Patents by Inventor Thaddeus Weglarz

Thaddeus Weglarz 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).

  • Nucleic acid compositions conferring altered metabolic characteristics
    Patent number: 7635798
    Abstract: This invention encompasses the identification and isolation genes and gene fragments that confer altered metabolic characteristics in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, when expressed using GENEWARE™ viral vectors. These genes are derived from a variety of sources. Expression of these genes resulted in alterations of the levels of at least one of the following metabolites: acids, fatty acids, amino acids and related compounds, branched fatty acids, carbohydrates, hydrocarbons, alkaloids and other bases, esters, glycerides, phenols and related compounds, alcohols, alkenes and alkynes, sterols, oxygenated terpenes, and other isoprenoids, and ketones and quinones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Dow Agrosciences, LLC
    Inventors: Thaddeus Weglarz, Daniel Gachotte, Beth Blakeslee, Ignacio Larrinua, David A. McCrery, Randy J. Pell, J. Vincent B. Oriedo, Barbara A. Miller, Avutu S. Reddy, Vipula Shukla, Rodney Crosley
  • Nucleic acid compositions conferring altered metabolic characteristics
    Publication number: 20050091708
    Abstract: This invention encompasses the identification and isolation genes and gene fragments that confer altered metabolic characteristics in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, when expressed using GENEWARE™ viral vectors. These genes are derived from a variety of sources. Expression of these genes resulted in alterations of the levels of at least one of the following metabolites: acids, fatty acids, amino acids and related compounds, branched fatty acids, carbohydrates, hydrocarbons, alkaloids and other bases, esters, glycerides, phenols and related compounds, alcohols, alkenes and alkynes, sterols, oxygenated terpenes, and other isoprenoids, and ketones and quinones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Thaddeus Weglarz, Daniel Gachotte, Beth Blakeslee, Ignacio Larrinua, David McCrery, Randy Pell, J. Oriedo, Barbara Miller, Avutu Reddy, Vipula Shukia, Rodney Crosley