Patents Examined by Amjad Abraham
  • Method for plant improvement using a transgene containing the BETL9 promoter driving expression of the MRP1 protein
    Patent number: 9637755
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of plant improvement, in particular of the improvement of yield for plants, by using a transgene containing the BETL9 promoter driving expression of the MRP1 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BIOGEMMA
    Inventors: Gregorio Hueros Soto, Wyatt Paul, Pascual Perez
  • Spinach hybrid SV5777VA and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9629333
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV5777VA and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV5777VA and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends
  • Spinach plants that are resistant to downy mildew
    Patent number: 9624507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of spinach breeding, in particular to a new dominant resistance gene, designated RPF11, which confers resistance against races 7 to 14 of Peronospora farinosa and to spinach plants comprising said gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Ane Dijkstra
  • Promoters for regulating expression in plants
    Patent number: 9624499
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid molecules capable of regulating expression in plants, as well as expression [cassettes, vectors and transgenic plants comprising the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Martin Kuhn, Holger Schultheiss, Julia Verena Hartig, Linda Patricia Loyall, Elke Duwenig, Marc Saric, Maarten Hendrik Stuiver, Oliver Oswald
  • Method for increasing plant biomass
    Patent number: 9622429
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a peptide comprising a six-member ring created by the disulfide bond between two cysteines in the increase of biomass of a photosynthetic organism, for its application in the wood industry, in obtaining energy coming from renewable sources and in agriculture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: BioMass Booster, S.L.
    Inventors: Alfredo Martinez Ramirez, Jorge Conrado Arenas Vidal
  • Spinach hybrid SV8545VC and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9615534
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV8545VC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV8545VC and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends
  • Spinach hybrid SV1846VC and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9615533
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV1846VC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV1846VC and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends
  • Spinach hybrid SV1778VC and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9615535
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV1778VC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV1778VC and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends
  • Herbicidal compound screening
    Patent number: 9612235
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides methods to identify herbicidal compositions that consist of a combination of compounds that inhibit the growth of or kill undesired plant species in a synergistic manner. Also provided are herbicidal compositions identified using this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Koch Biological Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua I. Armstrong
  • Spinach hybrid SV1820VC and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9609839
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV1820VC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV1820VC and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends
  • Spinach hybrid SV3653VA and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9609841
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV3653VA and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV3653VA and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends
  • Spinach hybrid SV2146VB and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9609840
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV2146VB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV2146VB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends
  • Spinach hybrid SV1514VC and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9609842
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV1514VC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV1514VC and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends
  • Control of ripening and senescence in pre-harvest and post-harvest plants and plant materials by manipulating alternative oxidase activity
    Patent number: 9591847
    Abstract: Methods of controlling the maturation of plants and/or plant products (e.g. fruit, vegetable, ornamentals, etc.) by manipulating Alternative Oxidize (AOX) activity. An increase in activity hastens the maturation process while a decrease in activity slows or stops maturation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Amit Dhingra, Christopher Hendrickson
  • Mayetiola destructor susceptibility gene one (Mds-1) and its application in pest management
    Patent number: 9587248
    Abstract: Plants having increased resistance to a pest relative to corresponding control plants are provided. The resistant plants have inhibited expression, activity, or function of a susceptibility gene, and thereby have decreased expression, activity, or function of the susceptibility gene in the presence of the pest as compared to a control plant in which the wild-type susceptibility gene is normally expressed in the presence of the pest. Methods of producing plants with increased resistance are also provided. The methods involve altering the expression, activity, or function of a susceptibility gene, such as Mds-1, in the plant. Isolated Mds-1 sequences are provided that can be manipulated to enhance pest resistance in modified plants. Modified plants, plant cells, tissues, seeds, and progeny are also provided having enhanced pest resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Harold Trick, Xiuming Liu, Ming-Shun Chen
  • Transgenic guayule for enhanced isoprenoid production
    Patent number: 9574203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic guayule plants that produce increased amounts of rubber uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Niu Dong, Colleen M McMahan, Maureen C Whalen, Katrina Cornish, Terry A Coffelt
  • Soybean variety 09CR150126
    Patent number: 9572314
    Abstract: Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 09CR150126, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-122787. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 09CR150126 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: William M. Campbell
  • Soybean variety XR46Z15X
    Patent number: 9560828
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR46Z15X. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR46Z15X. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR46Z15X and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR46Z15X with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Tyler
  • Methods of increasing yield and stress tolerance in a plant by decreasing the activity of a trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase
    Patent number: 9556449
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and regards various polynucleotides, polypeptides and methods that may be employed to enhance yield in transgenic plants. Specifically the transgenic plants may exhibit any one of the traits consisting of increased yield, increased tolerance to abiotic stress, increased cell growth and increased nutrient use efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Shib Basu, Jonathan Cohn, Michael Nuccio
  • Vaccine for control of beet curly top virus infection of plants
    Patent number: 9556452
    Abstract: The disclosure provides plant vaccine compositions and methods for inducing immunity to Beet Curly Top Virus (BCTV) and related curtoviruses in a susceptible plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: William M Wintermantel, Laura L Hladky