Patents Examined by Ashley K Buran
  • Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10301625
    Abstract: The invention provides DNA molecules and constructs, and their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants, and for specifying intracellular or extracellular localization of a gene product of interest. Transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds, comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Stanislaw Flasinski, Charles R. Dietrich, Wei Wu, Zhaolong Li, Bo-Xing Qiu, Liang Guo, Jaishree M. Chittoor
  • Genes and uses for plant enhancement
    Patent number: 10301642
    Abstract: The present invention discloses transgenic seeds for crops with enhanced agronomic traits are provided by trait-improving recombinant DNA in the nucleus of cells of the seed where plants grown from such transgenic seed exhibit one or more enhanced traits as compared to a control plant. Of particular interest are transgenic plants that have increased yield. The present invention also provides recombinant DNA molecules for expression of a protein, and recombinant DNA molecules for suppression of a protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Marie Coffin
  • Lettuce variety 45-175 RZ
    Patent number: 10271502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 45-175 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 45-175 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 45-175 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Maria Helena Roosenboom-Kooijmans, Willem van Vliet
  • Lettuce variety 79-97 RZ
    Patent number: 10264752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-97 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-97 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-97 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
  • Lettuce line SVLN7347
    Patent number: 10244714
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated SVLN7347. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line SVLN7347, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line SVLN7347 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line SVLN7347, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Salad rocket variety 88-001 RZ
    Patent number: 10231415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Eruca sativa seed designated 88-001 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including downy mildew resistance, medium to late bolting, no leaf division in at least the first three leaf pairs to emerge on a plant, round leaves of at least the first leaf pair to emerge on a plant. The present invention also relates to a Eruca sativa plant produced by growing the 88-001 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the salad rocket cultivar, represented by salad rocket variety 88-001 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventor: Franciscus Hermanus Carree
  • Lactuca sativa cultivar foreman
    Patent number: 10231414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) variety designated ‘Foreman’. “Foreman” demonstrates large head size, short core, slower bolting, smooth mid rib, round butt appearance, thick leaf texture, dark green color and high tolerance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae). This invention thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar ‘Foreman’, to the plants of lettuce cultivar foreman, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar ‘Foreman’, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar ‘Foreman’ with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Pro Screen Ag Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony M. Avila
  • Soybean variety 5PNJZ92
    Patent number: 10231420
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNJZ92 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNJZ92, cells from soybean variety 5PNJZ92, plants of soybean 5PNJZ92, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNJZ92. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNJZ92 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PNJZ92, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PNJZ92, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PNJZ92. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PNJZ92 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Corbin, Tara Lynch Slaminko
  • Sugarcane bacilliform viral (SCBV) enhancer and its use in plant functional genomics
    Patent number: 10227598
    Abstract: Identification of new enhancer sequence has significant utility in the plant functional genomics. The sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (SCBV) transcriptional enhancer has been identified. This enhancer can be used to increase the rate of transcription from gene promoters and in activation tagging experiments. A ten-fold increase in transcription was observed when a 4× array of the SCBV enhancer was placed upstream of a truncated form of the maize alcohol dehydrogenase minimal promoter. Methods of using the SCBV transcriptional enhancer are described, as are chimeric transcription regulatory regions, constructs, cells, tissues, and organisms that comprise one or more copies of the enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: John P. Davies, Vaka S. Reddy, William M. Ainley, Mark A. Thompson
  • Soybean variety 5PUBM35
    Patent number: 10226024
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PUBM35 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PUBM35, cells from soybean variety 5PUBM35, plants of soybean 5PUBM35, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PUBM35. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PUBM35 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PUBM35, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PUBM35, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PUBM35. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PUBM35 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Corbin, Leslie Charles Kuhlman
  • Lettuce variety 41-631 RZ
    Patent number: 10219477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-631 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-631 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-631 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Maria Helena Roosenboom-Kooijmans, Willem van Vliet
  • Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10208314
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel DNA molecules and constructs, including their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants and plant cells. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and commodity products comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides, along with methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Stanislaw Flasinski
  • Maize hybrid X90K666
    Patent number: 10206347
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90K666 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90K666 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90K666 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X90K666, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90K666. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90K666.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Arbelbide, Travis Korry Coleman, Martin A Fabrizius, Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Christopher Michael Schaefer, Matthew David Walch
  • Lettuce variety 79-791 RZ
    Patent number: 10206362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-791 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-791 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-791 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelia Antoinetta Maria Luijten, Cornelis Marinus Moor, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Maize hybrid X08K250
    Patent number: 10206345
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08K250 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08K250 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08K250 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08K250, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08K250. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08K250.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: David B Fischer, Polly Suzanne Longenberger
  • Maize hybrid X90K673
    Patent number: 10206346
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90K673 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90K673 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90K673 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X90K673, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90K673. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90K673.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Arbelbide, Lori Lisa Carrigan, Martin A Fabrizius, Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Christopher Michael Schaefer, Matthew David Walch, Jianbin Yu
  • Compositions, organisms, systems, and methods for expressing a gene product in plants
    Patent number: 10202612
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to compositions, organisms, systems, and methods for expressing a gene product in a plant using a expression control sequence (ECS) operable in monocots and/or dicots. For example, (i) an isolated nucleic acid may comprise an ECS (e.g., a sugarcane bacilliform virus promoter) and, optionally, an exogenous nucleic acid (ExNA) operably linked to the ECS; (ii) an expression vector may comprise an ECS; an ExNA; and, optionally, a 3? termination sequence, wherein the ECS has promoter activity sufficient to express the ExNA in at least one monocot and at least one dicot; (iii) a microorganism, plant cell, or plant may comprise an isolated nucleic acid; (iv) a method for constitutively expressing an ExNA in a plant (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Mona Damaj, T. Erik Mirkov
  • Lettuce variety 79-00 RZ
    Patent number: 10194625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-00 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races Bl:1-31 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), resistance to lettuce mosaic virus (LMV), deeply incised leaves with very strong undulation of the apical margin. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-00 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-00 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice
  • Soybean cultivar CL1462431
    Patent number: 10188057
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1462431 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1462431 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1462431 in a breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Joseph William Strottman, Brian Scott Erdahl
  • Lettuce variety 79-58 RZ
    Patent number: 10182546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-58 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races Bl:1-31 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII and strain F1240, resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), resistance to lettuce mosaic virus (LMV), intensely red, deeply incised leaves with very strong undulation. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-58 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-58 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice