Patents by Inventor Vaka S. Reddy
Vaka S. Reddy 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: 20230115696Abstract: Provided are biologically pure bacterial isolates characterized by a genome structure at least 90% similar to a genome structure of a bacterial species selected from the group consisting of: Streptomyces sp. E128 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67462, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens A190 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67464, Bacillus subtilis P243 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67459, Bacillus thuringiensis M979 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67457, Massilia aurea P63 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67461, Rhodococcus sp. G706, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia E132 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67460, Streptomyces aurantiacus A918, Streptomyces badius 0180, Streptomyces mirabilis B670 having an NRRL Accession No. B67463, Streptomyces scopuliridis F427 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67458, and Streptomyces sp. L219.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Or Rotem, Pamela G. Marrone, Sharon Ayal, Amit Vasavada, Brittany Pierce, Lisa N. Meihls, Vaka S. Reddy, Debora Wilk, Ana-Lucia Cordova-Kreylos, James Presnail, Eyal Emmanuel
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Patent number: 11466247Abstract: Provided are biologically pure bacterial isolates characterized by a genome structure at least 90% similar to a genome structure of a bacterial species selected from the group consisting of: Streptomyces sp. E128 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67462, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens A190 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67464, Bacillus subtilis P243 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67459, Bacillus thuringiensis M979 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67457, Massilia aurea P63 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67461, Rhodococcus sp. G706, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia E132 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67460, Streptomyces aurantiacus A918, Streptomyces badius O180, Streptomyces mirabilis B670 having an NRRL Accession No. B67463, Streptomyces scopuliridis F427 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67458, and Streptomyces sp. L219.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignees: Evogene Ltd., Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Or Rotem, Pamela G. Marrone, Sharon Ayal, Amit Vasavada, Brittany Pierce, Lisa N. Meihls, Vaka S. Reddy, Debora Wilk, Ana-Lucia Cordova-Kreylos, James Presnail, Eyal Emmanuel
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Publication number: 20200283484Abstract: Provided are biologically pure bacterial isolates characterized by a genome structure at least 90% similar to a genome structure of a bacterial species selected from the group consisting of: Streptomyces sp. E128 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67462, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens A190 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67464, Bacillus subtilis P243 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67459, Bacillus thuringiensis M979 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67457, Massilia aurea P63 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67461, Rhodococcus sp. G706, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia E132 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67460, Streptomyces aurantiacus A918, Streptomyces badius O180, Streptomyces mirabilis B670 having an NRRL Accession No. B67463, Streptomyces scopuliridis F427 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67458, and Streptomyces sp. L219.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicants: Evogene Ltd., Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Or ROTEM, Pamela G. MARRONE, Sharon AYAL, Amit VASAVADA, Brittany PIERCE, Lisa N. MEIHLS, Vaka S. REDDY, Debora WILK, Ana-Lucia CORDOVA-KREYLOS, James PRESNAIL, Eyal EMMANUEL
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Patent number: 10227598Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William M. Ainley, Mark A. Thompson
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Patent number: 10077450Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Cory Larsen, Scott A. Bevan, John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William Michael Ainley, Mark Allen Thompson
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Patent number: 10017828Abstract: This disclosure concerns a system and method for detecting heterologous DNA in plant materials.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: John P. Davies, Warren S. Lee, Vaka S. Reddy, Xing Liang Liu, Satyalinga S. Gampala
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Patent number: 9896692Abstract: An activation tagging construct for maize that includes one or more sugarcane bacilliform viral (SCBV) enhancer elements, and resulting tagged populations and plants, are described. In one example, an activation tagging DNA construct includes a coding sequence for a transposase, a detectable reporter (such as anthocyanin regulatory genes B-Peru and C1) and a non-autonomous transposable T-DNA cassette. For example, the transposable T-DNA cassette is inserted into the detectable reporter encoding region such that the B-Peru and C1 genes express anthocyanins in a cell containing the maize activation tagging DNA construct only upon excision of the transposable cassette. Methods of generating a tagged population of maize plants include transforming a maize plant cell or tissue with the disclosed constructs.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William Michael Ainley, D. Ry Wagner, Xing Liang Liu
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Publication number: 20160251733Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: Dow Agrosciences LLCInventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William M. Ainley, Mark A. Thompson
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Publication number: 20150096080Abstract: Disclosed herein is an activation tagging construct for maize, resulting tagged populations and plants. In one example, an activation tagging DNA construct includes a coding sequence for a transposase, a detectable reporter (such as anthocyanin regulatory genes B-Peru and C1) and a non-autonomous transposable T-DNA cassette. For example, the transposable T-DNA cassette is inserted into the detectable reporter encoding region such that the B-Peru and C1 genes express anthocyanins in a cell containing the maize activation tagging DNA construct only upon excision of the transposable cassette. Methods of generating a tagged population of maize plants include transforming a maize plant cell or tissue with the disclosed constructs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William Michael Ainley, D. Ry Wagner, Xing Liang Liu
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Publication number: 20150059021Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Patricia Ann Owens Merlo, Cory Larsen, Scott A. Bevan, John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William Michael Ainley, Mark Allen Thompson
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Patent number: 8912393Abstract: Disclosed herein is an activation tagging construct for maize, resulting tagged populations and plants. In one example, an activation tagging DNA construct includes a coding sequence for a transposase, a detectable reporter (such as anthocyanin regulatory genes B-Peru and C1) and a non-autonomous transposable T-DNA cassette. For example, the transposable T-DNA cassette is inserted into the detectable reporter encoding region such that the B-Peru and C1 genes express anthocyanins in a cell containing the maize activation tagging DNA construct only upon excision of the transposable cassette. Methods of generating a tagged population of maize plants include transforming a maize plant cell or tissue with the disclosed constructs.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC.Inventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William M. Ainley, Xing Liang Liu, D. Ry Wagner
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Publication number: 20140287407Abstract: This disclosure concerns a system and method for detecting heterologous DNA in plant materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLCInventors: John P. Davies, Warren S. Lee, Vaka S. Reddy, Xing Liang Liu, Satyalinga S. Gampala
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Publication number: 20140289899Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William M. Ainley, Mark A. Thompson
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Patent number: 8785612Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.Inventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William M. Ainley, Mark A. Thompson
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Publication number: 20120060238Abstract: Disclosed herein is an activation tagging construct for maize, resulting tagged populations and plants. In one example, an activation tagging DNA construct includes a coding sequence for a transposase, a detectable reporter (such as anthocyanin regulatory genes B-Peru and C1) and a non-autonomous transposable T-DNA cassette. For example, the transposable T-DNA cassette is inserted into the detectable reporter encoding region such that the B-Peru and C1 genes express anthocyanins in a cell containing the maize activation tagging DNA construct only upon excision of the transposable cassette. Methods of generating a tagged population of maize plants include transforming a maize plant cell or tissue with the disclosed constructs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William M. Ainley, Xing Liang Liu, D. Ry Wagner
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Publication number: 20120054908Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William M. Ainley, Mark A. Thompson
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Patent number: 8053637Abstract: Reported herein are methods for obtaining stably transformed callus in Taxus media ‘Hicksii’, including particularly methods that involve using needles, stem, or bark peel as explant material for transformation. Also provided are descriptions of several promoter activities in directing reporter gene expression in Taxus media cells, in particular cells in suspension cultures, callus and needles. Transgenic plants (e.g., Taxus plants), plant cells, cell lines, and tissues (including seeds) are also provided, in particular those that express one or more enzymes in a paclitaxel biosynthesis pathway.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Dianaplantsciences, Inc.Inventors: Helena V. Mathews, Vaka S. Reddy, Allan H. Lammers
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Publication number: 20090007298Abstract: Reported herein are methods for obtaining stably transformed callus in Taxus media ‘Hicksii’, including particularly methods that involve using needles, stem, or bark peel as explant material for transformation. Also provided are descriptions of several promoter activities in directing reporter gene expression in Taxus media cells, in particular cells in suspension cultures, callus and needles. Transgenic plants (e.g., Taxus plants), plant cells, cell lines, and tissues (including seeds) are also provided, in particular those that express one or more enzymes in a paclitaxel biosynthesis pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Helena V. Mathews, Vaka S. Reddy, Allan H. Lammers
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Publication number: 20030061635Abstract: The present disclosure describes a novel calmodulin-binding protein, termed NPG1 (No Pollen Germination1) of plants that is specifically expressed in pollen, and the nucleic acid coding sequence, and genomic DNA fragments containing pollen-specific transcriptional and translational regulatory elements. Genetic, histological, and pollen germination studies with the Arabidopsis mutant line for the NPG1 gene indicate that NPG1 is essential for pollen germination. Therefore, this invention provides new means to generate a transgenic plant that is male sterile by modulating expression of the NPG1 gene or interfering with the function of the NPG1 polypeptide. The availability of the tissue specific regulatory elements of the NPG1 gene makes it possible for the pollen-specific expression of various genes of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Anireddy S.N. Reddy, Farida Safadi, Vaka S. Reddy, Maxim Golovkin