Patents Examined by Weihua Fan
  • Maize inbred PH4BWJ
    Patent number: 11470802
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4BWJ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4BWJ with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4BWJ 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 PH4BWJ or a locus conversion of PH4BWJ with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Ronald J Haarmann
  • Maize inbred PH4C13
    Patent number: 11470803
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4C13 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4C13 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4C13 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 PH4C13 or a locus conversion of PH4C13 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Terry R Colbert, Steven Tyler Thornton
  • Maize inbred PH48DK
    Patent number: 11470806
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48DK and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48DK with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48DK 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 PH48DK or a locus conversion of PH48DK with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Travis Korry Coleman, Leonardus Johannes Maria Hendrickx, Steven Paul King
  • Maize inbred PH4D3S
    Patent number: 11470807
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4D3S and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4D3S with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4D3S 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 PH4D3S or a locus conversion of PH4D3S with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Susanne Groh
  • Method for differentiating cannabis plant cultivars based on cannabinoid synthase paralogs
    Patent number: 11473096
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for providing desired cannabinoid content in cannabis plants. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods for using cannabinoid synthase paralogs as guidance for breeding cannabis plants with a desired cannabinoid content, including but not limited to cultivars, varieties, lines and methods of breeding the same for commercial use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate, Steve DeAngelo & Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Pauli, Kayia Clancy, Daniela Vergara, Nolan Coburn Kane, Reginald Gaudino, Robert Givens, Anthony C. Torres, Christian Cizek
  • Nucleus-encoded male sterility through mutation in cytochrome P450 oxidase
    Patent number: 11473103
    Abstract: The invention relates to plants having a nucleus-encoded, recessive, male sterile phenotype and to the gene locus (gst) correlating therewith, including the gene which is responsible for the fertile/sterile phenotype and which is mutated in the sterile phenotype. The invention further provides methods for identifying the genotype correlating with the expression of features indicated above, and the corresponding genetic tools, such as hybridization probes and oligonucleotides. Also described is the use of the plants obtained according to the invention in hybrid breeding and in the production of products obtained from renewable raw materials, such as bioethanol, biogas and sugar-based products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Dietrich Borchardt, Olaf Czarnecki, Wolfgang Mechelke
  • Methods and compositions for conferring and/or enhancing herbicide tolerance using protoporphyrinogen oxidase or variant thereof
    Patent number: 11466286
    Abstract: Provided is technology for conferring enhanced herbicide tolerance and/or enhancing herbicide tolerance of plants and/or algae using a protoporphyrinogen oxidase derived from prokaryotes or its amino acid variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FARMHANNONG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Kee Sung, Joonseon Yoon, Yunjung Han, Young Ock Ahn, Joonghyuk Park, Myoung-Ki Hong
  • Lettuce variety grackle
    Patent number: 11464184
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Grackle and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Melaku Degefu Mekonnen, Yaojin Peng
  • Bacterial genes and isolates for conferring insect resistance
    Patent number: 11466247
    Abstract: Provided are biologically pure bacterial isolates characterized by a genome structure at least 90% similar to a genome structure of a bacterial species selected from the group consisting of: Streptomyces sp. E128 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67462, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens A190 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67464, Bacillus subtilis P243 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67459, Bacillus thuringiensis M979 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67457, Massilia aurea P63 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67461, Rhodococcus sp. G706, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia E132 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67460, Streptomyces aurantiacus A918, Streptomyces badius O180, Streptomyces mirabilis B670 having an NRRL Accession No. B67463, Streptomyces scopuliridis F427 having an NRRL Accession No. B-67458, and Streptomyces sp. L219.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Evogene Ltd., Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Or Rotem, Pamela G. Marrone, Sharon Ayal, Amit Vasavada, Brittany Pierce, Lisa N. Meihls, Vaka S. Reddy, Debora Wilk, Ana-Lucia Cordova-Kreylos, James Presnail, Eyal Emmanuel
  • Carbohydrate producing plant material
    Patent number: 11466060
    Abstract: A plant material comprises a genomic nucleotide sequence encoding a SUSIBA2 or SUSIBA2-like transcription factor under transcriptional control of a promoter active in the plant material. The genomic nucleotide sequence encoding the SUSIBA2 or SUSIBA2-like transcription factor lacks at least a portion of an activation region of a SUSIBA1 or SUSIBA1-like promote represent in an intron of a wild-type version of the genomic nucleotide sequence encoding the SUSIBA2 or SUSIBA2-like transcription factor. The plant material has a controlled production of carbohydrates, in particular starch or starch and fructan. In particular, the plant material can be designed to produce carbohydrates at enhanced levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Chuanxin Sun, Roger Andersson, Christer Jansson, Per Åman
  • Tobacco plants having altered amounts of one or more alkaloids in leaf and methods of using such plants
    Patent number: 11452275
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a number of sequences involved in the transport of alkaloids from the root to the leaf in tobacco, methods of using such sequences, tobacco plants carrying modifications to such sequences, and tobacco products made from such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Frederick, Yanxin Shen, Dongmei Xu, Ujwala Warek, James Arthur Strickland
  • Inoculants and methods for use thereof
    Patent number: 11445729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Flinders University of South Australia
    Inventors: Christopher Milton Mathew Franco, Hoang Xuyen Le, Ross Alexander Ballard
  • Lettuce variety nun 09093 LTL
    Patent number: 11445672
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to lettuce variety NUN 09093 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. Lettuce variety NUN 09093 LTL is a baby leaf lettuce variety, comprising resistance to Downy Mildew (Bremia lactucae) Isolates Bl:16-33EU, Nasonovia ribisnigri Biotype Nr:0, and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae Race 1 IR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Johan Van Zee
  • Maize inbred PH4CDT
    Patent number: 11439094
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4CDT and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4CDT with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4CDT 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 PH4CDT or a locus conversion of PH4CDT with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Sex determination genes and their use in breeding
    Patent number: 11439072
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to improve breeding in dioecious plants, preferably Asparagus plants, comprising providing a plant in which the functional expression of the dominant suppressor of gynoecium development is disrupted or reduced and introducing said plant in inbreeding, backcross breeding, recurrent backcross breeding or double haploid breeding techniques. Preferably said dominant suppressor of gynoecium development is a gene comprising a DUF247 domain. Also provided are dioeciuos plants in which the expression of this gene is disrupted or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Limgroup B.V.
    Inventors: Ronaldus Gerardus Maria Van Der Hulst, Paolo Riccardi, Johannes Simon Groenendijk, Agostino Falavigna
  • Maize inbred PH2STB
    Patent number: 11439109
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH2STB and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2STB with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2STB 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 PH2STB or a locus conversion of PH2STB with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Julie Ho, Matthew David Smalley
  • Cotton variety 19R244B3XF
    Patent number: 11432522
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R244B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R244B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R244B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R244B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Dawn E Fraser, Darren G Jones, Vivek Sharma
  • Systems, methods and kits for micropropagation of Cannabis
    Patent number: 11432487
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and kits for micropropagating disease-free cannabis plants, referred to as the Clean Stock® method. Also provided are Clean Stock® cannabis plants produced using such systems, methods and kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Front Range Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Carmen Cecilia Zapata Carrero, Carolina Sarmiento, Jonathan David Vaught
  • Cotton variety 19R228B3XF
    Patent number: 11432520
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R228B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R228B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R228B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R228B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Nilesh Dighe, Dawn E Fraser, Darren G Jones
  • Maize inbred PH41RY
    Patent number: 11432493
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH41RY and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41RY with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41RY 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 PH41RY or a locus conversion of PH41RY with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Jon Ross