Patents Examined by Vinod Kumar
  • Patent number: 11696558
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 02021411 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02021411, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02021411, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02021411, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02021411. 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 02021411. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02021411, 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 02021411 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 11696554
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 04190907 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04190907, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04190907, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04190907, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04190907. 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 04190907. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04190907, 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 04190907 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11696543
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X85P966 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 X85P966 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85P966 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X85P966, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85P966 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85P966 and methods of using maize variety X85P966 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Dennis James Dolan, Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Steven Paul King, Jean-Marc Montpetit, Matthew David Walch, Harindra Manilal William
  • Patent number: 11690343
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 02050022 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02050022, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02050022, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02050022, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02050022. 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 02050022. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02050022, 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 02050022 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11692199
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for generating plants that can grow in saline conditions, or remove a salt or other impurity from water, for example plants that can remove sodium chloride from salt or sea water, and plants that can produce purified water from salt or sea water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: June Medford, Kevin Morey, Tessema Kassaw, Mauricio Antunes
  • Patent number: 11690344
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 00250653 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 00250653, to the plants of soybean cultivar 00250653, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 00250653, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 00250653. 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 00250653. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 00250653, 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 00250653 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11685910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having trehalase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using a trehalase of the invention, in particular a process of producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Zhengfang Kang, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Lar Kobberøe Skov
  • Patent number: 11678629
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05P310 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 X05P310 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05P310 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05P310, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05P310 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05P310 and methods of using maize variety X05P310 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventors: Travis J Lee, Eric Scott Riedeman, Brandon Michael Wardyn, Emily Combs Ziemke
  • Patent number: 11678626
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4C5T and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4C5T with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4C5T 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 PH4C5T or a locus conversion of PH4C5T with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Bruno Albrecht
  • Patent number: 11678634
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 02110351 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02110351, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02110351, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02110351, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02110351. 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 02110351. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02110351, 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 02110351 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MERTEC, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Joseph Arthur Grams
  • Patent number: 11678628
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05P325 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 X05P325 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05P325 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05P325, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05P325 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05P325 and methods of using maize variety X05P325 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Travis J Lee, Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Patent number: 11674149
    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: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Patent number: 11674151
    Abstract: Plants, plant cells, and seeds are described herein that grow well and are resistant to environmental stresses such as drought and insects, where the plants have one or more mutations that reduce or eliminate the interaction of MYC transcription factors with the JAZ proteins. The plants can have an additional mutation that reduces or eliminates the function of the PHYB gene, and/or a heterologous PIF4 transgene or PIF4 expression cassette to improve the growth of the myc mutant plants. Methods of making and using such plants, plant cells, and seeds are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Gregg A. Howe, Marcelo Campos, Yuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11667926
    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: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Patent number: 11655479
    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 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 conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Fasong Zhou, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Julissa Sosa
  • Patent number: 11653613
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077829. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077829. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077829 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077829 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Heinrich S Wohleser
  • Patent number: 11653612
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077826. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077826. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077826 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077826 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Heinrich S Wohleser
  • Patent number: 11653615
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 2910853 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2910853, the plants of soybean 2910853, to plant parts of soybean 2910853, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2910853 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2910853, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2910853, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2910853 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Benson Hill Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Pedro Gonzalez-Portilla
  • Patent number: 11647725
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 07160416 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 07160416, to the plants of soybean cultivar 07160416, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 07160416, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 07160416. 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 07160416. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07160416, 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 07160416 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 11629352
    Abstract: Methods and materials for increasing abiotic stress tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding abiotic stress tolerance-increasing polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to abiotic stress and methods of increasing plant yield under abiotic stress conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CERES, INC.
    Inventors: Roger I. Pennell, Wuyi Wang, Chuan-Yin Wu, Dwarkesh Parihar, Paresh Verma, Vijay R. Kumar, Shridhar J. Rao