Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Skokut

Thomas A. Skokut 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).

  • High-throughput methods of screening DNA for deletions and other mutations
    Patent number: 7354715
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to high-throughput methods of screening DNA for mutations. These methods offer various unexpected advantages over current methods. In a preferred embodiment, the subject invention includes pooling DNA samples from many plants that were subjected to mutagenesis. Methods of the subject invention include highly sensitive means for detecting individual mutants, preferably deletions, in large pools or collections of DNA samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Avutu Sambi Reddy, Max Otto Ruegger, James Patrick Connell, Thomas Skokut
  • High-throughput methods of screening DNA for deletions and other mutations
    Publication number: 20050053975
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to high-throughput methods of screening DNA for mutations. These methods offer various unexpected advantages over current methods. In a preferred embodiment, the subject invention includes pooling DNA samples from many plants that were subjected to mutagenesis. Methods of the subject invention include highly sensitive means for detecting individual mutants, preferably deletions, in large pools or collections of DNA samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Avutu Reddy, Max Ruegger, James Connell, Thomas Skokut
  • Compositions and method for modulation of gene expression in plants
    Publication number: 20030014775
    Abstract: An enzymatic nucleic acid molecule with RNA cleaving activity, wherein said nucleic acid molecule modulates the expression of an gene in a plant. A transgenic plant comprising nucleic acids encoding for an enzymatic nucleic acid molecule with RNA cleaving activity, wherein said nucleic acid molecule modulates the expression of a gene in said plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Zwick, Brent V. Edington, James A. McSwiggen, Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Lining Guo, Thomas A. Skokut, Scott A. Young, Otto Folkerts, Donald J. Merlo
  • Nucleic acid encoding delta-9 desaturase
    Patent number: 6350934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding delta 9 desaturase gene, and expression vectors, plant cells, and transgenic plants expressing delta 9 desaturase nucleic acid. The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used, for example, to decrease delta 9 desaturase activity in plant cells, resulting in decreased unsaturated fatty acid production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignees: Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc., DowElanco
    Inventors: Michael G. Zwick, Brent E. Edington, James A. McSwiggen, Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Lining Guo, Thomas A. Skokut, Scott A. Young, Otto Folkerts, Donald J. Merlo
  • Method and apparatus for the acceleration of a propellable matter
    Patent number: 5141131
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are taught for the acceleration of a propellable matter at selected target matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: DowElanco
    Inventors: Theodore E. Miller, Jr., Bradley C. Schuchardt, Alan R. Gould, Thomas A. Skokut