Patents by Inventor Dutt V. Vinjamoori

Dutt V. Vinjamoori 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).

  • High throughput screening of fatty acid composition
    Patent number: 8501480
    Abstract: A method of accumulating a quantity of seeds having a desired fatty acid characteristic is provided. The method includes removing a sample from each seed in a population of seeds while maintaining the germination viability of the seeds; contacting each sample with a solvent to form a mixture comprising fatty acid methyl esters; analyzing the mixture of fatty acid methyl esters from each sample to determine the fatty acid profile of the corresponding seed; selecting seeds having at least one desired fatty acid characteristic based on the analysis of the samples removed from the seeds; cultivating plants from the selected seeds; recovering seeds from the cultivated plants, wherein the recovered seeds are a subsequent generation of the selected seeds; and repeating the operations for one or more generations of the recovered seeds to thereby accumulate the quantity of seeds having the desired fatty acid characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Kevin L. Deppermann, Luis A. Jurado, Dutt V. Vinjamoori, Pradip K. Das
  • HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF FATTY ACID COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20120180386
    Abstract: A method of accumulating a quantity of seeds having a desired fatty acid characteristic is provided. The method includes removing a sample from each seed in a population of seeds while maintaining the germination viability of the seeds; contacting each sample with a solvent to form a mixture comprising fatty acid methyl esters; analyzing the mixture of fatty acid methyl esters from each sample to determine the fatty acid profile of the corresponding seed; selecting seeds having at least one desired fatty acid characteristic based on the analysis of the samples removed from the seeds; cultivating plants from the selected seeds; recovering seeds from the cultivated plants, wherein the recovered seeds are a subsequent generation of the selected seeds; and repeating the operations for one or more generations of the recovered seeds to thereby accumulate the quantity of seeds having the desired fatty acid characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Kevin L. DEPPERMANN, Luis A. JURADO, Dutt V. VINJAMOORI, Pradip K. DAS
  • Methods for determining oil in seeds
    Patent number: 6809819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for analyzing agricultural products. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for analysis of the oil content of one or more seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Dutt V. Vinjamoori, Pradip K. Das, John A. Long