Patents Examined by Vinod Kumar
  • Patent number: 11957101
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PVZL16 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PVZL16, cells from soybean variety 5PVZL16, plants of soybean 5PVZL16, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PVZL16. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PVZL16 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PVZL16, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PVZL16, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PVZL16. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PVZL16 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Allen Carden, Donald Kyle, Brian Frederick Seda
  • Patent number: 11959087
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and means to change fatty acid and ultimately triacylglycerol production in plants and algae. Methods of the invention comprise the step of altering the activity levels of the committed step for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis, acetyl-CoA carboxylases (ACCase). More specifically, methods of the invention directly enhance the activity of ACCase by down-regulating the biotin/lipoyl attachment domain containing (BADC) genes through biotechnology or selective breeding approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    Inventors: Jay Thelen, Matthew Salie
  • Patent number: 11957098
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to increasing the proportion of omega-3 fatty acid in seed oil produced by a plurality of Brassica plants, such as canola, transgenically modified to produce seed oil comprising at least one of EPA, DHA and DPA. Transgenic Brassica plants, such as transgenic canola, are subjected to an environment which has an average daily day-night temperature difference of at least 13° C. during the transgenic plant's period of seed maturation. The seed oil is at least 5 wt % EPA. The seed oil is at least 1 wt % DPA. The seed oil is at least 0.2 wt % DHA. The seed oil is at least 5.2 wt % a mixture of EPA and DHA. The seed oil is at least 6 wt % long chain omega-3 fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Xinmin Deng, Kristin Gray, Jakir Hasan, Keith Horton
  • Patent number: 11952579
    Abstract: A recombinant DNA construct is disclosed. When the recombinant DNA construct is expressed in a plant or a plant cell, endogenous HD-Zip class II proteins become less able to repress DNA transcription of the genes they typically regulate. The recombinant DNA construct can be expressed in plant cells to produce plants with enhanced phenotypes. Methods of making transgenic plants comprising the recombinant DNA construct, and plants produced thereby are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Cara L. Griffith, Abha Khandelwal, Paul J. Loida, Elena A. Rice, Rebecca L. Thompson, Sivalinganna Manjunath
  • Patent number: 11930766
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 03220758 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 03220758, to the plants of soybean cultivar 03220758, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 03220758, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 03220758. 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 03220758. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 03220758, 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 03220758 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11917970
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091697. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091697. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091697 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091697 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Roger L Lussenden
  • Patent number: 11917976
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated GL2876 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar GL2876, to the plants of soybean cultivar GL2876, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar GL2876, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar GL2876. 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 GL2876. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar GL2876, 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 GL2876 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KG Agri Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Clement Weidenbenner, John David Wood
  • Patent number: 11903357
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01083737. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01083737. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01083737 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01083737 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Carrin Carlson
  • Patent number: 11903355
    Abstract: Provided is a canola variety designated 18GG0459R and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 18GG0459R with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 18GG0459R through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Scott McClinchey, Daniel Joseph Stanton
  • Patent number: 11895975
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 09001515 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 09001515, to the plants of soybean cultivar 09001515, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 09001515, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 09001515. 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 09001515. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 09001515, 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 09001515 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11895976
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 04370122 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04370122, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04370122, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04370122, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04370122. 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 04370122. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04370122, 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 04370122 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11898152
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline and/or oxidative stress conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline and/or oxidative stress conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Patent number: 11884986
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transgenic corn comprising event MON87403 that exhibits increased grain yield. The disclosure also provides cells, plant parts, seeds, plants, commodity products related to the event, and DNA molecules that are unique to the event and were created by the insertion of transgenic DNA into the genome of a corn plant. The disclosure further provides methods for detecting the presence of said corn event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said corn event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Adams, John A. Korte, Anagha M. Sant, J. Philip Taylor
  • Patent number: 11879131
    Abstract: A use of a ZmSBP12 gene in the regulation of drought resistance, plant height, and ear height of Zea mays L. is provided. After the ZmSBP12 gene is over-expressed in Zea mays L., the resulting Zea mays L. mutant plant exhibits increased drought resistance and decreased plant and ear heights. The overexpression of the ZmSBP12 gene leads to increased drought resistance and decreased plant and ear heights, indicating that the ZmSBP12 gene plays a crucial role in the drought resistance and plant type (plant height) of Zea mays L. The expression abundance of the ZmSBP12 gene is increased to improve the drought resistance of Zea mays L. and reduce the plant and ear heights of Zea mays L., which can be used for the assisted breeding of novel drought-resistant and lodging-resistant Zea mays L. varieties and the breeding of excellent inbred lines and hybrids of Zea mays L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Haiyang Wang, Yurong Xie, Bingbing Zhao, Baobao Wang, Yongping Zhao, Dexin Kong, Quanquan Li, Yaoyao Li
  • Patent number: 11873503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline and/or oxidative stress conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline and/or oxidative stress conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Patent number: 11859193
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to vegetative plant parts, such as from a Sorghum sp. and/or a Zea mays plant, which comprise a total fatty acid (TFA) content which comprises fatty acids esterified in the form of triacylglycerols (TAG) and fatty acids in the form of lipids other than TAG, wherein the vegetative plant parts comprise greatly increased levels of TFA, for example a TFA content of about 5% (w/w dry weight). The present invention also relates to the use of the vegetative plant parts as a feedstuff, and/or to produce a feedstuff, for animal consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NUSEED GLOBAL INNOVATION LTD.
    Inventors: XueRong Zhou, Qing Liu, Anna El Tahchy, Srinivas Belide, Madeline Claire Mitchell, Uday Kumar Divi, Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Allan Graham Green
  • Patent number: 11859196
    Abstract: Methods are provided for modulating an abiotic stress response to drought in a plant, for example by introducing a heritable change to the plant, which alters the expression in the plant of an endogenous or exogenous protein that is a member of a particular gene family, the Kanghan genes. Similarly, plants and plants cells having such heritable changes are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jitao Zou, Wenyun Shen, Peng Gao
  • Patent number: 11859195
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with increased tolerance to abiotic stress (e.g., high or low temperature, drought, flood).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Christensen, Nestor Apuya, Kenneth A. Feldmann
  • Patent number: 11859194
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for creating plants exhibiting enhanced resistance to abiotic stresses, especially cold stress are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.
    Inventors: David Stern, Coralie Evelyn Salesse-Smith, Leila Feiz
  • Patent number: 11856914
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 01140108 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01140108, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01140108, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01140108, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01140108. 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 01140108. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01140108, 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 01140108 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby