids, lycopene, and improved plant volume or yield, as compared to wild-type or control plants. The invention also pertains to expression systems that may be used to regulate these transcription factor polynucleotides, providing constitutive, transient, inducible and tissue-specific regulation.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignees: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: James Z. Zhang, Frederick D. Hempel, Luc J. Adam, Joseph M. Palys, T. Lynne Reuber, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Robert A. Creelman, Raymond R. Samaha, Pierre E. Broun
-
Publication number: 20110126326Abstract: A new and strong transcriptional activation domain was identified from the Arabidopsis protein Ethylene Response Factor 98 (AtERF98). This domain has been designated as the “EDLL domain” and has a number of highly conserved amino acid residues that are found throughout the members of the AtERF98 family from plants, including in monocot and eudicot orthologs. The EDLL domain was shown to be highly active when it was fused to transcription factors from plant and yeast, and was also shown to have activation potential comparable to the widely-used VP16 activation domain derived from Herpes simplex. The EDLL domain was also active when it was targeted to a gene promoter by a sequence-specific DNA binding protein or by protein-protein interactions. Unlike other known activation domains such as VP16 and GAL4, the EDLL domain is relatively small in size, and being of plant origin, it is favored as a strong transcriptional activation tool for application in transgenic food crops.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Shiv Tiwari, Roger Canales, T. Lynne Reuber, Karen S. Century, Oliver Ratcliffe
-
Publication number: 20110119789Abstract: The invention is directed to transgenic plants transformed with nucleic acids that encode a plant transcription factor that increases the transgenic plant's size and yield and/or delays flowering in the plant, and methods of using and producing the transgenic plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Creelman, Luc J. Adam, Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Omaira Pineda, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reuber
-
Patent number: 7939715Abstract: Polynucleotides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer greater size, greater organ size, greater biomass, greater yield, curlier leaves, darker coloration, greater tolerance to water deprivation, delayed flowering, delayed development, delayed senescence, greater tolerance to cold, and/or greater tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to a control plant.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Oliver J. Ratcliffe, Roderick W. Kumimoto, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Jeffrey M. Libby, Robert Creelman, Peter P. Repetti, T. Lynne Reuber, Neal I. Gutterson, Ganesh Kumar, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Karen Gabbert