Inventor

Andrew Mark Cigan

Inventor

Johnston, IA, US

Overview

1996–2021

Patent span

Chemistry

Primary field (CPC C)

Patents· 33 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

C12Nprimary

C12NMicroorganisms or enzymes38%

C07KPeptides24%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests13%

A01HNew plants or non-transgenic processes for obtaining them9%

C12QMeasuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms7%

C12YEnzymes6%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties1%

Y02ATechnologies for adaptation to climate change1%

PatentTitleYear

11,015,209Wheat MS1 polynucleotides, polypeptides, and methods of use2021 10,822,614Manipulation of dominant male sterility2020 10,822,610Methods for producing a complex transgenic trait locus2020 10,604,762Promoter from a wheat MS45 gene and methods of use2020 10,519,464Wheat MS1 polynucleotides, polypeptides, and methods of use2019 10,155,962Compositions and methods comprising male fertility sequences2018 10,150,956Compositions and methods comprising sequences having meganuclease activity2018 10,113,181Manipulation of dominant male sterility2018 9,951,346Methods and compositions for targeted integration in a plant2018 9,909,110'Compositions and methods comprising sequences having meganuclease activity'2018 9,803,214'Breeding pair of wheat plants comprising an MS45 promoter inverted repeat that confers male sterility and a construct that restores fertility'2017 9,499,837'Methods and compositions for producing male sterile plants'2016 9,499,827'Compositions and methods comprising sequences having meganuclease activity'2016 9,493,782'Inducible promoter sequences for regulated expression and methods of use'2016 9,006,515'Pollen preferred promoters and methods of use'2015 8,785,722'Dominant gene suppression transgenes and methods of using same'2014 8,293,975'Method for identifying gene function'2012 8,067,667'Dominant gene suppression transgenes and methods of using same'2011 7,696,405'Dominant gene suppression transgenes and methods of using same'2010 6,399,856'Reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'2002 6,281,348'Reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'2001 6,248,935'Reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'2001 6,072,102'Reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'2000 5,837,851'DNA promoter 5126 and constructs useful in a reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'1998 5,795,753'Reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'1998 5,792,853'Reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'1998 5,763,243'Reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'1998 5,760,190'Plant QM proteins'1998 5,750,868'Reversible nuclear genetic system for male sterility in transgenic plants'1998 5,728,817'Methods and compositions for controlling plant development'1998 5,689,051'Transgenic plants and DNA comprising anther specific promoter 5126 and gene to achieve male sterility'1997 5,689,049'Transgenic plant and method for producing male sterility using anther specific promoter 5126'1997 5,583,210'Methods and compositions for controlling plant development'1996

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1996–2021Patents assigned to PIONEER HI BRED INT (33)· patent assignee history

1996–2002Based in Des Moines, IA, US· patent location history

2010–2019Based in Johnston, IA, US· patent location history

2011–2018Patents assigned to CIGAN ANDREW MARK (6)· patent assignee history

2011–2014Patents assigned to UNGER ERICA (3)· patent assignee history

2016–2020Patents assigned to DU PONT (6)· patent assignee history

2016–2018Patents assigned to FALCO SAVERIO CARL (2)· patent assignee history

2018–2020Based in Madison, WI, US· patent location history

2021Based in De Forest, WI, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
PIONEER HI BRED INT	33	1996–2021
CIGAN ANDREW MARKself	6	2011–2018
DU PONT	6	2016–2020
UNGER ERICA	3	2011–2014
FALCO SAVERIO CARL	2	2016–2018

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Johnston, IA, US	14	2010–2019
Des Moines, IA, US	14	1996–2002
Madison, WI, US	4	2018–2020
De Forest, WI, US	1	2021