Patents by Inventor Thomas Meade

Thomas Meade 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).

  • MODIFIED Cry1Ca TOXINS USEFUL FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS
    Publication number: 20260078153
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns Bacillus thuringiensis modified Cry1Ca insecticidal toxins and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these toxins. Uses in transgenic plants are described as are methods for protecting crops from insect pest damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC
    Inventors: JOEL J. SHEETS, JANNA MAI ARMSTRONG, TRISTAN E. CORAM, AUDREY JANE ETTER, TODD P. GLANCY, TIMOTHY D. HEY, JAMES E. KING, RYAN M. LEE, JIANQUAN LI, GAOFENG LIN, KRISHNA M. MADDURI, THOMAS MEADE, KENNETH NARVA, SEK YEE TAN
  • CRY1D FOR CONTROLLING CORN EARWORM
    Publication number: 20250188485
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against com earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: SEK YEE TAN, JOEL J. SHEETS, TODD P. GLANCY, AARON TODD WOOSLEY, SARAH E. WORDEN, DIAA ALABED, STEPHANIE LOVE BURTON, KAREN C. MCLAUGHLIN, KENNETH NARVA, THOMAS MEADE
  • Cry1D for controlling corn earworm
    Patent number: 12264321
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: AGRIGENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Sek Yee Tan, Joel J Sheets, Todd P Glancy, Aaron Todd Woosley, Sarah E Worden, Diaa Alabed, Stephanie Love Burton, Karen C McLaughlin, Kenneth Narva, Thomas Meade
  • CRY1D FOR CONTROLLING CORN EARWORM
    Publication number: 20240076687
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: SEK YEE TAN, JOEL J SHEETS, TODD P GLANCY, AARON TODD WOOSLEY, SARAH E WORDEN, DIAA ALABED, STEPHANIE LOVE BURTON, KAREN C MCLAUGHLIN, KENNETH NARVA, THOMAS MEADE
  • METHODS AND AGENTS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER
    Publication number: 20230346986
    Abstract: A nanoparticle agent includes a gold nanoparticle, at least one thiol modified Gd(III) macrocycle complex, and at least one prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) ligand, wherein the PSMA ligand and the thiol modified Gd(III) complex are each individually coupled to the gold nanoparticle via one or more thiol (SH) groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: James BASILION, Andrew JOHNSON, Dong LUO, Thomas MEADE
  • Cry1D for controlling corn earworm
    Patent number: 11795471
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AGRIGENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Sek Yee Tan, Joel J Sheets, Todd P Glancy, Aaron Todd Woosley, Sarah E Worden, Diaa Alabed, Stephanie Love Burton, Karen C Mclaughlin, Kenneth Narva, Thomas Meade
  • MODIFIED Cry1Ca TOXINS USEFUL FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS
    Publication number: 20230183300
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns Bacillus thuringiensis modified Cry1Ca insecticidal toxins and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these toxins. Uses in transgenic plants are described as are methods for protecting crops from insect pest damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC
    Inventors: JOEL J. SHEETS, JANNA MAI ARMSTRONG, TRISTAN E. CORAM, AUDREY JANE ETTER, TODD P. GLANCY, TIMOTHY D. HEY, JAMES E. KING, RYAN M. LEE, JIANQUAN LI, GAOFENG LIN, KRISHNA M. MADDURI, THOMAS MEADE, KENNETH NARVA, SEK YEE TAN
  • CRY1D FOR CONTROLLING CORN EARWORM
    Publication number: 20230049002
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that CrylDa is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using CrylDa in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric CrylDa demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: SEK YEE TAN, JOEL J SHEETS, TODD P GLANCY, AARON TODD WOOSLEY, SARAH E WORDEN, DIAA ALABED, STEPHANIE LOVE BURTON, KAREN C MCLAUGHLIN, KENNETH NARVA, THOMAS MEADE
  • Cry1D for controlling corn earworm
    Patent number: 11485983
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Sek Yee Tan, Joel J Sheets, Todd P Glancy, Aaron Todd Woosley, Sarah E Worden, Diaa Alabed, Stephanie Love Burton, Karen C McLaughlin, Kenneth Narva, Thomas Meade
  • CRY1D FOR CONTROLLING CORN EARWORM
    Publication number: 20200277622
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: AGRIGENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: SEK YEE TAN, JOEL J SHEETS, TODD P GLANCY, AARON TODD WOOSLEY, SARAH E WORDEN, DIAA ALABED, STEPHANIE LOVE BURTON, KAREN C MCLAUGHLIN, KENNETH NARVA, THOMAS MEADE
  • Cry1D for controlling corn earworm
    Patent number: 10683517
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: AGRIGENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Sek Yee Tan, Joel J. Sheets, Todd Glancy, Aaron T. Woosley, Sarah E. Worden, Diaa Alabed, Stephanie Burton, Karen C. McLaughlin, Kenneth E. Narva, Thomas Meade
  • MODIFIED Cry1Ca TOXINS USEFUL FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS
    Publication number: 20200157154
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns Bacillus thuringiensis modified Cry1Ca insecticidal toxins and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these toxins. Uses in transgenic plants are described as are methods for protecting crops from insect pest damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: JOEL J SHEETS, KENNETH NARVA, THOMAS MEADE, TIMOTHY D HEY, SEK YEE TAN, AUDREY JANE ETTER, TODD P GLANCY, JANNA MAI ARMSTRONG, TRISTAN E CORAM, KRISHNA M MADDURI, JAMES E KING, RYAN M LEE, GAOFENG LIN, JIANQUAN LI
  • Modified Cry1Ca toxins useful for control of insect pests
    Patent number: 10570182
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns Bacillus thuringiensis modified Cry1Ca insecticidal toxins and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these toxins. Uses in transgenic plants are described as are methods for protecting crops from insect pest damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Joel J. Sheets, Kenneth Narva, Thomas Meade, Timothy D. Hey, Sek Yee Tan, Audrey Jane Etter, Todd P. Glancy, Janna Mai Armstrong, Tristan E. Coram, Krishna M. Madduri, James E. King, Ryan M. Lee, Gaofeng Lin, Jianquan Li
  • COMBINATIONS INCLUDING CRY34AB/35AB AND CRY 3AA PROTEINS TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE IN CORN ROOTWORMS (DIABROTICA SPP.)
    Publication number: 20190203224
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to Cry34Ab/35Ab in combination with Cry3Aa. The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that combinations of Cry34Ab/Cry35Ab and Cry3Aa are useful for preventing development of resistance (to either insecticidal protein system alone) by a corn rootworm (Diabrotica spp.) population. As one skilled in the art will recognize with the benefit of this disclosure, corn plants producing these insecticidal Cry proteins will be useful to mitigate concern that a corn rootworm population could develop that would be resistant to either of these insecticidal protein systems alone. Plants (and acreage planted with such plants) that produce these two insecticidal protein systems are included within the scope of the subject invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Thomas Meade, Kristin J. Fencil, Huarong Li, Timothy D. Hey, Aaron T. Woosley, Monica Britt Olson
  • Use of DIG3 insecticidal crystal protein in combination with cry1Ab for management of resistance in european cornborer
    Patent number: 10119149
    Abstract: The subject invention includes methods and plants for controlling European corn borer, said plants comprising a Cry1Ab insecticidal protein and a DIG-3 insecticidal protein to delay or prevent development of resistance by the insect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Meade, Kenneth Narva, Nicholas P. Storer, Joel J. Sheets, Aaron T. Woosley, Stephanie L. Burton
  • CRY1D FOR CONTROLLING CORN EARWORM
    Publication number: 20180163224
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Sek Yee Tan, Joel J. Sheets, Todd Glancy, Aaron T. Woosley, Sarah E. Worden, Diaa Alabed, Stephanie Burton, Karen C. McLaughlin, Kenneth E. Narva, Thomas Meade
  • CRY1D for controlling corn earworm
    Patent number: 9890390
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sek Yee Tan, Joel J. Sheets, Todd Glancy, Aaron T. Woosley, Sarah E Worden, Diaa Alabed, Stephanie Burton, Karen C. McLaughlin, Kenneth E. Narva, Thomas Meade
  • MODIFIED CRY1CA TOXINS USEFUL FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS
    Publication number: 20170369539
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns Bacillus thuringiensis modified Cry1Ca insecticidal toxins and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these toxins. Uses in transgenic plants are described as are methods for protecting crops from insect pest damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventors: Joel J. SHEETS, Kenneth NARVA, Thomas MEADE, Timothy D. HEY, Sek Yee TAN, Audrey Jane ETTER, Todd P. GLANCY, Janna Mai ARMSTRONG, Tristan E. CORAM, Krishna M. MADDURI, James E. KING, Ryan M. LEE, Gaofeng LIN, Jianquan LI
  • Combinations including CRY3AA and CRY6AA proteins to prevent development of resistance in corn rootworms (spp.)
    Patent number: 9796983
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to Cry3Aa in combination with Cry6Aa. The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that combinations of Cry3Aa and Cry6Aa are useful for preventing development of resistance (to either insecticidal protein system alone) by a corn rootworm (Diabrotica spp.) population. Included within the subject invention are plants producing these insecticidal Cry proteins, which are useful to mitigate concern that a corn rootworm population could develop that would be resistant to either of these insecticidal protein systems alone. The subject invention also relates in part to combinations of Cry3Aa and Cry6Aa proteins “triple-stacked” or “multi-stacked” with another insecticidal protein(s) such as a Cry6Aa protein or binary Cry34/35 proteins. Thus, such embodiments target rootworms with three modes of action. Transgenic plants, including corn, comprising a cry6Aa gene and a cry3Aa gene are included within the scope of the subject invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Thomas Meade, Kristin J. Fencil, Huarong Li, Timothy D. Hey, Aaron T. Woosley, Monica B. Olson
  • Use of Cry1Da in combination with Cry1Ca for management of resistant insects
    Patent number: 9796982
    Abstract: The subject invention includes methods and plants for controlling fall armyworm lepidopteran insects, said plants comprising a Cry1Da insecticidal protein and a Cry1Ca insecticidal protein, and various combinations of other proteins comprising this pair of proteins, to delay or prevent development of resistance by the insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Meade, Kenneth Narva, Nicholas P. Storer, Joel J. Sheets, Aaron T. Woosley, Stephanie L. Burton