Did You Know...
...During the Civil War, the Confederacy established its own Patent Office which issued 266 patents, a third of which concerned implements of war.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110725 | Polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compar... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110723 | Transcription factors The invention provides polynucleotide sequences isolated from plants encoding transcription factors. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides are also provided. Products and methods of use are disclosed. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110724 | Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring an altered flowering time in plants The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able to confer the trait of altered flowering time in plants. The present invention further relates to using the nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides to ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110722 | Aromatic acyltransferase genes The present invention provides a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 or a protein having a modified amino acid sequence thereof and having an activity of transferring an aromatic acyl group to a sugar residue of a flavo... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101820 | Method for increasing transformation efficiency in plants, comprising coculture step for culturing plant tissue with coculture medium containing 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid The present invention aims to provide a method for increasing transformation efficiency in plants when compared to conventionally known Agrobacterium-mediated methods. In the present invention, one of the features is to comprise a coculture step for cu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101818 | Enhancement of hydroxy fatty acid accumulation in oilseed plants Particular aspects provide six novel Ricinus communis cDNA clones, including cloned sequences of: DGAT (RcDGAT1 and RcDGAT2); RcLPAT; LACS (RcLACS4), and PDAT (RcPDAT1A and RcPDAT1B). Additional aspects provide methods for substantially enhanced accumulation ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101819 | DGAT genes for increased seed storage lipid production and altered fatty acid profiles in oilseed plants Transgenic oilseeds having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of null segregant oilseeds are described. Novel DGAT genes are used to achieve the increase in seed storage li... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101821 | Promotion of somatic embryogenesis in plants by gene expression The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097770 | Plant having improved growth ability and disease resistance and method for production thereof Disclosed is a transgenic plant improved in growth ability and disease resistance. Also disclosed is a method for production of the transgenic plant. It is found that a transgenic plant having DNA encoding a glutathione-binding plastid-type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097768 | Method of enhancing quality factors in cotton Preferred embodiments of this invention relate to a method for increasing fiber yield in a cotton plant by regenerating a whole cotton plant from a plant cell that has been transformed with a dominant negative allele for an endoplasmic reticulum located gene. The ex... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097769 | Yield increase in plants overexpressing the ACCDP genes A transgenic crop plant transformed by a 1-AminoCyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase-like Polypeptide (ACCDP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the crop plant results in the plant's increased root growth, and/or increased yield,... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093452 | Reduced RDM-1 gene expression in plants We describe a plant lipase polypeptide and nucleic acids that encode said polypeptide which has homology to a patatin and which has phospholipase and/or triacylglycerol lipase activity. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093454 | Transgene assay using stable transformation A novel method is described for the screening of gene elements of interest using hairy roots of chimeric plants transformed with Agrobacterium rhizogenes. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093451 | Chalcone synthase dihydroflavonol 4-reductase and leucoanthocyanidine reductase from clover, medic ryegrass or fescue The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, flavonoid biosynthesis in plants, and more specifically the modification of ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093453 | Corn event 3272 and methods of detection thereof A novel transgenic corn event designated 3272, is disclosed. The invention relates to DNA sequences of the recombinant constructs inserted into the corn genome that resulted in the 3272 event and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion sites as well as to assays... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088973 | Plant Myb transcription factor homologs This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the Myb-related transcription factor, in sense or antisense orient... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088971 | Expression enhancing intron sequences The invention relates to methods for the identification and use of introns with gene expression enhancing properties. The teaching of this invention enables the identification of introns causing intron-mediated enhancement (IME) of gene expression. The invention fur... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088972 | Glyphosate-N-acetyltransferase (GAT) genes Proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these protein... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084666 | Chloroplast transit peptides for efficient targeting of DMO and uses thereof The invention provides for identification and use of certain chloroplast transit peptides for efficient processing and localization of dicamba monooxygenase (DMO) enzyme in transgenic plants. Methods for producing dicamba tolerant plants, methods for controlling wee... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8071840 | Plants having increase yield and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an OsLEA3a polypeptide or a homologue thereof. One such method comprises introducing into a plant an OsLEA3a nucleic acid or variant the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8058506 | Site-targeted transformation using amplification vectors A process of causing a targeted integration of DNA of interest into a plant cell nuclear genome, comprising; i) providing plant cells with an amplification vector, or a precursor thereof, capable of autonomous replication in plant cells, said vector comprising; a) D... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053629 | Plants with improved morphogenesis and method of constructing the same The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053630 | Nematode inducible plant metabolite exporter gene promoters The invention provides plant gene promoters, and essential promoter elements, which are root-specific and/or induced by parasitic nematodes. The promoters of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plant roots. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049062 | Delta-9-elongases and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding delta-9 elongases along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these delta-9 elongases in plants. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049063 | Rice bentazon and sulfonylurea herbicide resistant gene Cyp81a6 The present invention provides a kind of rice endogenous bentazon and sulfonylurea herbicide resistant gene (Cyp81A6 gene), and its functional conservative variants, the biological activity subfragments or derivatives with the same function. It also provides a kind ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044260 | Method of meristem excision and transformation The present invention relates to excision of explant material comprising meristematic tissue from cotton seeds. Methods for tissue preparation, storage, transformation, and selection or identification of transformed plants are disclosed, as are transformable meriste... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044261 | Glyphosate-N-acetyltransferase (GAT) genes Proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these protein... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039687 | Method for screening genomic DNA fragments The present invention provides a method for selecting genomic DNA fragments which are useful for providing a plant with an agriculturally advantageous improvement. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: 1) preparing genomic DNA from a plant, whi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034992 | Gibberellin 2-oxidase genes and uses thereof Novel gibberellin 2-oxidase (GA2ox) genes were identified. Differential expression of GA2ox genes correlated with flower development, seed germination, tiller growth and other developmental processes. In addition, the early and increased growth of tiller and adventi... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030539 | Method for the stable expression of nucleic acids in transgenic plants, controlled by a parsley-ubiquitin promoter The invention relates to a method for the stable expression of nucleic acids in transgenic plants, controlled by a parsley-ubiquitin promoter (PCUbi4-2). Said promoter, isolated from parsley (petroselinum crispum) exhibits in almost all transgenic plants an intensel... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017829 | Selective expression of genes in plants This invention relates to a method of biocatalytically producing compounds that are commercially valuable but are detrimental to the host cells' development. The transgenic plants produced in accordance with the present invention comprise a novel controlled expressi... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017830 | Generation of plants with altered oil, protein or fiber content The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013211 | Compositions and methods comprising stinging capsules/cells for delivering a biologically active agent into a plant cell The invention relates to stinging cells or isolated capsules and to their use in compositions and methods for efficient delivery of biologically active agents into a plant cell or plant tissue. The biologically active agent to be delivered by the methods of the pres... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008542 | Compositions, cells, and plants that include BKI1, a negative regulator of BRI1-mediated BR signaling This invention provides recombinant cells and transgenic plants that display selectively increased or decreased response to brassinosteroids, resulting in increased yield. Methods of modulating brassinosteroid responses, and of modulating plant phenotypes, are provi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008543 | Modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants by PAP1 The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, more particularly flavonoid biosynthesis-regulating transcription factors, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. The present invention als... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008541 | Phenotypic screen for plants The present invention is directed to a method of identifying plants with enhanced agronomic traits within a larger population of plants grown from a randomly planted set of seeds. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003849 | Compositions isolated from forage grasses and methods for their use Isolated polynucleotides encoding polypeptides active in lignin, fructan and tannin biosynthetic pathways are provided, together with expression vectors and host cells comprising such isolated polynucleotides. Methods for the use of such polynucleotides and polypept... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7994391 | Wuschel (WUS) gene homologs This invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding WUS polypeptides. The invention further provides isolated WUS polypeptides. The invention also provides methods of using the polynucleotides to modulate the level of WUS, improve transformation efficiency, ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994390 | Use of GmRD22-like genes to protect against abiotic stress Provided herein are the protein and nucleic acid sequences of GmRD22. Further provided herein are methods for conferring abiotic stress tolerance to a plant cell or plant by introducing and expressing an isolated polynucleotide encoding a GmRD22 protein in the cells... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989676 | Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant characteristics The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, sterility or seedling lethality in plants. The present i... | 08/02/2011 |
