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).
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Publication number: 20240076687Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20230346986Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: James BASILION, Andrew JOHNSON, Dong LUO, Thomas MEADE
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Patent number: 11795471Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20230183300Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLCInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230049002Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: 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
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Patent number: 11485983Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20200277622Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: 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
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Patent number: 10690545Abstract: A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: TORNADO SPECTRAL SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Brandon Joseph Desroches, Bradford Bartholomew Behr, Jeffrey Thomas Meade, Yusuf Bismilla, Andrew T. Cenko
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Patent number: 10683517Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20200157154Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: 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
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Patent number: 10570182Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20190219444Abstract: A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Brandon Joseph Desroches, Bradford Bartholomew Behr, Jeffrey Thomas Meade, Yusuf Bismilla, Andrew T. Cenko
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Publication number: 20190203224Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Thomas Meade, Kristin J. Fencil, Huarong Li, Timothy D. Hey, Aaron T. Woosley, Monica Britt Olson
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Patent number: 10281325Abstract: A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TORNADO SPECTRAL SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Brandon Joseph Desroches, Bradford Bartholomew Behr, Jeffrey Thomas Meade, Yusuf Bismilla, Andrew T. Cenko
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Patent number: 10119149Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Thomas Meade, Kenneth Narva, Nicholas P. Storer, Joel J. Sheets, Aaron T. Woosley, Stephanie L. Burton
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Publication number: 20180163224Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 9890390Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20170369539Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Dow Agrosciences LLCInventors: 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
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Patent number: 9796983Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Thomas Meade, Kristin J. Fencil, Huarong Li, Timothy D. Hey, Aaron T. Woosley, Monica B. Olson
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Patent number: 9796982Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Thomas Meade, Kenneth Narva, Nicholas P. Storer, Joel J. Sheets, Aaron T. Woosley, Stephanie L. Burton