Patents Examined by Steven Bernacki
  • Patent number: 9198367
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XR34Q13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XR34Q13, cells from soybean variety XR34Q13, plants of soybean XR34Q13, and plant parts of soybean variety XR34Q13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XR34Q13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XR34Q13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XR34Q13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XR34Q13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XR34Q13 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Kyle, Steven R. Schnebly, Jordan Spear
  • Patent number: 9198379
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1036445. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1036445. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1036445 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1036445 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: David R. Wooten, Jr., Craig K. Moots
  • Patent number: 9192118
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB37E13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB37E13, cells from soybean variety XB37E13, plants of soybean XB37E13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB37E13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB37E13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB37E13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB37E13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB37E13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB37E13 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Les Charles Kuhlman, Thomas C. Corbin, Leon G. Streit
  • Patent number: 9192117
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB36E13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB36E13, cells from soybean variety XB36E13, plants of soybean XB36E13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB36E13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB36E13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB36E13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB36E13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB36E13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB36E13 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Les Charles Kuhlman, Thomas C. Corbin
  • Patent number: 9192112
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for producing a non-natural hybrid seed. Also disclosed are specific miRNAs and miRNA recognition sites useful for conferring inducible sterility on a crop plant, and recombinant DNA construct including such exogenous miRNA recognition sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Edwards Allen, Larry A Gilbertson, James K Roberts, Nancy M Houmard, Shihshieh Huang, Sergey Ivashuta
  • Patent number: 9192119
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1036554. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1036554. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1036554 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1036554 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Maqsood Rehman, Charlotte A. Sartell, Curtis W. Scherder
  • Patent number: 9145562
    Abstract: A variegated plant comprising a nucleic acid operatively linked to a regulatory region, the nucleic acid disrupts the expression of Cpn21. The nucleic acid is typically an antisense Cpn21 and the regulatory region may be an inducible regulatory region, a tissue specific regulatory region, or a developmental regulatory region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: ALBERTA INNOVATES—TECHNOLOGY FUTURES
    Inventors: Margarita Velcheva, John Vidmar, Jurgen Quandt
  • Patent number: 9137959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pepper plants resistant to insects, and to seeds and fruits of said plants. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using such plants and their fruits. The invention further relates to markers and the use thereof in marker assisted breeding and for identifying the insect resistance trait. In particular, the present invention provides a cultivated Capsicum annuum plant which is resistant, particularly intermediately resistant, to infestations by insects of the family Thripidae and/or the genus Bemisia, but especially to infestations by Bemisia tabaci and Frankliniella occidentalis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Enrico Gerardus Albertus Linders, Jean Louis Marie Edouard Nicolet, Henricus Johannes Van Wijk
  • Patent number: 9131655
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1W11 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1W11 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1W11 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1W11 or a locus conversion of PH1W11 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Wade Eugene Odland, David B. Fischer
  • Patent number: 9131654
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1W07 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1W07 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1W07 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1W07 or a locus conversion of PH1W07 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Jennifer Ann Tarter
  • Patent number: 9131650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants of a carrot variety TROOPER and seeds and progeny thereof. The invention further relates to methods for producing a carrot plant by traditional breeding methods. The invention further relates to a method for producing a carrot plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventor: Roger Freeman
  • Patent number: 9125360
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1VKK and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1VKK with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1VKK through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1VKK or a locus conversion of PH1VKK with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventor: Andrew Jon Ross
  • Patent number: 9121032
    Abstract: Methods of selecting haploid embryos are disclosed. Methods of producing haploid embryos and non-viable diploid embryos on a plant are provided. Methods for selecting haploid embryos produced from haploid inducer maize lines are provided. Methods for producing improved maize haploid inducer lines are disclosed. Maize haploid inducer lines comprising transgenes causing ablated or abnormal diploid embryos are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Mark E. Williams, William J. Gordon-Kamm
  • Patent number: 9121028
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods for providing plants with selective expression of a target RNA and methods for evaluating an expression pattern of a target RNA in a plant. Also disclosed are transgenic plants having recombinant DNA for expressing a protein using a promoter functional in multiple tissues, and recombinant DNA for suppressing expression of the protein using a promoter functional in fewer than the multiple tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Paul S. Chomet, Michael D. Edgerton
  • Patent number: 9107356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants of a carrot variety NUN 85931 and seeds and progeny thereof. The invention further relates to methods for producing a carrot plant by traditional breeding methods. The invention further relates to a method for producing a carrot plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventor: Roger Freeman
  • Patent number: 9107359
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 1768852. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 1768852, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 1768852 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 1768852.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Agrigenetics Inc
    Inventor: Jerry R. Rice
  • Patent number: 9107360
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 1768536. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 1768536, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 1768536 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 1768536.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry R. Rice
  • Patent number: 9107363
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XBP02003 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP02003, cells from soybean variety XBP02003, plants of soybean XBP02003, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP02003. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP02003 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP02003, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP02003, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP02003. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP02003 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Nadejda N. Krasheninnik
  • Patent number: 9102705
    Abstract: Polypeptides and fusion proteins that bind to eukaryotic viruses, in particular, eukaryotic single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are provided. The polypeptides and fusion proteins bind to the replication initiation proteins (Rep) of ssDNA viruses and optionally inhibit viral replication and/or viral infection. The virus can be a plant pathogen or animal pathogen. Consensus sequences used to identify polypeptides that bind to eukaryotic viruses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, Luisa Lopez-Ochoa
  • Patent number: 9101102
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1KYY and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1KYY with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1KYY through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1KYY or a locus conversion of PH1KYY with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventor: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr.