Patents Examined by Cynthia Collins
  • Patent number: 9686937
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated WB9200. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar WB9200. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar WB9200 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar WB9200 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mark Newell
  • Patent number: 9686936
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated WB9312. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar WB9312. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar WB9312 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar WB9312 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mark Newell
  • Patent number: 9686935
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated WB9483. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar WB9483. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar WB9483 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar WB9483 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mark Newell
  • Patent number: 9686929
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18F972 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18F972 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18F972 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18F972, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18F972. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18F972.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Preston Gorman, Terry R Colbert, Khusi Ram Tiwari
  • Patent number: 9681626
    Abstract: Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 36Y14Y1, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123694. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 36Y14Y1 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Hunt B. Wiley
  • Patent number: 9681619
    Abstract: A wheat cultivar designated TW300-001 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of wheat cultivar TW300-001, and to methods for producing wheat seeds and plants by crossing wheat cultivar TW300-001 with itself or another wheat cultivar or wheat plant not designated a cultivar. The invention also relates to methods for producing seeds and plants of wheat cultivar TW300-001 containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic wheat plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to methods for producing seeds and plants by mutagenesis of wheat cultivar TW300-001. The invention also relates to hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing wheat cultivar TW300-001 with another wheat cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Etienne
  • Patent number: 9681627
    Abstract: Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 30G13J3, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123696. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 30G13J3 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Hunt B. Wiley
  • Patent number: 9675032
    Abstract: Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 27Y13T9, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123705. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 27Y13T9 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Moore
  • Patent number: 9670500
    Abstract: This disclosure provides transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency and enhanced drought tolerance; propagules, progeny and field crops of such transgenic plants; and methods of making and using such transgenic plants. This disclosure also provides methods of producing hybrid seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mark Scott Abad
  • Patent number: 9670497
    Abstract: The invention is directed to synthetic promoter constructs for enhanced transgene expression in plants and to expression cassettes comprising the synthetic promoter constructs. The expression cassettes may include various elements for improved expression, stability of the expressed protein or efficient purification of the expressed protein, including signal sequences, protease cleavage sites for release of the target protein, trafficking peptides for trafficking of the expressed protein to various plant compartments, and/or various tags. The invention further relates to methods of expression of transgenic proteins in plants with the use of the synthetic promoter constructs and expression cassettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: AZARGEN BIOTECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD.
    Inventors: Mauritz Venter, Jacobus Petrus Zwiegelaar
  • Patent number: 9661812
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18F970 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18F970 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18F970 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18F970, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18F970. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18F970.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Tarter, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham, Randall Newton Holley, Nicholas Adam Crowley, Daniel Joseph Pohl, Michael Phillip Jines, Terry R Colbert, Daniel Preston Gorman, Joseph D Anderson
  • Patent number: 9661817
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated BZ9W09-2212. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar BZ9W09-2212. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar BZ9W09-2212 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar BZ9W09-2212 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Sid Perry
  • Patent number: 9661816
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated DA909-325. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar DA909-325. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar DA909-325 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar DA909-325 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mark Newell
  • Patent number: 9655331
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated BZ9S09-0735W. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar BZ9S09-0735W. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar BZ9S09-0735W and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar BZ9S09-0735W with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Dale R. Clark
  • Patent number: 9655332
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 43433651 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 43433651, to the plants of soybean cultivar 43433651, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 43433651, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 43433651. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 43433651. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 43433651, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 43433651 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Mertec, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Joseph Arthur Grams
  • Patent number: 9655333
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 45343736 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 45343736, to the plants of soybean cultivar 45343736, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 45343736, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 45343736. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 45343736. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 45343736, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 45343736 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Mertec, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Joseph Arthur Grams
  • Patent number: 9657308
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Narva, Huarong Li, Chaoxian Geng, Ignacio Larrinua, Monica Britt Olson, Navin Elango
  • Patent number: 9648829
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated BZ903-472. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar BZ903-472. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar BZ903-472 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar BZ903-472 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Dale R. Clark
  • Patent number: 9648827
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated BZ6WM09-1030. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar BZ6WM09-1030. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar BZ6WM09-1030 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar BZ6WM09-1030 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Dale R. Clark
  • Patent number: 9648828
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated BZ9S09-0687W. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar BZ9S09-0687W. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar BZ9S09-0687W and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar BZ9S09-0687W with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Dale R. Clark