Patents Assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International
  • Soybean variety XB31P09
    Patent number: 8044269
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31P09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31P09, to the plants of soybean XB31P09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31P09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB31P09 with another soybean plant, using XB31P09 as either the male or the female parent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Stephens
  • Maize variety inbred PHVCN
    Patent number: 8044279
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PHVCN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHVCN with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHVCN through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHVCN or a locus conversion of PHVCN with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis James Dolan
  • Maize variety inbred PH12TJ
    Patent number: 8044285
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH12TJ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH12TJ with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH12TJ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH12TJ or a locus conversion of PH12TJ with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr.
  • Maize variety inbred PH12SK
    Patent number: 8044284
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH12SK and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH12SK with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH12SK through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH12SK or a locus conversion of PH12SK with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Luis A. Verde Chifflet
  • Glyphosate-N-acetyltransferase (GAT) genes
    Patent number: 8044261
    Abstract: Proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these compounds, diversification methods involving the compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Verdia Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Nicholas B. Duck, Rebecca Gorton, Billy Fred McCutchen, Roger Kemble
  • Maize variety inbred PHVCK
    Patent number: 8044280
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PHVCK and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHVCK with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHVCK through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHVCK or a locus conversion of PHVCK with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis James Dolan
  • Soybean variety 93Y10
    Patent number: 8044268
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated 93Y10. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety 93Y10, to the plants of soybean 93Y10 to plant parts of soybean variety 93Y10 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety 93Y10 with another soybean plant, using 93Y10 as either the male or the female parent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Stephens, Thomas C. Corbin
  • Maize variety hybrid X7K483
    Patent number: 8044281
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X7K483 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7K483 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7K483 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7K483, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7K483. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7K483.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bernard Fischer, David Walter Whitaker
  • WUSCHEL(WUS) GENE HOMOLOGS
    Publication number: 20110258741
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding WUS polypeptides. The invention further provides isolated WUS polypeptides. The invention also provides methods of using the polynucleotides to modulate the level of WUS, improve transformation efficiency, to stimulate plant cell growth, including stem cells, to stimulate organogenesis, to stimulate somatic embryogenesis, to induce apomixis, and to provide a positive selection for cells comprising the polynucleotide. The invention also relates to cells, plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotides of the invention or produced by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Keith S. Lowe, William J. Gordon-Kamm, Yumin Tao, Christopher J. Scelonge
  • Maize variety hybrid 10119570
    Patent number: 8039717
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 10119570 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10119570 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10119570 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10119570, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10119570. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10119570.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bernard Fischer, David Walter Whitaker
  • Maize variety hybrid X7K470
    Patent number: 8039714
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X7K470 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7K470 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7K470 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7K470, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7K470. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7K470.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bernard Fischer, David Walter Whitaker
  • Maize variety hybrid 10085650
    Patent number: 8039716
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 10085650 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10085650 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10085650 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10085650, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10085650. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10085650.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bernard Fischer, David Walter Whitaker
  • Plant farnesyltransferases
    Patent number: 8039689
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a farnesyltransferase subunit. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the farnesyltransferase subunit, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the farnesyltransferase subunit in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignees: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Timothy George Helentjaris, Guo-Hua Miao
  • QTL “mapping as-you-go”
    Patent number: 8039686
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for monitoring QTL effects and marker assisted selection (MAS) involving providing a recursively determined correlation between one or more markers and a phenotype of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Podlich, Mark Cooper, Chris Winkler
  • Maize variety hybrid X7K448
    Patent number: 8039715
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X7K448 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7K448 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7K448 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7K448, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7K448. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7K448.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred InternationAL, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bernard Fischer, David Walter Whitaker
  • Maize variety X6M530
    Patent number: 8039702
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X6M530 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X6M530 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X6M530 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X6M530, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X6M530. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X6M530 and to the maize varieties derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Kevin Gogerty
  • Soybean variety RJS18003
    Patent number: 8039692
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS18003. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS18003, to the plants of soybean RJS18003 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS18003 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS18003 with another soybean plant, using RJS18003 as either the male or the female parent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Fabrizius, Michael T. Roach, Paul A. Stephens
  • Highly transformable elite doubled haploid line-PHWWD
    Patent number: 8039719
    Abstract: A novel double haploid maize line designated PHWWD and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing double haploid maize line PHWWD with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHWWD through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the double haploid line PHWWD or a trait conversion of PHWWD with another maize line. Inbred maize lines derived from double haploid maize line PHWWD, methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from double haploid maize line PHWWD and the inbred maize lines and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Wang, Michael D. Miller, Lynn L. Heetland, William E. Solawetz, Zuo-Yu Zhao
  • COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO THE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 6 (QTL6) IN MAIZE AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20110252499
    Abstract: Compositions related to the quantitative trait locus 6 (QTL6) in maize and methods for their use are provided. The compositions are novel molecular marker loci that are genetically linked with QTL6 and which are associated with increased oil content and/or increased oleic acid content and/or an increased oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio of a plant or plant part thereof. These novel markers are characterized by the presence of at least one polymorphism relative to the corresponding marker locus from the QTL6 region of non-high-oil, non-high-oleic acid maize plants. In some embodiments, the novel marker loci comprise coding sequence for a maize DGAT1-2 polypeptide or biologically active variant thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Allen, Bo Shen, Mitchell C. Tarczynski, Mark E. Williams, Peizhong Zheng, Gan-Yuan Zhong
  • Down-Regulation of ACC Synthase for Improved Plant Performance
    Publication number: 20110252505
    Abstract: Methods for modulating plants using optimized ACC synthase down-regulation constructs are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleotide sequences, constructs, vectors, and modified plant cells, as well as transgenic plants displaying increased seed and/or biomass yield, improved tolerance to abiotic stress such as drought or high plant density, improved nitrogen utilization efficiency and/or reduction in ethylene production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Bao, Nicholas J. Bate, Jeffrey E. Habben, Honor Renee Lafitte, Kellie Reimann