32nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 80 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140223590 | OPLOPHORUS-DERIVED LUCIFERASES, NOVEL COELENTERAZINE SUBSTRATES, AND METHODS OF USE - An isolated polynucleotide encoding a modified luciferase polypeptide and substrates. The OgLuc variant polypeptide has at least 60% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and at least one amino acid substitution at a position corresponding to an amino acid in SEQ ID NO: 1. The OgLuc variant polypeptide has at least one of enhanced luminescence, enhanced signal stability, and enhanced protein stability relative to the corresponding polypeptide of the wild-type | 2014-08-07 |
20140223591 | ANTIBODY-MEDIATED IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION - The present disclosure generally relates to methods and compositions for contraception. In some embodiments, vector based approaches for contraception are provided. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223592 | PIG MYOSTATIN GENE LOCUS AND USES THEREOF - A pig myostatin gene locus and uses thereof are provided. Also provided includes an expression cassette comprising a promoter, a foreign gene and a following terminator; the promoter is a DNA molecule as set forth in any of 1)-4): 1) nucleotides at positions 2642-3778 starting from the 5′ end of SEQ ID NO. 1 in the sequence listing; 2) nucleotides as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1 in the sequence listing; 3) a DNA molecule, hybridizing and having the same function with the DNA sequence as defined in 1) or 2) under stringent condition. Experiments show that the pig myostatin gene locus provides a valuable gene source for gene targeting, as well as introducing and expressing a foreign gene at this site. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223593 | TOMATO PLANT COMPRISING A MUTANT TGHVI ALLELE - The present invention relates to a tomato plant ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140223594 | GENOMICALLY MULTIPLIED RAPESEED PLANTS, COMPOSITIONS DERIVED THEREFROM AND USES OF SAME - A rapeseed plant having a multiplied genome being at least as fertile as a euploid rapeseed plant isogenic to the genomically multiplied plant grown under similar conditions. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223595 | DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS AND RELATED CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS INVOLVING GENES ENCODING DTP6 POLYPEPTIDES - Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter that is functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a DTP6 polypeptide. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223596 | USE OF JAZ5A FOR IMPROVING DROUGHT-RESISTANCE IN A PLANT - The present invention provides use of a plant gene JAZ5a for improving drought-resistance of a plant. It further provides a method for improving the drought-resistance of a plant, comprising enhancing the expression or activity of Jaz5A in said plant. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223597 | Mutated Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase, DNA Sequence and Isolation of Plants Which Are Tolerant To HPPD Inhibitor Herbicides - The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutated hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD), to a chimeric gene which comprises this sequence as the coding sequence, and to its use for obtaining plants which are resistant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223598 | AXMI270 TOXIN GENE AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a toxin 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 toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:3-5, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223599 | AXMI279 PESTICIDAL GENE AND METHODS FOR ITS USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides 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 pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, or 4, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223600 | Transgenic Camelina sativa plant having modified fatty acid contents of seed oil - This disclosure provides a method to modify seed oil composition of | 2014-08-07 |
20140223601 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223602 | ENZYMES FOR THE TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSICS, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - The invention provides polypeptides having a lignocellulolytic activity, e.g., a glycosyl hydrolase, a cellulase, an endoglucanase, a cellobiohydrolase, a beta-glucosidase, a xylanase, a mannanse, a xylosidase (e.g., a β-xylosidase), an arabinofuranosidase, and/or a glucose oxidase activity, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides polypeptides that can enzymatically process (hydrolyze) sugarcane bagasse, i.e., for sugarcane bagasse degradation, or for biomass processing, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one embodiment, the invention provides thermostable and thermotolerant forms of polypeptides of the invention. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223603 | TRANGENIC PLANTS - The invention relates to transgenic plants with improved growth and nitrogen use efficiency expressing nitrate transporter gene, methods of making such plants and methods for improving growth and nitrogen use efficiency. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223604 | CROP PLANTS WITH IMPROVED WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND GRAIN YIELD AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM - The present invention provides crop plants and methods for improving grain yield of crop plants both under environmental stress as well as optimal conditions, as well as methods of making such plants. In particular, the present invention provides methods that result in crop plant stability under multiple environments by increasing biomass, water use efficiency and abiotic stress tolerance. Embodiments provide a transgenic crop plant comprising a chimeric gene that comprises: a transcription regulatory sequence active in plant cells and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a HYR protein, wherein such HYR protein comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, a sequence with at least 70% similarity to SEQ ID NO:1, a sequence encoding an ortholog protein, a sequence encoding a homologous protein, a functional fragment, and any combination thereof. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223605 | Plants with Increased Yield - This invention relates generally to a plant cell with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency and/or increased biomass production as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell by increasing or generating one or more activities of polypeptides associated with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency in plants. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223606 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING SEQUENCES HAVING MEGANUCLEASE ACTIVITY - Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having meganuclease activity are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, yeast, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the meganuclease sequences. Various methods of employing the meganuclease sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing a meganuclease with increased activity at a wide range of temperatures, methods for producing a yeast, plant, plant cell, explant or seed comprising a meganuclease with increased activity. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223607 | TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM IN CAMELINA SATIVA - The present invention relates to plant biotechnology and specifically to a method for genetically transforming | 2014-08-07 |
20140223608 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also provides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223609 | PROTEIN MIXTURES FOR MAIZE INSECT CONTROL - Embodiments of the present invention relate to insecticidal | 2014-08-07 |
20140223610 | BIO-ENGINEERED PHOTOSYSTEMS - The present invention relates to bio-engineered photosystems, specifically photosystem II (PSII) having an alternative electron transfer pathway that enables electron flow from PSII to a water-soluble protein electron carrier. The present invention further relates to methods and systems for electron transfer using the bio-engineered photosystems. Such photosystems may be utilized for electrical energy production, hydrogen production and/or reduction of carbon-based gases (for example, CO | 2014-08-07 |
20140223611 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE GENETIC TRAITS FROM A PLANT OF THE PURPLE-FLOWERED CAPSICUM SPECIES TO A PLANT OF THE WHITE-FLOWERED CAPSICUM SPECIES - The present invention relates to a white-flowered | 2014-08-07 |
20140223612 | Modular Atomic Force Microscope - A modular AFM/SPM which provides faster measurements, in part through the use of smaller probes, of smaller forces and movements, free of noise artifacts, that the old generations of these devices have increasingly been unable to provide. The modular AFM/SPM includes a chassis, the foundation on which the modules of the instrument are supported; a view module providing the optics for viewing the sample and the probe; a head module providing the components for the optical lever arrangement and for steering and focusing those components; a scanner module providing the XYZ translation stage that actuates the sample in those dimensions and the engage mechanism; a isolation module that encloses the chassis and provides acoustic and/or thermal isolation for the instrument and an electronics module which, together with the separate controller, provide the electronics for acquiring and processing images and controlling the other functions of the instrument. All these modules and many of their subassemblies are replaceable and potentially upgradeable. This allows updating to new technology as it becomes available. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223613 | SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A scanning probe microscope includes a cantilever having a probe at a free thereof, a displacement detector to output a displacement signal of the cantilever, a vibrator to vibrate the cantilever, and a scanner to three-dimensionally relatively move the sample and probe. A mixed signal generator includes an amplitude information detecting section to provide a vibrating signal to the vibrator and generate an amplitude signal including information of an amplitude of the displacement signal, and a phase difference information detecting section to generate a phase signal including information of a phase difference between the displacement signal and the synchronous signal, and adds the displacement signal and the synchronous signal to generate a mixed signal. A controller to control the scanner includes a Z control section, which controls the distance between the sample and the probe on the basis of the mixed signal. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223614 | POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE - A device includes: an electrode; a displacement measurement unit outputting voltage corresponding to electrostatic force between the electrode and a sample; a first power supply applying a first voltage between the electrode and sample; a second power supply adding, to the first voltage, a second voltage having a different frequency than the first voltage, and applying the added voltage; and a signal detection unit outputting a particular frequency component's magnitude contained in the displacement measurement unit's output, in which the signal detection unit extracts, from the output by the displacement measurement unit, and outputs, to a potential calculation unit, magnitude and phase of a frequency component of a frequency identical to the frequency of the first voltage, and magnitude of a frequency component of a frequency identical to a frequency equivalent to a difference between the frequencies of the first and second voltages, to measure the sample's surface potential. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223615 | Method and Apparatus of Operating a Scanning Probe Microscope - Methods and apparatuses are provided for automatically controlling and stabilizing aspects of a scanning probe microscope (SPM), such as an atomic force microscope (AFM), using Peak Force Tapping (PFT) Mode. In an embodiment, a controller automatically controls periodic motion of a probe relative to a sample in response to a substantially instantaneous force determined, and automatically controls a gain in a feedback loop. A gain control circuit automatically tunes a gain based on separation distances between a probe and a sample to facilitate stability. Accordingly, instability onset is quickly and accurately determined during scanning, thereby eliminating the need of expert user tuning of gains during operation. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223616 | Apparatus of Analyzing a Sample and a Method for the Same - The apparatus includes a probe tip configured to scan a substrate having a defect to attach the defect on the probe tip while scanning the substrate, a cantilever configured to integrate a holder holding at least one probe tip, a stage configured to secure the substrate, an electromagnetic radiation source configured to generate the electromagnetic radiation beam, and an electromagnetic radiation detector configured to receive the first electromagnetic radiation signal and the second electromagnetic radiation signal. A first electromagnetic radiation signal is generated while an electromagnetic radiation beam focuses on the probe tip. A second electromagnetic radiation signal is generated while the electromagnetic radiation beam focuses on the sample attached on the probe tip. A chemical analysis of the sample is executed by comparing a difference between the first electromagnetic radiation signal and the second electromagnetic radiation signal. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223617 | Rosa hybrid variety rose plant named 'Poulnap002' - A new garden rose plant of the Floribunda class which has abundant, pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223618 | Blueberry plant named 'C03-158' - A new and distinct cultivar of blueberry ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140223619 | Blueberry plant named 'C03-038' - A new and distinct cultivar of blueberry ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140223620 | Apple tree named 'Gala Perathoner' - Borkh ‘Gala Perathoner’ variety is distinguished from the original mother plant ‘Mitchgla’ cultivar and other Gala varieties by a unique combination of characteristics including intense striped red over-colour that covers 95 to 100% of the fruit surface with two types of stripes being evident: light and dark red stripes that are partially overlapped creating an original attractive pattern, and prominent lenticels. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223621 | Apple tree named 'Ladina' - ‘Ladina’ is a new apple tree produced by a controlled cross of ‘Topaz’ and ‘Fuji’ and selected for its resistance to scab and low susceptibility to powdery mildew and fire blight. ‘Ladina’ apples are obloid in shape, with an attractive solid flush coloration and sweet juicy flesh. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223622 | Apple Tree named 'Stark Gugger' - Borkh ‘Stark Gugger’ variety is distinguished from the ‘Starking Delicious’ variety and other Red Delicious varieties by the a unique combination of characteristics including purple red fruits with solid flush coloration on 100% of the surface, a fruit shape that is long truncated-conical with pronounced crowning at distal end, fruit coloration that starts 10 days earlier than other Red Delicious varieties; an anticipation of fruit maturation of 5-7 days compared to other Red Delicious variety and a growth habit that is standard (not spur) 20% stronger than other Red Delicious standard. | 2014-08-07 |
20140223623 | Mint plant "Steens Mint" - Mint selection 08-A20-3, denominated “Steens Mint,” is a new | 2014-08-07 |
20140223624 | Mint plant "Boulder Mint" - Mint selection 07-A3-5A is a new | 2014-08-07 |
20140223625 | Mint plant "Canyon Mint" - Mint selection 05-19-1 denominated “Canyon Mint” is a new | 2014-08-07 |
20140223626 | Dendrobium orchid plant 'SPCDW1005' - A new and distinct | 2014-08-07 |
20140223627 | Dendrobium orchid plant 'SPCDW1004' - A new and distinct | 2014-08-07 |