Patents Examined by Ashley K Buran
  • Patent number: 11109538
    Abstract: A method for producing galanthamine using a plant, includes (a) performing a thermal treatment on a living plant to induce accumulation of galanthamine therein, wherein the living plant is a plant belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae; and (b) placing the living plant in a medium and performing an electrical stimulation treatment on the living plant to release the galanthamine from the living plant to the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen-Yin Chen, Tsung-Lin Yang, Yung-Chi Kuo
  • Patent number: 11109552
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072332. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072332. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072332 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072332 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Roger L. Lussenden
  • Patent number: 11102943
    Abstract: New lettuce variety designated ‘Milagro’ is described. ‘Milagro’ is a butterhead lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
    Inventor: Geertje Winsemius
  • Patent number: 11098328
    Abstract: The present invention provides mutant microorganisms having attenuated expression of a gene encoding a polypeptide that includes a GAF domain wherein the mutant microorganisms have higher lipid productivity and/or exhibit increased partitioning of carbon to lipid as compared to wild-type microorganisms from which they are derived. Also provided are methods of producing lipids using the mutant microorganisms, guide RNAs, and nucleic acid constructs used for producing mutant microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
    Inventor: Imad Ajjawi
  • Patent number: 11096367
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PYQQ43 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PYQQ43, cells from soybean variety 5PYQQ43, plants of soybean 5PYQQ43, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PYQQ43. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PYQQ43 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PYQQ43, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PYQQ43, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PYQQ43. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PYQQ43 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Zachary Phillip Shearin
  • Patent number: 11096363
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072331. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072331. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072331 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072331 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Roger L. Lussenden
  • Patent number: 11096362
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073204. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073204. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073204 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073204 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: David L. Price, Jeffrey M. Tyler
  • Patent number: 11091769
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to modified plants or seeds that contain a mutated gene. The mutated gene includes, without limitation, a pic30 mutant, a mutant homolog of pic30, and combinations thereof. The modified plant or seed is resistant to at least one herbicide, such as picloram. The modified plant or seed may also be resistant to one or more sources of environmental stress, such as drought, plant pathogenesis, biotic stress, and abiotic stress. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of controlling the growth of weeds in a field by applying at least one herbicide to the field that includes the aforementioned modified plants or seeds. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of developing the aforementioned modified plants or seeds by introducing one or more of the aforementioned mutated genes to a plant or seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nihal Dharmasiri, Sunethra Dharmasiri, Praveen Kumar Kathare
  • Patent number: 11091513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified Slmyc2 gene, which may comprise at least one modification as compared to the wild type sequence of SEQ ID No. 5, which modification leads to the reduction or absence of SlMYC2 protein activity, wherein the modified Slmyc2 gene is capable of conferring an aberrant glandular hair phenotype to a Solanum lycopersicum plant. The modification may be suitably selected from a modification that decreases the mRNA level of the Slmyc2 gene, a modification that decreases the level of the SlMYC2 protein and/or a modification that decreases the activity of the SlMYC2 protein, as compared to the wild type Slmyc2 gene of SEQ ID No. 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTELLT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Zeger Otto Van Herwijnen, Dörthe Bettina Dräger, Karel Jozef Florent Bolckmans, Yvonne Maria Van Houten, Jasper De Joode
  • Patent number: 11083154
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13N224 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 X13N224 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N224 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N224, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N224 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N224 and methods of using maize variety X13N224 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Lora Lynn Kilgore-Norquest, Travis J Lee, Neway Challa Mengistu, Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Patent number: 11083158
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 80361023 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 80361023, to the plants of soybean cultivar 80361023, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 80361023, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 80361023. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80361023. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80361023, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 80361023 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11083153
    Abstract: An sh2 type corn which has a novel feature of having colored pericarp (pericarp layer) is provided. The corn is an sh2 type sweet corn, which is obtained by crossing Ruby Queen and an sh2 type sweet corn, and which has colored pericarp or pericarp containing antioxidant components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAKATA SEED CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei Sakagawa
  • Patent number: 11076553
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 86270804 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 86270804, to the plants of soybean cultivar 86270804, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 86270804, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 86270804. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86270804. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86270804, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 86270804 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11072798
    Abstract: Methods comprising DNA constructs and polynucleotides of functional transcription factors for improving photosynthetic capacity, biomass and/or grain yield and stress tolerance in various crop and model plants, dicots and monocots with the C3 or C4 photosynthetic pathways are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: YIELD 10 BIOSCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Madana M. R. Ambavaram, Mariya Somleva
  • Patent number: 11058078
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101192. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101192, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101192 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH101192.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Bergemann, Marvin L. Boerboom, Wade Odland, Bradley A. Sockness
  • Patent number: 11060101
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for improving plant growth are provided herein. Polynucleotides, polypeptides, and expression constructs for expressing transcription factors (TFs) whose expression may improve agronomic properties including but not limited to crop yield, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, and early vigor, plants comprising the polynucleotides, polypeptides, and expression constructs, and methods of producing transgenic plants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: BENSON HILL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Brutnell, Benjamin N. Gray, Todd C. Mockler, Lin Wang
  • Patent number: 11058085
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH987816. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH987816, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH987816 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH987816.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 11053511
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant host organisms genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using such organisms as well as products obtained from such organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Terence A. Walsh, Daniel Gachotte, Ann Owens Merlo, Dayakar Reddy Pareddy, James Metz, Scott Bevan, Jerry Kuner
  • Patent number: 11044862
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08N732 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 X08N732 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08N732 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08N732, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08N732 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08N732 and methods of using maize variety X08N732 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Travis J Lee, Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Patent number: 11044864
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 84370213 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 84370213, to the plants of soybean cultivar 84370213, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 84370213, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 84370213. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 84370213. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 84370213, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 84370213 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason