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Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes October categorized by USPTO classification 10/09

20090260090 - Apobec3 mediated dna editing: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preventing the occurance or progression of a cancer or pre-cancerous condition associated with expression, or over-expression of human cytidine deaminases of the APOBEC3 family. The invention also relates to drug screening assays designed to identify compounds that regulate the activity, or... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090260091 - Methods and animal model for analyzing age-related macular degeneration: Methods for testing candidate drugs for treatment of age-related macular degeneration are provided. Ccl2-deficient, and Ccr2-deficient mice are used to determine the effect of candidate drugs and treatments on development of age-related macular degeneration. Also provided is a Ccl2-deficient, Ccr2-deficient dual knockout mouse, which is a useful animal model for... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090260092 - Methods of diagnosing alzheimer's disease and markers identified by set association: The present disclosure relates to genetic markers and methods of diagnosing and screening for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). As such, the disclosure encompasses a whole-genome association analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of which a number are located within the GRB2-associated binding protein 2 (GAB2) gene as well as other... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090260093 - Transgenic animals expressing chimeric antibodies for use in preparing human antibodies: The invention provides transgene constructs for expressing chimeric antibodies, and transgenic non-human host animals carrying such constructs, wherein the chimeric antibodies comprise human variable regions and constant regions of the non-human transgenic host animal. The presence of immunoglobulin constant regions of the host animal allows for generation of improved antibodies... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090260094 - Stearoyl-coa desaturase 4 gene: The cloning of a fourth mouse SCD gene, mSCD4, as well as its corresponding cDNA and amino acid sequences are disclosed. Mouse SCD4 is expressed mainly in the heart tissue and synthesizes the bulk of monounsaturated fatty acids in the heart. The disclosure here enables new tools (e.g., nucleic acids,... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090260095 - Gene marker for evaluating genetic ability for carcass weight in bovine and method for evaluating genetic ability for carcass weight using the same: The object of this invention is to provide a method for evaluating genetic ability for carcass weight in a bovine individual by using gene markers. According to the method, the nucleotide at the e9 site of the bovine NCAPG gene is determined. When it is G, genetic ability for increasing... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090260096 - Celery cultivar ads-18: A celery cultivar, designated ADS-18, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-18, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-18 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-18 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20090260097 - Soybean cultivar 05kl115639: The present invention is in the field of soybean cultivar 05KL115639 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean cultivar 05KL115639 and its progeny, and methods of making 05KL115639.... Agent: Dana Rewoldt Garst Seed Company

20090260099 - Dry bean line 08550811: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated 08550811. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line 08550811, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line 08550811 with itself or with another bean... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090260098 - Dry bean line 08560863: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated 08560863. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line 08560863, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line 08560863 with itself or with another bean... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090260100 - Pea line 08540794: The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated 08540794. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line 08540794, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line 08540794 with itself or with another pea... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090260101 - Heat resistant plants and plant tissues and methods and materials for making and using same: The subject invention concerns materials and methods for providing plants or plant tissue with increased resistance to heat conditions. Increased resistance of a plant or plant tissue to heat conditions provides for decreased yield losses generally observed at elevated temperatures. One aspect of the invention concerns polynucleotides that encode a... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090260102 - Method for the introduction of a heterologous polynucleotide into a mushroom: The invention develops a simple and reliable mushroom transformation procedure on the basis of electroporation of spores or mycelial fragments of mushroom.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090260104 - Novel glyphosate-n-acetyltransferase (gat) genes: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090260103 - Termination of transgene expression via transposon-mediated break: v

20090260105 - Udp-xylose synthases (uxs) polynucleotides, polypeptides, and uses thereof: The present disclosure concerns methods and compositions relating to UXS polypeptides and/or nucleic acids encoding UXS polypeptides. In certain claims, the methods and compositions are of use to improve digestibility and/or ease of grain processing. Such improvements relate to a modulation in arabinoxylan and/or hemicellulose content in transgenic plants. Such... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090260106 - Antifungal polypeptides: Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from microbial fermentation broths. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090260107 - Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.... Agent: Howrey LLP

20090260108 - Plant producing hyaluronic acid: It is intended to provide by improving a known method of producing hyaluronic acid in a plant, a plant or a cultured plant cells which can produce hyaluronic acid at a lower cost and a further higher yield than before, a method of preparing the same, an expression vector for... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090260109 - Methods of increasing abiotic stress tolerance and/or biomass in plants genterated thereby: Provided are methods of increasing the tolerance of a plant to abiotic stresses and/or increasing the biomass and/or increasing the yield of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide homologous to SEQ ID NO:13.... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090260110 - Method of breeding germinable transgenic broadleaved tree species: Methods of breeding germinable transgenic broadleaved tree species are disclosed which include the following steps: (1) the main stem of a tree is cutoff at the height of 50-160 cm above the ground; (2) the transection is dipped with 0.3-0.5 OD600 of a suspension of recombinant Agrobacterium containing exogenous target... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090260111 - Maize stress-responsive promoter: Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Polynucleotide sequences encoding ZmSNAC polypeptides are provided, as are the amino acid sequences of the encoded polypeptides. The sequences can be used in a variety of methods including modulating root development, modulating floral development, modulating leaf and/or shoot development, modulating senescence,... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090255001 - Parkinson's disease-related gene grk5 and uses thereof: Large-scale SNP analyses conducted on subjects in a Parkinson's disease patient group and a normal control group led to the successful identification of a gene (GRK5) associated with Parkinson's disease. In addition, it was newly discovered that phosphorylation of α-synuclein is promoted by enhanced expression of the GRK5 gene, and... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090255002 - Transgenic non-human animals for producing chimeric antibodies: The invention relates to transgenic non-human animals capable of producing heterologous antibodies and methods for producing human sequence antibodies which bind to human antigens with substantial affinity.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090255003 - Diagnostic and therapeutic target slc39a11 proteins for neurodegenerative diseases: The present invention discloses a dysregulation of the SLC39A11 gene and the protein products thereof in Alzheimer's disease patients. Based on this finding, the invention provides methods for diagnosing and prognosticating Alzheimer's disease in a subject, and for determining whether a subject is at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.... Agent: Venable LLP

20090255004 - G-protein coupled receptor and uses therefor: The present invention is based on the identification of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) that is expressed predominantly in the brain and placenta and nucleic acid molecules that encoded the GPCR, which is referred to herein as the hCAR protein and hCAR gene respectively (for human Constitutively Active Receptor). Based... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP/wyeth

20090255005 - Method for preparing fish embryo: An object of the invention is to effectively prepare a fish embryo with a correct chromosomal ploidy by nuclear transplantation in which an exogenous fish nucleus is transplanted in a cytoplasmic recipient. For this object, the invention comprises a step of preparing a fish embryo by transplanting a fish cell... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090255006 - Transgenic zebrafish: Transgenic zebrafish containing sqt genomic sequences driving expression of a reporter gene are provided. This line faithfully reproduces the spatiotemporal expression pattern of endogenous sqt, and at the late blastula stage is expressed in the YSL as well as in the blastomeres. The data show that expression in embryonic and... Agent: Pabst Patent Group LLP

20090255007 - Bean line rs08051272: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated RS08051272. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line RS08051272, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line RS08051272 with itself or with another bean... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090255009 - Cotton variety fm 9150f: A novel cotton variety, designated as FM 9150F, is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 9150F with other plants. The invention also relates... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090255008 - Cotton variety fm 9180b2f: A novel cotton variety, designated as FM 9180B2F, is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 9180B2F with other plants. The invention also relates... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090255012 - Sweet pepper hybrid 9942595: The invention provides seed and plants of the pepper hybrid 9942595 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid 9942595 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090255011 - Sweet pepper hybrid 9954288: The invention provides seed and plants of pepper varieties designated 9954288, SBR 99-1274 and SBY 99-1273. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of sweet pepper hybrid 9954288, pepper line SBR 99-1274 and pepper line SBY 99-1273, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090255010 - Tomato hybrid bs 01031842: The invention provides seed and plants of the tomato hybrid designated BS 01031842. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid BS 01031842, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato hybrid BS 01031842 with itself or... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090255013 - Use of virus induced gene silencing (vigs) to down-regulate gene use in plants: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules and methods to down-regulate by virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vernalization genes in winter annuals, specifically the Flowering Locus C (FLC) gene in Brassica napus. Down-regulation of FLC allows winter annuals to flower without vernalization or with reduced vernalization. This, in turn, provides a... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090255014 - Transgenic organisms with lower growth temperature: The invention relates to the growth temperature of organisms, especially plants and microorganisms and the manipulation of the tolerable cultivation temperature. More specifically, the present invention relates to the expression of heterologous proteins in microorganisms, and especially to the heterologous expression of heat sensitive proteins in bacteria, either gram-negative or... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090255015 - Non-toxic endophytes, plants injected therewith and methods for injecting plants: Seeds of plants stably infected with isolated endophytes selected from the group consisting of ATCC Deposit No. PTA-6499, PTA-8827, PTA-8828, and PTA-8829 are disclosed.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090249501 - Cisd2-knockout mice and uses thereof: The present invention is related to a Cisd2 knockout mouse with phenotype comprising mitochondrial breakdown and dysfunction, wherein Cisd2 is defined as SEQ ID NO. 1. The present invention is also related to a mouse model of Wolfram Syndrome 2 (WFS2) disease consisting of a Cisd2 knockout mouse. The present... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090249498 - Methods of diagnosing alzheimer's disease and markers identified by set association: The present disclosure relates to genetic markers and methods of diagnosing and screening for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). As such, the disclosure encompasses a whole-genome association analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of which a number are located within the GRB2-associated binding protein 2 (GAB2) gene as well as other... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090249499 - Sperm-specific cation channel, catsper4, and uses therefor: Nucleic acid and protein sequences relating to a cation channel which is sperm-specific (CatSper4) are disclosed. The CatSper4 protein is shown to be specifically expressed in sperm. Nucleic acids, vectors, transformed cells, transgenic animals, polypeptides, and antibodies relating to the CatSper4 gene and protein are disclosed. Also provided are methods... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090249500 - System for monitoring bacterial tumor treatment: A method to follow the progress of tumor treatment in subjects utilizes bacteria that have been modified to express a fluorescent protein. The method can also monitor expression of genes associated with the bacteria that produce therapeutic agents during the course of treatment, optionally against a background of fluorescence generated... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090249502 - Nucleic acid and corresponding protein entitled 193p1e1b useful in treatment and detection of cancer: A novel gene (designated 193P1E1B) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 193P1E1B exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 193P1E1B provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 193P1E1B gene... Agent: Agensys C/o Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090249503 - Enzyme conjugates for use as detoxifying agents: Disclosed are detoxifying enzyme conjugates, including conjugates of variants of such detoxifying enzymes. The detoxifying enzymes are preferably chlolinesterases, and more preferably, butyrylcholinesterase. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such conjugates.... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20090249505 - Methods for producing a hybrid seed product: A method for increasing production of hybrid seed of bee-pollinated crops, such as alfalfa and soybean at predetermined hybridity levels. Hybrid seed is produced using female and pollenizer plants at a selected ratio of female plants to pollenizer plants. The female plants and the pollenizer plants are intermingled in the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090249504 - Novel snap pea variety sugar deuce: A novel snap pea cultivar, designated Sugar Deuce, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of pea cultivar Sugar Deuce, to the plants of pea line Sugar Deuce and to methods for producing a pea plant by crossing the cultivar Sugar Deuce with itself or another pea line. The... Agent: Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. Patent Department

20090249507 - Soybean cultivar 7509171: A soybean cultivar designated 7509171 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seed of soybean cultivar 7509171, to the plants of soybean 7509171, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 7509171 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 7509171 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20090249506 - Soybean cultivar 7511119: A soybean cultivar designated 7511119 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 7511119, to the plants of soybean 7511119, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 7511119 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 7511119 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20090249509 - Inbred corn line bb38: An inbred corn line, designated BB38, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line BB38, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line BB38 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line BB38 with itself... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20090249508 - Soybean cultivar 26074414: A soybean cultivar designated 26074414 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 26074414, to the plants of soybean 26074414, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 26074414 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 26074414 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20090249510 - Inbred corn line iv2: An inbred corn line, designated IV2, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line IV2, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line IV2 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line IV2 with itself... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20090249511 - Method for in vitro mass culture of aloe vera: The present invention provides a method for producing a true-to-type clone of an Aloe bαrbαdensis mother plant by selecting an Aloe bαrbαdensis mother plant; isolating a meristematic explant from the plant; culturing the meristematic explant in initiation medium to generate shoots, where the media lacks hormones; culturing the shoots in... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090249515 - Antisense dna of sweetpotato expansin cdna and method for increasing storage root yield using the same: Disclosed herein are antisense DNA of a sweetpotato expansin (IbExpansin) cDNA, a plant transformation vector carrying the same, and a method for increasing storage root production using the same. The transgenic sweetpotatoes prepared using the antisense DNA of IbExpansin cDNA have storage root production increased by up to one and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090249512 - Arabidopsis promoters: The present invention provides several promoters isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana, 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 present invention have been studied in Arabidopsis thaliana and some of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090249516 - Diacylglycerol acyltransferases from flax: The invention relates to isolated diacylglycerol acyltransferases and polynucleotide sequences encoding the DGAT enzymes; polynucleotide constructs, vectors and host cells incorporating the polynucleotide sequences; and methods of producing and using same. Also provided are transformed cells and transgenic plants, especially Camelina sativa plant, with enhanced oil accumulation and quality.... Agent: Dodds & Associates

20090249514 - Improved methods for the production of stably transformed, fertile zea mays plants: The present invention relates to improved methods for the incorporation of DNA into the genome of a Zea mays plant by means of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Preferred is the use of the Zea may lines deposited with American Type Culture Collection under the Patent Deposit Designation PTA-6170 and PTA-6171.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090249513 - Method for expression and accumulation of peptide in plant: The present invention relates to a method for expressing and accumulating a low-molecular peptide in plant seeds; a vector therefore; and a plant transformed with the vector. In the present invention, an intended peptide composed of 3 to 40 amino acid residues is expressed and accumulated in seeds of a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090249517 - Alteration of oil traits in plants: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments useful in altering the phenotype in plants are disclosed. Chimeric constructs incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered phenotypes. Methods for altering the phenotype of plants using such nucleic acid fragments... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090249518 - Modification of plant development and morphology: A method of modifying morphology in a plant by introducing into a plant at least one chimaeric gene having a promoter sequence operably associated with a nucleic acid sequence, the promoter sequence being operable to direct expression in specific cells of the plant and the nucleic acid sequence encoding at... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20090249519 - Immunization of fish with plant-expressed recombinant proteins: Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue may be fed to the... Agent: Patricia A. Sweeney