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Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes February patents and inventions 02/08

20080052786 - Animal model of prostate cancer and use thereof: The present invention relates to an adult mammal which exhibits growth or replication of abnormal cells in a target tissue or organ by over-expressing Hedgehog protein in such target tissue or organ. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing an adult animal model of prostate cancer. The... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080052785 - Animal model of cholinergic dysfunction to evaluate cognitive enhancers and drugs that improve myasthenia: Recombinant non-human mammals having reduced or no expression of vesicular acetylcholine transporter protein (VAChT) as compared to the corresponding wild-type mammal are provided. The mammal may have, e.g., impaired performance in object and social recognition and/or impaired neuromuscular performance and/or alterations in autonomic nervous system function as compared to the... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080052787 - Chimeric gene constructs for generation of fluorescent transgenic ornamental fish: Four zebrafish gene promoters, which are skin specific, muscle specific, skeletal muscle specific and ubiquitously expressed respectively, were isolated and ligated to the 5′ end of the EGFP gene. When the resulting chimeric gene constructs were introduced into zebrafish, the transgenic zebrafish emit green fluorescence under a blue light or... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080052788 - Alfalfa plants having improved standability and methods for producing same: The invention provides alfalfa plants having improved standability and/or fast recovery after spring green-up or after harvest and methods for producing such plants. Such alfalfa plants provide increased annual yield of high quality forage.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080052790 - Composition and method for enhancing plant transformation and homologous recombination: A composition, and method for enhancing transformation of plants is provided. The method involves the use of a transformation-enhancing composition enriched with an effective amount of ammonium nitrate such that, when contacted with plants, it produces an increase in homologous recombination and transformation frequency in the plants. The composition, method... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080052789 - Global gene expression analysis of human bronchial epithelial cells exposed to cigarette smoke, smoke condensates, or components thereof: Aspects of the present invention concern the identification of several methods to analyze the genes that are modulated in normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells after exposure to cigarette smoke condensates (CSC) or cigarette smoke (CS). Embodiments described herein include methods to identify a gene that is modulated in response... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080052791 - drought tolerance in plants: The invention provides methods for enhancing drought tolerance in a plant, by infecting the plant with a plant virus, or infectious material derived from a plant virus. The plant thereby displays fewer, less severe, and/or delayed symptoms of dehydration. The reduction in symptoms allows for improved plant growth.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080052792 - Transcription factor stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a transcription factor stress-related protein (TFSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by... Agent: Basf Corporation

20080052793 - Seeds: This invention relates to a method for modifying cell proliferation in a plant which comprises the step of transforming a plant, or plant propagating material, with a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one regulatory sequence capable of directing expression within the integuments and/or seed coat and at least one... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080052794 - Casein kinase stress-related polypeptides and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a casein kinase Stress-related Polypeptide (CKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080052795 - Arachidonic acid-containing plants and use of the plants: The present invention provides arachidonic acid-containing plants and soybeans, and a method of use thereof. The arachidonic acid-containing plant is produced by a process that includes an arachidonic acid producing step in which fatty acid synthetase genes associated with the biosynthesis of arachidonic acid are introduced into a plant to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080052796 - Polynucleotide encoding a maize herbicide resistance gene and methods for use: This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to at least one herbicide. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance to at least one herbicide, and methods of making said plants... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080052797 - Polynucleotide encoding a maize herbicide resistance gene and methods for use: This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to at least one herbicide. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance to at least one herbicide, and methods of making said plants... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080052798 - Polynucleotide encoding a maize herbicide resistance gene and methods for use: This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to at least one herbicide. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance to at least one herbicide, and methods of making said plants... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080047026 - Method for isolating a self-renewing, multipotent, slow-cycling cell: The present invention relates to methods for isolating infrequently-dividing, slow-cycling cells, a feature which is typical of stem cells in their niche. The methods of the present invention are advantageously used as classical stem cells can be isolated. Further provided are methods for generating clonal populations and inhibiting the differentiation... Agent: Licata & Tyrrell P.C.

20080047027 - Activation of nuclear transfer embryos: Methods for the activation of nuclear transferred embryos using elevated calcium levels introduced into cells, and a maturation promoting factor (MPF) inhibitor are described. Elevated calcium levels introduced into the embryo cells from a culture medium containing elevated calcium levels, in the range 2 mM to about 12 mM, followed... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080047028 - Plants and seeds of corn variety cv414351: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV414351. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV414351, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV414351 with itself... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080047029 - Flowering induction: The present invention relates to nucleic acids or nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for proteins involved in the control of flowering in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of flowering in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to nucleic acids or nucleic acid fragments encoding... Agent: Marina Larson & Associates, LLC

20080047030 - Plant dwarfing gene: An object of the present invention is to explore, isolate, and identify a dwarfing gene by activation tagging. The present invention provides a gene encoding a protein of the following (a) or (b): (a) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 2,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080047032 - Eg307 nucleic acids and uses thereof: The present invention provides methods for identifying nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences which may be associated with a commercially relevant trait in plants, specifically, so-identified nucleic acids and polypeptide sequences for yield gene EG307. Sequences thus identified are useful in enhancing commercially desired traits in domesticated plants or wild ancestor... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20080047031 - Novel frt recombination sites and methods of use: Methods and compositions using populations of randomized modified FRT recombination sites to identify, isolate and/or characterize modified FRT recombination sites are provided. The recombinogenic modified FRT recombination sites can be employed in a variety of methods for targeted recombination of polynucleotides of interest, including methods to recombine polynucleotides, assess promoter... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080047033 - Method for obtaining the pathogenic resistance in plants: The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by reducing the expression, activity or function of an NADPH oxidase.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster

20080047034 - Nucleic acid molecules encoding novel bacillus thuringiensis cry2ae insecticidal proteins, plant cells, plant or seeds comprising the nucleic acid molecules and methods of using same: The invention pertains to novel insecticidal compounds derived from Bacillus thuringiensis strains. New proteins designated Cry2Ae, Cry2Af, and Cry2Ag, and variants thereof are provided, as well as DNA sequences encoding these proteins or their variants. Further provided are recombinant hosts expressing such proteins, particularly plant cells and plants.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080047035 - Optimized t-dna transfer and vectors therefor: The present invention relates to T-DNA vectors and methods for obtaining transgenic eukaryotes using said vectors. The transgenic eukaryotes are characterized in that they contain the T-DNA but not the illegitimately transferred vector backbone sequence. This is achieved by modifying the T-DNA borders such that they are more efficiently nicked... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080047036 - Plant transformation method: A transformation method comprising inoculation and co-cultivation of a target tissue, from a target plant, with Agrobacterium, at a time when the target tissue is in its natural plant environment, followed by generation of a transgenic plant via dedifferentiation and regeneration of the target tissue.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080047037 - Nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having amylase activity and methods of making and using them: The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having amylase activity, and methods for making and using them. In one aspect, the polypeptides having amylase activity have increased activity and stability at acidic, neutral and alkaline pH and increased temperature. In one aspect, the invention provides methods for producing an... Agent: Verenium C/o Mofo S.d.

20080047038 - Stress-inducible plant promoters: The present invention discloses and claims stress-inducible plant promoters, DNA constructs with such promoters, transgenic plants containing such promoters and DNA constructs, isolated DNAs encoding such promoters, and methods of making and using such promoters, DNA constructs, transgenic plants, and isolated DNAs.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080047039 - Stress-inducible plant promoters: The present invention discloses and claims stress-inducible plant promoters, DNA constructs with such promoters, transgenic plants containing such promoters and DNA constructs, isolated DNAs encoding such promoters, and methods of making and using such promoters, DNA constructs, transgenic plants, and isolated DNAs.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080047040 - Stress-inducible plant promoters: The present invention discloses and claims stress-inducible plant promoters, DNA constructs with such promoters, transgenic plants containing such promoters and DNA constructs, isolated DNAs encoding such promoters, and methods of making and using such promoters, DNA constructs, transgenic plants, and isolated DNAs.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080040820 - Nonhuman animals for antibody production, and methods and systems for producing anitbodies using such animals: Membrane proteins that are background antigens were solubilized, and transgenic animals were produced using genes encoding these soluble proteins. Antibodies against the background antigen membrane proteins comprised in the immunogens were not found in these transgenic animals, and even when genes encoding soluble proteins were used, immunotolerance against the full-length... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080040819 - Methods of identifying agents for treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders: Methods of identifying agents for treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080040821 - Transgenic ungulates capable of human antibody production: The invention features novel methods for the production of large quantities of xenogenous antibodies, such as human antibodies. Preferably, this result is effected by inactivation of IgM heavy chain expression and, optionally, by inactivation of Ig light chain expression, and by the further introduction of an artificial chromosome which results... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20080040822 - Pufa polyketide synthase systems and uses thereof: The invention generally relates to polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems, to homologues thereof, to isolated nucleic acid molecules and recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding biologically active domains of such a PUFA PKS system, to genetically modified organisms comprising PUFA PKS systems, to methods of making and using... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080040823 - Novel method of generating non-human transgenic animals, and transgenic animals thus obtained: The invention relates to a method of generating transgenic animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates, but preferably vertebrates and, more preferably, non-human mammals, for exogenous DNA sequences or transgenes with variable dimensions. The inventive method is characterized in that it comprises generation from transgenic embryos by means of co-microinjection of sperm... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080040824 - Inbred corn line phcpr: A novel inbred maize line designated PHCPR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHCPR with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHCPR through... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20080040825 - Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi and nematodes: Methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a pathogenic fungus or nematode, are provided. A method for enhancing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080040826 - Stress tolerant transgenic wheat plant: The present invention relates to transgenic wheat plants. In particular, the present invention relates to a stress tolerant wheat plant, wherein said wheat plant has been transformed with a nucleic acid molecule, which codes for ornithine amino transferase (OAT).... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080040827 - Secreted insecticidal protein and gene compositions from bacillus thuringiensis and uses therefor: The present invention relates to the isolation and characterization of nucleotide sequences encoding novel insecticidal proteins secreted into the extracellular space from Bacillus thuringiensis and related strains. The proteins are isolated from culture supernatants of Bacillus thuringiensis and related strains and display insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects including European corn... Agent: Timothy K. Ball, Ph.d. Monsanto Company C/o Gail Wuellner

20080034446 - Method and system for producing beef consistently having an elevated intramuscular fat content: The present invention comprises a system and methods for generating beef. In one embodiment, a method of breeding cattle includes selecting a male bovine having a Wagyu composition, selecting a female bovine having a composition derived from another breed and producing an offspring. In another embodiment, a data system includes... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080034445 - Ligand-regulable transactivation systems, methods of use thereof, methods of detecting estrogen receptor ligands, and methods of differentiating estrogen receptor ligand agonists and antagonists: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include ligand-regulable transactivation systems, methods of producing ligand-regulable transactivation systems, methods of using ligand-regulable transactivation systems, reporter polynucleotides, method of producing reporter polynucleotides, activator fusion proteins, methods of producing activator fusion proteins, methods of regulating gene expression in vitro and in vivo for gene... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080034447 - Inbred corn line phehg: A novel inbred maize line designated PHEHG and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHEHG with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHEHG through... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20080034448 - Inbred corn line phar1: A novel inbred maize line designated PHAR1 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHAR1 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHAR1 through... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20080034449 - Dna encoding ring zinc-finger protein and the use of the dna in vectors and bacteria and in plants: The present inventions relate to compositions and methods for providing stress tolerant transgenic plants comprising a RING domain zinc-finger motif transcription factor protein. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods comprising a RING-H2 domain transcription factor protein for providing drought and salt tolerant plants, in particular comprising a... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20080034450 - Integration of commercial plant breeding and genomic technologies: The invention relates to a method for integration of commercial breeding of plants and genomic methodology comprising the steps of: a) plant population development by crossing a Parent 1 and a Parent 2 to generate a Population I; b) crossing Parent 1 with individuals from Population I to generated a... Agent: Bullivant Houser Bailey

20080034451 - Rice pollen-preferential promoters and uses thereof: Promoters from rice are provided, which promote transcription preferentially in microspores and/or pollen of plants, such as rice plants.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080034452 - Method for increasing resistance of monocot plants against abiotic stresses, tps plant gene constructs, and transformants: The present invention relates to a method for increasing resistance of monocot plants against abiotic stress which comprises a step of transforming monocot plants with a recombinant plasmid containing a fused gene (TPSP) of trehalose-6-phosphate synthetase (TPS) gene and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP) gene to express the TPSP gene while maintaining... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080034453 - Annotated plant genes: The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize and soybean. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. In addition, the invention also encompasses... Agent: Arnold & Porter, LLP

20080034454 - Artificial seed: e

20080034456 - Method for secretory production of glycoprotein having human-type sugar chain using plant cell: A method for the secretory production of a glycoprotein having a human-type sugar chain, comprising a step of introducing a gene of an enzyme capable of performing a transfer reaction of a galactose residue to a non-reducing terminal acetylglucosamine residue, and a gene of heterologous glycoprotein, to obtain a transformed... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080034455 - Production of a protein localized to the endoplasmic reticulum protein bodies in a transgenic plant and seed: A nucleotide sequence is provided for expression of a heterologous protein of interest that is localized to the endoplasmic reticulum protein bodies in transgenic plants, plant cells, and seeds. Said nucleotide sequence comprises a promoter, the 5′ untranslated region from the maize γ-zein gene, the γ-zein signal peptide sequence, a... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20080034457 - Canola variety imc 02 with reduced linolenic acid: A canola line has been stabilized to produce seeds having an α-linolenic acid content of less than that of generic canola oil, more preferably lass-than or equal to about 7% α-linolenic acid relative to total fatty acid content of said seed and a total glucosinolate content of less than 18... Agent: Cargill, Incorporated