Patents by Inventor Robert Stefan Reiter

Robert Stefan Reiter 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).

  • Compositions and methods of plant breeding using high density marker information
    Patent number: 10455783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to breeding methods to enhance the germplasm of a plant. The methods describe the identification and accumulation of preferred haplotype genomic regions in the germplasm of breeding populations of maize (Zea mays) and soybean (Glycine max). The invention also relates to maize and soybean plants comprising preferred haplotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jason Bull, David Butruille, Sam Eathington, Marlin Edwards, Anju Gupta, G. Richard Johnson, Robert Stefan Reiter
  • Methods for decreasing linolenic acid content in seeds from transgenic plants containing a mutant delta 15 desaturase
    Patent number: 7456336
    Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding fatty acid desaturase enzymes are described. The invention permits alteration of plant lipid composition. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments with suitable regulatory sequences may be used to create transgenic plants with altered levels of unsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Martin Broglie, Lorin Roger Debonte, William Dean Hitz, Guo-Hua Miao, Robert Stefan Reiter
  • Methods for increasing oleic acid content in seeds from transgenic plants containing a mutant delta 12 desaturase
    Patent number: 7109392
    Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding fatty acid desaturase enzymes are described. The invention permits alteration of plant lipid composition. Chimeric genes incorporating mutant delta-12 fatty acid desaturase nucleic acid fragments with suitable regulatory sequences may be used to create transgenic plants with altered levels of unsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Martin Broglie, Lorin Roger DeBonte, William Dean Hitz, Guo-Hua Miao, Robert Stefan Reiter
  • Method for identifying genetic marker loci associated with trait loci
    Patent number: 6219964
    Abstract: A method for identification of trait loci using genetic marker loci and the use of genetic marker loci as a selection method in a plant breeding program is disclosed. The method comprises comparing genotypic survey data to phenotypic data collected from the same entries used to create the genotypic survey and identifying genetic marker loci that are associated with traits. The method allows new and superior plants to be identified and selected for in a plant breeding program by genotyping with identified genetic marker loci.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Asgrow Seed Co.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Byrum, Robert Stefan Reiter