Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Hegstad

Jeffrey Hegstad 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).

  • Publication number: 20080051288
    Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant soybean plants are provided. Specifically, soybean plants having a 3560.4.3.5 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate and at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide are provided. The soybean plant harboring the 3560.4.3.5 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:10 and/or 11. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the 3560.4.3.5 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the soybean 3560.4.3.5 events are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicants: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc, E.I. du Pont de Nemours
    Inventors: Robert Cressman, Anthony Guida, Christine Hazel, Jeffrey Hegstad, Nancy Henderson, David Hondred, Nancy Leysens, Zhongsen Li, Mark Vogt, Natalie Weber, Aiqui Xing, Cathy Zhong
  • Publication number: 20070079393
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided related to improved plants that are tolerant to more than one herbicide. Particularly, the invention provides plants that are tolerant of glyphosate and are tolerant to at least one ALS inhibitor, and methods of use thereof. The glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant plants comprise a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide that confers tolerance to glyphosate and a polynucleotide that encodes an ALS inhibitor-tolerant polypeptide. In specific embodiments, a plant of the invention expresses a GAT polypeptide and an HRA polypeptide. Methods to control weeds, improve plant yield, and increase transformation efficiencies are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicants: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Billy McCutchen, Timothy Chicoine, Jerry Green, Christine Hazel, Jeffrey Hegstad, James Hutchison, Donglong Liu, Albert Lu, Kenneth Peeples, David Saunders, Mark Vogt, James Wong