Patents Represented by Attorney S. Matthew Edwards

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  • Flavonol expressing domesticated tomato and method of production
    Patent number: 7851680
    Abstract: The present invention includes non-transgenic domesticated tomato plants that express flavonols in the flesh and peel of the tomato fruit, and includes the seeds and fruits of such plants. The method of the invention includes assaying tomato plants for expression of one or more of the flavonol biosynthesis genes in the flesh and/or expression of CHI in the peel. The method of the invention includes selecting wild tomato species that express CHI in the fruit peel, and/or one or more genes of the flavonol biosynthesis pathway in the flesh, and introgressing the genetic factors responsible for this expression from the wild tomato species into a domesticated tomato plant using traditional breeding techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Michael G. Willits, Vincenzo Deluca, Gerson Graser, Catherine M. Kramer, Rogerio T. N. Prata
  • Method for improving the agronomic and nutritional value of plants
    Patent number: 7838749
    Abstract: The present invention provides means and methods of transforming plant cells, seeds, tissues or whole plants in order to yield transformants capable of expressing all enzymes of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway that are essential for the targeted host plant to accumulate carotenes and/or xanthophylls of interest. The present invention also provides DNA molecules designed to be suitable for carrying out the method of the invention, and plasmids or vector systems comprising said molecules. Furthermore, the present invention provides transgenic plant cells, seeds, tissues and whole plants that display an improved nutritional quality and contain such DNA molecules and/or that have been generated by use of the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Peter Beyer, Ingo Potrykus
  • plant named ‘Bani Redda’
    Patent number: PP21452
    Abstract: A new Lantana plant named ‘Bani Redda,’ particularly distinguished by the large bold yellow flowers that turn orange-red, excellent floriferousness because of limited seed set, compact and dense mounding habit with dark green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Shifeng Pan
  • plant named ‘Bronze Yochatham’
    Patent number: PP21458
    Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Bronze Yochatham,’ particularly distinguished by the medium sized, greyed-orange ray florets, good floriferousness, compact and easily controlled uniform habit with excellent branching, and dark foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • plant named ‘Yosanta Cruz’
    Patent number: PP21481
    Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yosanta Cruz’, particularly distinguished by the single-type inflorescence with bright orange-red and yellow bi-colored ray florets, vigorous and upright habit, uniform habit and flowering response, and good floriferousness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • plant named ‘Osectrawhi’
    Patent number: PP21495
    Abstract: A new Osteospermum plant named ‘Osectrawhi’, particularly distinguished by its trailing, very vigorous growth habit, its white colored ray florets, facing upwards and its strong heat tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Theodorus Cornelis Maria van Kleinwee
  • plant named ‘Yoencino’
    Patent number: PP21563
    Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yoencino,’ particularly distinguished by the medium sized anemone flower-type with spoon shaped bright greyed-red ray florets, good floriferousness, and small dark foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Peter Wain
  • plant named ‘Agbapur’
    Patent number: PP21565
    Abstract: A new Ageratum plant named ‘Agbapur’ particularly distinguished by its purple red flower color, early and continuous flowering, and its compact, upright, mounded and well branched growing habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders
  • plant named ‘Ban Whit’
    Patent number: PP21590
    Abstract: A new Lantana plant named ‘Ban Whit,’ particularly distinguished by the large sized white flowers with a golden-yellow throat, excellent floriferousness because of limited seed set, compact and dense mounding habit with medium green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Shifeng Pan
  • plant named ‘Golia Dbbro’
    Patent number: PP21597
    Abstract: A new Dahlia plant named ‘Golia Dbbro’ particularly distinguished by the large orange-red bi-colored ‘collerette’ type flowers, full and compact plant habit with excellent branching, medium dark foliage, and good floriferiousness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Goldsmith Seeds Europe B.V.
    Inventor: Pim Kaagman
  • plant named ‘Pic Redda’
    Patent number: PP21598
    Abstract: A new Petunia plant named ‘Pic Redda’ particularly distinguished by the new cultivar has small bold red flowers, good floriferousness, medium green foliage, initially semi-compact and then an outwardly spreading plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Mitchell Hanes
  • plant named ‘Pic Rossa’
    Patent number: PP21599
    Abstract: A new Petunia plant named ‘Pic Rossa’ particularly distinguished by the small red-purple flowers, early blooming, good floriferiousness, and initially semi-compact and then an outwardly spreading plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Mitchell Hanes
  • plant named ‘Bani Rossa’
    Patent number: PP21616
    Abstract: A new Lantana plant named ‘Bani Rossa,’ particularly distinguished by the large sized, bold yellow flowers that turn red-purple, excellent floriferousness, a result of limited seed set, compact and dense mounding habit with dark green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Synegenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Shifeng Pan
  • plant named ‘Bani Yelbic’
    Patent number: PP21617
    Abstract: A new Lantana plant named ‘Bani Yelbic,’ particularly distinguished by the large sized, bright yellow flower color that matures to white, excellent floriferousness because of limited seed set, compact and dense mounding habit with dark green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Shifeng Pan
  • plant named ‘Imtracorbu’
    Patent number: PP21621
    Abstract: A new Impatiens plant named ‘Imtracorbu,’ characterized particularly as to novelty by a flat and strong outward spreading growth habit, freely branching with branches that tend to grow horizontally, resulting in a big and floriferous plant with large red-purple flowers with a light red blotch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders
  • plant named ‘Agros’
    Patent number: PP21626
    Abstract: A new Ageratum plant named ‘Agros,’ particularly distinguished by the purple flowers, early and continuously flowering and has a habit that is compact, upright while mounded and is freely branching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders
  • plant named ‘Imspewhit’
    Patent number: PP21701
    Abstract: A new Impatiens plant named ‘Imspewhit,’ characterized particularly as to novelty by a flat and strong outward spreading growth habit, freely branching with branches that tend to grow horizontally, resulting in a big and floriferous plant with large white flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders
  • plant named ‘Britena’
    Patent number: PP21751
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant named ‘Britena,’ characterized particularly as to novelty by flowers fading from rose to white with a purple center, which appear earlier on the plant, and a growing habit that is first upright and later spreading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Henricus Godefridus Wilhelmus Stemkens
  • plant named ‘Bomy Dabule’
    Patent number: PP21770
    Abstract: A new Scaevola plant named ‘Bomy Dabule,’ particularly distinguished by the violet colored flowers, good floriferousness, medium green foliage, well branched and a vigorous semi-trailing plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Jason Jandrew
  • plant named ‘Yogigi Snow’
    Patent number: PP21783
    Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yogigi Snow,’ particularly distinguished by the small white flowers with strong stiff plants, short, compact and mounded plant habit with a natural flowering season about the middle of September.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Mark A. Smith