Patents by Inventor Carl J. F. ter Braak

Carl J. F. ter Braak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Statistical approach for optimal use of genetic information collected on historical pedigrees, genotyped with dense marker maps, into routine pedigree analysis of active maize breeding populations
    Patent number: 8321147
    Abstract: This invention provides a novel means of predicting plant phenotypes that incorporates previously unusable dense marker data derived from historical pedigrees. The method operates by collecting information from a population pertaining to one or more loci, which is used to build one or more matrices by calculating, for the alleles present at the measured loci, the probability that the alleles are identical by descent. These matrices are then used to develop a second set of one or more matrices in which each value represents the probability that a certain individual in the population descended from a certain ancestral (founder) genotype. This set of second matrices can then be used as part of a breeding program for selecting and breeding individuals from the population or can be used to better classify the individuals in the population, leading to improved plant phenotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc, Wageningen University, Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek
    Inventors: Marinus C. A. M. Bink, Carl J. F. ter Braak, Oscar S. Smith, L. Radu Totir
  • STATISTICAL APPROACH FOR OPTIMAL USE OF GENETIC INFORMATION COLLECTED ON HISTORICAL PEDIGREES, GENOTYPED WITH DENSE MARKER MAPS, INTO ROUTINE PEDIGREE ANALYSIS OF ACTIVE MAIZE BREEDING POPULATIONS
    Publication number: 20100095394
    Abstract: This invention provides a novel means of predicting plant phenotypes that incorporates previously unusable dense marker data derived from historical pedigrees. The method operates by collecting information from a population pertaining to one or more loci, which is used to build one or more matrices by calculating, for the alleles present at the measured loci, the probability that the alleles are identical by descent. These matrices are then used to develop a second set of one or more matrices in which each value represents the probability that a certain individual in the population descended from a certain ancestral (founder) genotype. This set of second matrices can then be used as part of a breeding program for selecting and breeding individuals from the population or can be used to better classify the individuals in the population, leading to improved plant phenotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., PLANT RESEARCH INTERNAITONAL B.V., WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: MARINUS C. A. M. BINK, CARL J. F. ter BRAAK, OSCAR S. SMITH, L. RADU TOTIR