Potato Patents (Class 800/317.2)
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Patent number: 8426703Abstract: A potato cultivar designated ‘Brooke’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Brooke’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Brooke’, to the plants of potato ‘Brooke’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Brooke’ and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar ‘Brooke’ with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety ‘Brooke’, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar ‘Brooke’ and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
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Publication number: 20130081151Abstract: A plant comprising a modified Flowering Locus (FT) polynucleotide expressing a modified polypeptide exhibits altered flowering time, floral numbers and/or increased seed production. Different mutant sequences conferring different phenotypes are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Yiguo Hong, Steve Jackson, Chunyang Li
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Publication number: 20130081155Abstract: This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are associated with abiotic stress responses and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. In particular, this invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that confer drought, heat, cold, and/or salt tolerance to plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Piotr Puzio, Agnes Chardonnens, Harry Wild, Gunnar Plesch, Bryan McKersie
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Patent number: 8395029Abstract: A potato cultivar designated ‘Linton’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Linton’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Linton’, to the plants of potato ‘Linton’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Linton’ and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar ‘Linton’ with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety ‘Linton’, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar ‘Linton’ and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
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Patent number: 8367893Abstract: This invention provides novel gene sequences, compositions and methods for enhancing the resistance in crops, in particular but not limited to, potato, to late blight caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Plant Bioscience LimitedInventors: Jonathan Jones, Simon John Foster, Zhaohui Chu, Tae-Ho Park, Edwin Andries Gerard Van Der Vossen, Mathieu Andre Pel, Richard Gerardus Franciscus Visser
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Publication number: 20130031677Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for protecting a propagule or a plant grown therefrom from invertebrate pests comprising contacting the propagule or the locus of the propagule with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, its N-oxide or an agriculturally suitable salt thereof wherein A and B and R1 through R8 are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also relates to propagules treated with a compound of Formula I and compositions comprising a Formula I compound for coating propagules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: RICHARD ALAN BERGER, Issac Billy Annan, John Lindsey Flexner, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 8362327Abstract: A potato cultivar designated ‘Newton’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Newton’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Newton’, to the plants of potato ‘Newton’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Newton’ and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar ‘Newton’ with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety ‘Newton’, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar ‘Newton’ and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
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Patent number: 8357838Abstract: A potato cultivar designated ‘Shelford’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Shelford’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Shelford’, to the plants of potato ‘Shelford’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Shelford’ and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar ‘Shelford’ with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety ‘Shelford’, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar ‘Shelford’ and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
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Publication number: 20130019344Abstract: The present invention provides thermostable polypeptides related to Arabidopsis Rubisco Activase polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nuclei acids of the invention to enhance resistance of plants to heat stress are encompassed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
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Patent number: 8354572Abstract: A potato cultivar designated ‘Madingley’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar ‘Madingley’, to the seeds of potato cultivar ‘Madingley’, to the plants of potato ‘Madingley’, to the plant parts of potato cultivar ‘Madingley’ and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar ‘Madingley’ with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety ‘Madingley’, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar ‘Madingley’ and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
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Publication number: 20130014289Abstract: Compositions and methods for imparting stress tolerance to plants using WRKY nucleic acid and polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2010Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Jinsong Zhang, Shouyi Chen, Canfang Niu, Biao Ma, Wanke Zhang, Qing Lin, Sijie He
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Publication number: 20130007926Abstract: Protein replacement therapy for patients with hemophilia or other inherited protein deficiencies is often complicated by pathogenic antibody responses, including antibodies that neutralize the therapeutic protein or that predispose to potentially life-threatening anaphylactic reactions by formation of IgE. Using murine hemophilia B as a model, we have developed a prophylactic protocol against such responses that is non-invasive and does not include immune suppression or genetic manipulation of the patient's cells. Oral delivery of coagulation factor IX (F. IX) expressed in chloroplasts, bioencapsulated in plant cells, effectively blocked formation of inhibitory antibodies in protein replacement therapy. Inhibitor titers were mostly undetectable and up to 100-fold lower in treated mice when compared to controls. Moreover, this treatment eliminated fatal anaphylactic reactions that occurred after 4 to 6 exposures to intravenous F. IX protein. While only 20-25% of control animals survived after 6-8 F.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Henry Daniell, Roland Herzog
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Publication number: 20130007914Abstract: The invention provides several promoters isolated from Oryza sativa, which promoters are capable of driving and/or regulating the expression of an operably linked nucleic acid in a plant. The expression patterns of the promoters according to the invention have been studied in Oryza sativa and some of the promoters displayed specific activity in particular cells, tissues or organs of the plant, while others displayed constitutive expression throughout substantially the whole plant. Some promoters showed weak expression, while others were strongly active.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Yves Hatzfeld, Willem Broekaert
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Publication number: 20130007928Abstract: A transgenic plant that overexpresses sucrose synthase. The transgenic plant has a genetic construct that encodes a sucrose synthase peptide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Miren Edurne Baroja Fernandez, Francisco José Muñoz Perez, Francisco Javier Pozueta Romero, Maria Teresa Moran Zorzano, Nora Alonso Casajus
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Publication number: 20130007911Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of blocking or reducing genetically modified plant (GMO) pollen flow using a “non-lethal” approach. In this aspect, at least one transgenic polynucleotide of interest is linked to a pollen-ablation construct as described herein. The pollen-ablation construct contains a polynucleotide encoding a restriction enzyme that renders the transgenic pollen unable to fertilize a sexually compatible ovule.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventor: C. NEAL STEWART, JR.
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Publication number: 20120317683Abstract: The invention relates to a method for stimulating the growth of the plants and/or improving the biomass production and/or increasing the carbon fixation by the plant comprising introducing into a plant cell, plant tissue or plant one or more nucleic acids, wherein the introduction of the nucleic acid(s) results inside the chloroplast of a de novo expression of one or more polypeptides having the enzymatic activity of a glycolate dehydrogenase made up from translationally fused subunits of bacterial multi-subunit glycolate dehydrogenase enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: Fritz Kreuzaler, Greta Noelke, Christoph Peterhaensel, Stefan Schillberg
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Patent number: 8330004Abstract: A potato cultivar designated FL 2126 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar FL 2126, to the seeds of potato cultivar FL 2126, to the plants of potato FL 2126, to the plant parts of potato cultivar FL 2126 and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar FL 2126 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety FL 2126, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar FL 2126 and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
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Patent number: 8330005Abstract: A potato cultivar designated FL 2137 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar FL 2137, to the seeds of potato cultivar FL 2137, to the plants of potato FL 2137, to the plant parts of potato cultivar FL 2137 and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar FL 2137 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety FL 2137, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar FL 2137 and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
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Publication number: 20120311734Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to potato transformation compositions, systems, methods, microorganisms, and plants (e.g., one or more potato chipping varieties). In some embodiments, a method of transforming and/or transfecting a plant (e.g., ‘Atlantic’ potato) may comprise (a) growing an ‘Atlantic’ potato plant (e.g., from a tuber) for from about 3 weeks to about 4 weeks, (b) removing one or more leaf sections (e.g., each section from about 0.5 cm to about 1 cm in its longest dimension) from the plant, (c) cultivating the one or more sections on a callus induction medium comprising zeatin for about 2 days, and/or (d) contacting the one or more sections with Agrobacterium comprising the exogenous nucleic acids under conditions that permit transfer of the exogenous nucleic acid to the one or more sections to produce at least one transformed and/or transfected plant cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMInventors: Ian S. Curtis, Javier Gonzalez-Ramos, T. Erik Mirkov
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Patent number: 8324455Abstract: This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are associated with abiotic stress responses and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. In particular, this invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that confer drought, heat, cold, and/or salt tolerance to plants.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Piotr Puzio, Agnes Chardonnens, Harry Wild, Gunnar Plesch, Bryan McKersie
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Patent number: 8324471Abstract: A potato cultivar designated FL 2215 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar FL 2215, to the seeds of potato cultivar FL 2215, to the plants of potato FL 2215, to the plant parts of potato cultivar FL 2215 and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar FL 2215 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety FL 2215, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar FL 2215 and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Hoopes
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Patent number: 8319044Abstract: A potato cultivar designated FF X RG 387 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar FF X RG 387, to the seeds of potato cultivar FF X RG 387, to the plants of potato FF X RG 387, to the plant parts of potato cultivar FF X RG 387 and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar FF X RG 387 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety FF X RG 387, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar FF X RG 387 and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Rockey Farms, L.L.C.Inventors: Verlin Rockey, Brendon Rockey
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Publication number: 20120297500Abstract: The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventor: Caius Rommens
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Publication number: 20120291157Abstract: The invention relates to a GpaV gene providing resistance to nematodes in plants belonging to the nightshade family, and in particular potatoes (Solarium tuberosum et Solarium phureja).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2010Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Bernard Caromel, Jawad Aarrouf, Laura Chauvin, Marie-Claire Kerlan, Véronique Lefebvre, Adrien Speck
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Publication number: 20120284880Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of transcribable polynucleotides in plant cells, plant tissues, and plants. Compositions include regulatory polynucleotide molecules capable of providing expression in plant tissues and plants. Methods for expressing polynucleotides in a plant cell, plant tissue, or plants using the regulatory polynucleotide molecules disclosed herein are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Tedd D. Elich, Philip N. Benfey, Al-Jiuan Wu, David A. Orlando, Ian Davis
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Publication number: 20120284852Abstract: The present invention relates to diploid, fertile, self-compatible and essentially homozygous potato lines, wherein said lines comprise an agronomically desirable trait such as vigour. The invention further relates to methods for producing such plants and to hybrid seeds obtained by crossing such homozygous potato lines and to potato plants grown from said see.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: AGVENTURE B.V.Inventors: Willem Hendrik Lindhout, Teunis Philippus Schotte, Richard Gerardus Franciscus Visser, Herman Johannes van Eck, Ronaldus Cornelis Bernardus Hutten
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Publication number: 20120272407Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides methods for altering tocol content in seeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: E.I. Dupont de Neumours and CompanyInventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Sean J. Coughlan, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Karlene H. Butler
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Publication number: 20120272400Abstract: The invention relates to methods of increasing the photosynthesis rate of a plant cell and/or the production of biomass in a plant, as well as to plant cells and plants with increased photosynthesis rate/production of biomass. The present invention also relates to a phosphatase of the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II, to nucleic acids coding for such phosphatase, and to mutants of such nucleic acids. Moreover, the present invention relates to plant cells and plants, wherein the activity of said phosphatase is inhibited; in particular the present invention relates to plant cells and plants comprising the mutant nucleic acids.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Dario Leister, Mathias Pribil
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Publication number: 20120266329Abstract: The invention provides polypeptides, including enzymes, structural proteins and binding proteins, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Polypeptides, including enzymes and antibodies, and nucleic acids of the invention can be used in industrial, experimental, food and feed processing, nutritional and pharmaceutical applications, e.g., for food and feed supplements, colorants, neutraceuticals, cosmetic and pharmaceutical needs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: Eric J. Mathur, Cathy Chang
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Patent number: 8273952Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving plant growth characteristics. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for improving plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a plant nucleic acid encoding a cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) and/or by modulating activity in a plant of a plant CDK protein, which CDK protein comprises different motifs or which CDK nucleic acid encodes such protein. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a plant CDK nucleic acid and/or modulated activity of a plant CDK protein, which CDK protein comprises different sequence motifs or which nucleic acid encodes such protein and which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Stefan Henkes, Christian Dammann
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Patent number: 8273949Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying and isolating native plant nucleic acid sequences that may function as T-DNAs or T-DNA border-like sequences, effecting the transfer of one polynucleotide into another polynucleotide. The present invention also provides a modified tuber, such as a genetically modified mature tuber, that comprises at least one trait that is not exhibited by a non-modified tuber of the same species.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: J.R. Simplot CompanyInventors: Caius Rommens, Jingsong Ye, Jaime Menendez-Humara, Hua Yan, Kathy Swords
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Publication number: 20120237972Abstract: The invention relates to the field of glycoprotein processing in transgenic plants used as cost efficient and contamination safe factories for the production of recombinant biopharmaceutical proteins or pharmaceutical compositions comprising these. The invention provides a plant comprising a functional mammalian enzyme providing N-glycan biosynthesis that is normally not present in plants, said plant additionally comprising at least a second mammalian protein or functional fragment thereof that is normally not present in plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig OnderzoekInventors: Hendrikus Antonius Cornelis Bakker, Hendrik Jan Bosch
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Patent number: 8269076Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides methods for altering tocol content in seeds.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co.Inventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Sean J. Coughlan, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Karlene H. Butler
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Publication number: 20120227120Abstract: Provided are hydrolases, including lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases, and polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Further provided are polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity, e.g., lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases and methods for preparing low saturate or low trans fat oils, such as low saturate or low trans fat animal or vegetable oils, e.g., soy or canola oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Tim HITCHMAN, Christopher L. G. DAYTON, Katie A. KLINE, Jonathan LYON, Mark A. WALL, Nelson R. BARTON
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Publication number: 20120227134Abstract: A method for producing a plant with increased yield as compared to a corresponding wild type plant whereby the method comprises at least the following step: increasing or generating in a plant or a part thereof one or more activities of a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase, 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, 3?-phosphoadenosine 5?-phosphate phosphatase, 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase, 5OS chloroplast ribosomal protein L21, 57972199. R01.1-protein, 60952769. R01.1-protein, 60S ribosomal protein, ABC transporter family protein, AP2 domain-containing transcription factor, argonaute protein, AT1 G29250.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Hardy Schön, Oliver Thimm, Gerhard Ritte, Oliver Bläsing, Stefan Henkes, Koen Bruynseels, Yves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Christophe Reuzeau, Steven Vandenabeele, Bryan McKersie, Krishna Kolliparra, Christian Dammann
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Publication number: 20120222148Abstract: The present invention describes an approach to increase taurine or hypotaurine production in prokaryotes or eukaryotes. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic transformation of organisms with genes that encode proteins that catalyze the conversion of cysteine to taurine, methionine to taurine, cysteamine to taurine, or alanine to taurine. The invention describes methods for the use of polynucleotides that encode functional cysteine dioxygenase (CDO), cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) and sulfinoalanine decarboxylase (SAD) or glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), cysteamine dioxygenase (ADO), taurine-pyruvate aminotransferase (TPAT), TPAT and sulfoacetaldehyde acetyltransferase (SA), taurine dioxygenase (TDO) or the small (ssTDeHase) and large subunits of taurine dehydrogenase (lsTDeHase) polypeptides in plants to increase taurine, hypotaurine or taurine precursor production. The preferred embodiment of the invention is in plants but other organisms may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: PLANT SENSORY SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Frank J. Turano, Kathleen A. Turano, Peter S. Carlson, Alan M. Kinnersley
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Patent number: 8252974Abstract: The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: J.R. Simplot ComanyInventor: Caius Rommens
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Publication number: 20120216316Abstract: This invention relates to transgenic potato plants producing amylopectin-type starch with enhanced retrogradation stability. The invention further provides a method for producing and identifying such transgenic potato plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventors: Michael Geiger, Christian Biesgen, Per Hofvander
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Publication number: 20120216315Abstract: The invention provides a transgenic plant, which expresses a transgene encoding a citrate synthase (CS) wherein the transgenic plant seed of the invention is characterized by increased yield and/or enhanced levels of protein, essential amino acids or oil, when compared to an isoline that does not express the transgene; and also provides methods of producing transgenic plants with economically relevant traits and provides expression vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding Citrate Synthase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: BASF Plant ScienceInventors: Hanping Guan, Beomseok Seo
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Publication number: 20120210469Abstract: Methods and means are provided for reducing the phenotypic expression of a nucleic acid of interest in eukaryotic cells, particularly in plant cells, by providing aberrant, preferably unpolyadenylated, target-specific RNA to the nucleus of the host cell. Preferably, the unpolyadenylated target-specific RNA is provided by transcription of a chimeric gene comprising a promoter, a DNA region encoding the target-specific RNA, a self-splicing ribozyme and a DNA region involved in 3? end formation and polyadenylation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationInventors: Peter Michael WATERHOUSE, Ming-Bo Wang
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Publication number: 20120210456Abstract: Altering the activity of specific regulatory proteins in plants, for example, with the use of heterologous repression domains fused to HY5 or STH2 clade proteins, can have beneficial effects on plant performance, including improved stress tolerance and yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Rajnish Khanna, Oliver J. Ratcliffe, T. Lynne Reyber
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Publication number: 20120198589Abstract: A rose is produced in which an introduced gene is only present in a part of the cells thereof, such as cells of the L1 layer of flower petals, but is not present in germ cells such as pollen cells or ovule cells. Since the introduced gene is not propagated to other roses even when this rose is crossed with other roses, the possibility of dispersal of the introduced gene can be completely negated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: JUNICHI TOGAMI, EKATERINA MOURADOVA
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Publication number: 20120185954Abstract: This invention relates to the field of biotechnology or genetic engineering. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of gene expression. More specifically, this invention relates to novel substitution mutant receptors and their use in a nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system and methods of modulating the expression of a gene in a host cell for applications such as gene therapy, large scale production of proteins and antibodies, cell-based high throughput screening assays, functional genomics and regulation of traits in transgenic organisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: INTREXON CorporationInventors: Subba Reddy PALLI, Mohan Basavaraju Kumar
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Publication number: 20120185963Abstract: The present invention provides a method for disrupting pollen development in a plant, the method comprising inhibiting the expression of an endogenous nucleic acid molecule which is, under normal conditions, detectably expressed in anther tissue of a plant during pollen formation, and which codes for a protein belonging to the MYB class of DNA binding transcription factors. Particularly, the nucleic acid molecule whose expression is blocked encodes MYB 32 or MYB 103. The invention also provides nucleic acid molecules for use in the method, use of the method in producing male sterile plants and transgenic plants produced in accordance with the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Roger Parish, Song Li, Sylvana Iacuone, Roger Kalla, Trudi Higginson
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Patent number: 8222486Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing the pathogen resistance in transgenic plants and/or plant cells, where a DNA sequence which codes for a protein with a leucine-rich-repeat (LRR) domain and/or a kinase activity is introduced into the plant or plant cell and expressed therein. The present invention also relates to the use of nucleic acids which code for such a protein, for the generation of transgenic plants or plant cells with an increased pathogen resistance. The present invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid sequences which code for a protein which confers an increased pathogen resistance in plants.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Dimitar Douchkov, Patrick Schweizer
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Publication number: 20120180156Abstract: Use of genes homologous to the FT gene of Arabidopsis thaliana of any vegetable species to modulate tuberization in plants that develop tubercles, nucleotide sequence that encodes the potato SP6A protein (homologous to the FT of Arabidopsis thaliana ), genetic constructs that express said gene and the use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Salome Prat, Cristina Navarro, José A. Abelenda, J. E. Van Doorn
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Publication number: 20120167251Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Shruti Agarwal, Daniel John Tomso, Rong Guo
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Publication number: 20120151634Abstract: A method for determining the resistance of a pest to a plant that produces insecticidal toxins. The method involves sampling pests in fields with known pest problems, and in control fields with no known pest problems. Eggs are obtained from the sample pest populations, and larvae hatched from the eggs are evaluated in laboratory bioassays for their survival on two transgenic crop hybrids, each of which contain a unique toxin targeting the pest, and two near isogenic hybrids that lack a gene for the toxin. Mortality rates are determined by counting the larvae recovered, and measuring the larvae instars based on head capsule width to calculate the resistance levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventor: Aaron John Gassmann
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Publication number: 20120144520Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, or both and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants. In various embodiments, the vector construct comprises a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 38. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants. The invention also relates to methods of expressing in plants the nucleic acid molecules corresponding to the nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants or are modulated by nitrogen conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: IOWA CORN PROMOTION BOARDInventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Alissa Schawalder, Vadim Beilinson, Jill Hinson
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Patent number: 8193412Abstract: The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: J.R. Simplot CompanyInventors: Caius Rommens, Jingsong Ye, Hua Yan