Inventor

Dwight T. Tomes

Inventor

Van Meter, IA, US

Overview

1993–2015

Patent span

Chemistry

Primary field (CPC C)

Patents· 45 as inventor

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

C12Nprimary

C12NMicroorganisms or enzymes42%

C07KPeptides21%

Y02ATechnologies for adaptation to climate change16%

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution9%

A01HNew plants or non-transgenic processes for obtaining them4%

C12MApparatus for enzymology or microbiology3%

C07CAcyclic or carbocyclic compounds1%

C12PFermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture1%

C12QMeasuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms1%

C12YEnzymes1%

PatentTitleYear

9,175,301'Use of dimerization domain component stacks to modulate plant architecture'2015 9,115,203'Plants with altered root architecture, related constructs and methods involving genes encoding exostosin family polypeptides and homologs thereof'2015 9,090,901'Plants with altered root architecture, related constructs and methods involving genes encoding leucine rich repeat kinase (LLRK) polypeptides and homologs thereof'2015 8,697,842'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2014 8,481,682'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2013 8,207,302'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2012 8,173,867'Methods and compositions for modulating flowering and maturity in plants'2012 8,044,263'Cytokinin oxidase promoter from maize'2011 8,026,411'Enhanced floral sink strength and increased stability of seed set in plants'2011 7,982,009'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2011 7,928,287'Methods for large scale functional evaluation of nucleotide sequences in plants'2011 7,851,597'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2010 7,838,632'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2010 7,741,534'Cytokinin oxidase promoter from maize'2010 7,612,254'Manipulation of plant polysaccharide synthases'2009 7,579,443'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2009 7,557,266'Isolated polynucleotide molecules corresponding to mutant and wild-type alleles of the maize D9 gene and methods of use'2009 7,544,857'Brachytic2 (Br2) promoter from maize and methods of use'2009 7,531,723'Modulation of cytokinin activity in plants'2009 7,524,933'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2009 7,479,584'Methods and compositions for modulating flowering and maturity in plants'2009 7,371,925'Cytokinin oxidase promoter from maize'2008 7,307,149'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2007 7,193,130'Expressing acid invertase or ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in floral tissue for enhanced floral sink strength and increased stability of seed in plants'2007 7,148,401'Brachytic2 (BR2) promoter from maize and methods of use'2006 7,098,380'Manipulation of plant polysaccharide synthases'2006 7,022,894'Methods of transforming plants and identifying parental origin of a chromosome in those plants'2006 6,992,237'Regulated expression of genes in plant seeds'2006 6,930,225'Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof'2005 6,921,815'Cytokinin Oxidase Promoter from Maize'2005 6,570,067'Stable transformation of plant cells'2003 6,566,137'Method of regeneration of Medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same'2003 6,258,999'Stable transformation of plant cells'2001 5,994,626'Methods of regeneration of medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same'1999 5,990,387'Stable transformation of plant cells'1999 5,921,477'Apparatus for tissue preparation'1999 5,886,244'Stable transformation of plant cells'1999 5,879,918'Pretreatment of microprojectiles prior to using in a particle gun'1999 5,877,400'Transgenic methods and compositions for producing parthenocarpic fruits and vegetables'1999 5,773,697'Genetic constructs and methods for producing fruits with very little or diminished seed'1998 5,736,369'Method for producing transgenic cereal plants'1998 5,731,202'Methods of regeneration of Medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same'1998 5,324,646'Methods of regeneration of Medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same'1994 5,322,783'Soybean transformation by microparticle bombardment'1994 5,240,855'Particle gun'1993

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1993–2015Patents assigned to PIONEER HI BRED INT (43)· patent assignee history

1993–2003Based in Cumming, IA, US· patent location history

2003–2012Based in Van Meter, IA, US· patent location history

2009–2015Based in Grimes, IA, US· patent location history

2012–2015Patents assigned to TOMES DWIGHT (4)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to NIU XIAOMU (3)· patent assignee history

2015Patents assigned to DU PONT (2)· patent assignee history

2015Patents assigned to LUCK STANLEY (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
PIONEER HI BRED INT	43	1993–2015
TOMES DWIGHTself	4	2012–2015
NIU XIAOMU	3	2012–2015
DU PONT	2	2015
LUCK STANLEY	2	2015

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Van Meter, IA, US	25	2003–2012
Cumming, IA, US	14	1993–2003
Grimes, IA, US	6	2009–2015