Patents Examined by Matthew R Keogh
  • Lettuce variety ‘E01G11244’
    Patent number: 11678622
    Abstract: New lettuce designated ‘E01G11244’ is described. ‘E01G11244’ is a lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Simon Petrus Nannes
  • Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests
    Patent number: 11680272
    Abstract: Novel insecticidal proteins isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis that are active against lepidopteran insect pests are disclosed. The DNA encoding the insecticidal proteins can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the insecticidal proteins. These recombinant organisms can be used to control lepidopteran insects in various environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Partcipations AG
    Inventors: Matthew Richard Bramlett, Katherine Seguin, Vance Cary Kramer, Mark Scott Rose
  • Lettuce variety NUN 06574 LTL
    Patent number: 11672217
    Abstract: A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 06574 LTL is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. NUN 06574 LTL is a mini romaine lettuce variety, comprising resistance Downy Mildew (Bremia lactucae) Isolates Bl:1-37EU, Nasonovia ribisnigri Biotype Nr:0, Fusarium oxyporum sp. lactucae Race 1 HR, Fusarium oxysporum sp. lactucae Race 4 IR, and Lettuce Necrotic Stunt Virus (LNSV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Juan Francisco Muñoz Muñoz
  • Soybean variety
    Patent number: 11672224
    Abstract: The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety AR1403091, EE1600274, EE1600891, EE1660258, EE1760174, EE1760847, and/or EE1761104 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety AR1403091, EE1600274, EE1600891, EE1660258, EE1760174, EE1760847, and/or EE1761104 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using AR1403091, EE1600274, EE1600891, EE1660258, EE1760174, EE1760847, and/or EE1761104, e.g., in a breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: David Scott Lee
  • Mutant of lycopene epsilon cyclase (LCYE) gene crucial in wheat carotenoid synthesis pathway and use thereof
    Patent number: 11661594
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a mutant of a lycopene epsilon cyclase (Lcye) gene crucial in a wheat carotenoid synthesis pathway and use thereof. The present disclosure provides the following proteins: (1) a protein obtained by substituting serine at position 253 of an Lcye-D1 protein with phenylalanine; (2) a derived protein that is obtained by subjecting the protein in (1) to substitution and/or deletion and/or addition of one or more amino acid residues and has the same ability as the protein in (1); (3) a protein that has a homology of more than 99%, more than 95%, more than 90%, more than 85%, or more than 80% with the amino acid sequence defined in any one of (1) and (2) and has the same function as the amino acid sequence; and (4) a fusion protein obtained by attaching a tag to N-terminus and/or C-terminus of the protein in any one of (1) to (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Inventors: Shengnan Zhai, Jianjun Liu, Haosheng Li, Jianmin Song, Aifeng Liu, Xinyou Cao, Dungong Cheng, Zhendong Zhao, Cheng Liu, Jun Guo, Ran Han, Yan Zi, Faji Li, Xiaolu Wang
  • Romaine lettuce cultivar Toro
    Patent number: 11659797
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the romaine lettuce cultivar designated cv. Toro. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of romaine lettuce cv. Toro, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of romaine lettuce cv. Toro with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of romaine lettuce line cv. Toro, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Nipomo Native Seeds, LLC
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Mature plant transfection using carbon nanotubes
    Patent number: 11661606
    Abstract: Nano-sized delivery vehicles utilize carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the generic, targeted and passive transport of biomolecules into plant cells. Plant cells are transfected by adsorbing a charged biomolecular cargo on carbon nanotubes by electrostatic grafting or by dialysis-based pi-pi stacking grafting or by probe-tip sonication of complementary nucleic acid strands; and introducing into the cell the cargo-adsorbed nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Markita P. Del Carpio Landry, Gozde Sultan Demirer
  • Cross pollination through liquid-mediated delivery of pollen to enclosed stigmas of flowers from recipient plants
    Patent number: 11653604
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods for liquid-mediated delivery of pollen grains to enclosed stigmas in recipient female flowers. For example, methods for liquid-mediated pollination are provided. The methods provided include collecting pollen from a donor plant, suspending the collected pollen in a liquid solution, and introducing said solution to an enclosed stigma of a recipient flower bud on a recipient plant, thereby pollinating the flower with the pollen from the donor plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Huachun Wang Larue, Li Lin
  • Maize plants with improved disease resistance
    Patent number: 11647709
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding corn plants containing one or more markers that are associated with resistance to fungi. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing at least one marker associated with resistance to southern rust (SR) infection for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel SR resistant germplasm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar Biradar, Sonali Dilip Gandhi, Hemareddy Hirenallur Basappa, Peter Vincent Maloney, Yule Pan, Veeresh Gowda Rp, Dharanendra Swamy, Hao Zhou
  • Maize inbred 1PREC61
    Patent number: 11641833
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 1PREC61 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PREC61 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PREC61 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PREC61 or a locus conversion of 1PREC61 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Jon Ross
  • Maize hybrid X90P473
    Patent number: 11641821
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90P473 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 X90P473 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90P473 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90P473, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90P473 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90P473 and methods of using maize variety X90P473 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Arbelbide, Dennis James Dolan, Julia Xiuling Zhang
  • Plant gene editing systems, methods, and compositions
    Patent number: 11634722
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and compositions that provide for increased frequencies of plant gene editing in comparison to controls are provided herein. Also disclosed are compositions that provide for editing target genes in plant cells. Systems for modification of a plant genome and/or target plant gene are provided. Methods for modifying a plant cell genome or a target plant gene in a plant cell genome are also provided. Compositions, plant cell cultures, and/or reaction mixtures comprising plant cells, certain agents, and gene editing molecules are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Erik William Clement, Yajie Niu, Hannah Pham
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modified phenotype characteristics in plants
    Patent number: 11624075
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-Dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Roger Pennell, Shing Kwok, Hongyu Zhang, Cory Christensen, Jack Okamuro, Fasong Zhou, Wuyi Wang, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Gerard Magpantay, Julissa Sosa, Nestor Apuya, Kerstin Piccolo, Bonnie Hund, Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Peter Mascia
  • Lettuce variety SVLD0033
    Patent number: 11617317
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line SVLD0033. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of lettuce line SVLD0033, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line SVLD0033 with itself or with another lettuce 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 a plant of lettuce line SVLD0033, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventor: Isabelle Delannay
  • Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring improved nitrogen use efficiency characteristics in plants
    Patent number: 11613763
    Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Nadzan, Richard Schneeberger, Han Suk Kim, David Van-Dinh Dang, Kenneth A. Feldmann
  • Lettuce named SAWTOOTH
    Patent number: 11612122
    Abstract: Novel lettuce, such as lettuce designated SAWTOOTH is disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to the seeds of lettuce designated SAWTOOTH, to the plants and plant parts of lettuce designated SAWTOOTH, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce designated SAWTOOTH with itself or another lettuce plant. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce plants derived from the lettuce designated SAWTOOTH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Vilmorin-Mikado USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Yaojin Peng
  • Lettuce variety 42-174 RZ
    Patent number: 11606921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 42-174 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 42-174 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 42-174 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Martijn Christiaan Olij, Willem van Vliet
  • Recombinant DNA constructs employing site-specific recombination
    Patent number: 11597940
    Abstract: Recombinant DNA constructs, for use in plants and plant cells, have site-specific recombination sites that allow assessing phenotypes and modes of action by over expression or suppression of endogenous genes. In an aspect, a single DNA construct can be switched between over expression and suppression by the action of a recombinase such as the Cre recombinase on constructs having lox recombination sites. Other useful recombination systems include the Flp/frt system, the R/Rs system, the Dre/rox system, and the GIN/gix system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Larry A. Gilbertson, Shihshieh Huang, Thomas Malvar
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011055
    Patent number: 11589537
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011055. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011055, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011055 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011055.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Rafael A. Mateo, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • K85 mutation-containing plant EPSPS mutant, and encoding gene and application thereof
    Patent number: 11591580
    Abstract: The invention provides a plant EPSPS mutant (i.e. 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase mutant), which is derived from plant, and has glyphosate resistance after mutation. Also provided is an encoding gene, which can encode the above plant EPSPS mutant; and a vector containing the above encoding gene; and a cell containing the above vector. Further provided are uses of the above plant EPSPS mutant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: GEVOTO LLC
    Inventors: Rong Chen, Longqun Deng, Qingjiang Hou, Yuangen Lu, Qian Ou, Xiaorong Feng, Ling Li, Xin Huang, Nanfei Xu