Patents Examined by Ashwin Mehta
  • Inbred maize line PH91C
    Patent number: 7285707
    Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH91C, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH91C, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH91C with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH91C with another maize line or plant and to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH91C, to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH91C and to the inbred maize lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Lori Lisa Carrigan
  • Inbred maize line PH1BC
    Patent number: 7285706
    Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH1BC, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH1BC, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH1BC with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH1BC with another maize line or plant and to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH1BC, to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH1BC and to the inbred maize lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell L. Fox
  • Soybean variety XB20D05
    Patent number: 7282627
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB20D05. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB20D05, to the plants of soybean XB20D05 to plant parts of soybean variety XB20D05 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB20D05 with another soybean plant, using XB20D05 as either the male or the female parent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Arthur Fabrizius, Michael Thomas Roach
  • Soybean variety XB40D05
    Patent number: 7282626
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB40D05. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB40D05, to the plants of soybean XB40D05 to plant parts of soybean variety XB40D05 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB40D05 with another soybean plant, using XB40D05 as either the male or the female parent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Charles Corbin
  • Inbred maize line PH0KT
    Patent number: 7282629
    Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH0KT, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH0KT, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH0KT with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH0KT with another maize line or plant and to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH0KT, to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH0KT and to the inbred maize lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Candice Ann Cavanaugh Gardner
  • Plants and seeds of corn variety I015011
    Patent number: 7279624
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I015011. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I015011, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I015011 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I015011 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I015011, and also to the SSR and isozyme typing profiles of corn variety I015011.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: DeKalb Genetics Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas B. Carlson
  • Methods for inducing targeted stimulation of meiotic recombination and kits for performing said methods
    Patent number: 7279334
    Abstract: The Invention pertains to methods, kits, molecules and cells to increase the rate or recombination and/or target recombination in dividing cells. In a particular aspect, the invention concerns methods and kits to induce targeted meiotic recombination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut Curie
    Inventors: Alain Nicolas, Ana Pecina-Lopez, Alberto Pascual, Kathleen Smith, Christine Mezard, Minoo Rassoulzadegan, Michèle Vedel, Valérie Borde, Norio Uematsu
  • Nucleic acids encoding lettuce big-vein viral proteins and utilization thereof
    Patent number: 7279335
    Abstract: The coat protein of lettuce big-vein virus (LBVV) was purified from highly purified LBVV, and its partial amino acid sequences were determined. An RNA encoding the coat protein of LBVV was cloned by polymerase chain reaction using primers designed based on the determined amino acid sequences information, and its primary structure was elucidated. Moreover, the present inventors succeeded not only in isolating RNA molecules of a plurality of LBVV-encoded proteins, including LBVV polymerase, by carrying out 3?RACE and 5?RACE using primers designed based on the resulting sequence information, but also in determining their primary structure. It was found that the use of these made it possible to produce lettuce resistant to LBVV and to diagnose infections with LBVV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: National Agricultural Research Organization
    Inventors: Takahide Sasaya, Hiroki Koganezawa
  • Methods and compositions for enhanced plant cell transformation
    Patent number: 7279336
    Abstract: Methods and compositions to increase Agrobacterium transformation efficiency (frequencies) in both dicot and monocot host plants include adding histones to the host plant at most transiently, and using histones and L-cysteine at certain stages in monocot transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Inventors: Stanton B. Gelvin, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Kan Wang, Bronwyn R. Frame
  • Enhanced plant cell transformation by addition of host genes involved in T-DNA integration
    Patent number: 7276374
    Abstract: Adding at least one gene involved in plant host cell T-DNA integration enhances transformation by Agrobacterium. The histone H2A gene encoded by the Arabidopsis RAT5 gene increases transformation frequencies of plants, most likely by causing overexpression of a product needed for T-DNA integration. Agrobacterium tumefaciens genetically transforms plant cells by transferring a portion of the bacterial Ti-plasmid, designated the T-DNA, to the plant, and integrating the T-DNA into the plant genome. However, not all plants are transformable by Agrobacterium and transformation frequencies may be too low to be useful. Little is known about the T-DNA integration process, and no plant genes involved in integration have been identified prior to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Stanton B. Gelvin, Kirankumar S. Mysore
  • Rf2a and rf2b transcription factors
    Patent number: 7276370
    Abstract: A method of activating the rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) promoter in vivo is disclosed. The RTBV promoter is activated by exposure to at least one protein selected from the group consisting of Rf2a and Rf2b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
    Inventors: Roger N. Beachy, Silvana Petruccelli, Shunhong Dai
  • Inbred maize line PH70R
    Patent number: 7276650
    Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH70R, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH70R, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH70R with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH70R with another maize line or plant and to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH70R, to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH70R and to the inbred maize lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark David Hoffbeck
  • Soybean variety XB44D04
    Patent number: 7276649
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety, designated XB44D04. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB44D04, to the plants of soybean XB44D04, to plant parts of soybean variety XB44D04 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean variety XB44D04 with another soybean plant, using XB44D04 as either the male or the female parent. This invention also relates to methods for introgressing a transgenic or mutant trait into soybean variety XB44D04 and to the soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from soybean variety XB44D04, to methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB44D04 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Allan Thompson
  • Inbred corn line BE1146BMR
    Patent number: 7273970
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated BE1146BMR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line BE1146BMR, to the plants of inbred corn line BE1146BMR and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line BE1146BMR with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from the inbred BE1146BMR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Agrigenetics
    Inventor: Dale Herman Storck
  • Inbred maize line PH1GD
    Patent number: 7273971
    Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH1GD, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH1GD, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH1GD with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH1GD with another maize line or plant and to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH1GD, to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH1GD and to the inbred maize lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Lori Lisa Carrigan
  • Elevation of fatty acid synthase levels in plants
    Patent number: 7273966
    Abstract: This present invention provides a method for increasing fatty acid synthase activity in a plant by expressing a transgenic multifunctional fatty acid synthase (mfFAS) within the plant, wherein the plant is not of the Brassica species. In one embodiment, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding mfFAS proteins from various sources for this purpose, and vectors containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Toni A. Voelker, Dale L. Val, Thomas J. Savage
  • Inbred maize line PH3RC
    Patent number: 7273972
    Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH3RC, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH3RC, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH3RC with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH3RC with another maize line or plant and to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH3RC, to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH3RC and to the inbred maize lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark David Hoffbeck
  • Transgenic expression of a phytochrome a gene
    Patent number: 7271004
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid construct including a nucleic acid molecule encoding a light-labile, phytochrome A, a light-inducible promoter which is 5? to the nucleic acid molecule encoding a light-labile, phytochrome A, and a terminator region which is 3? to the nucleic acid molecule encoding a light-labile, phytochrome A is disclosed. Methods for regulating a plant's canopy architecture and regulating a plant's seed yield, which involve transgenic plants or transgenic plant seeds including an isolated nucleic acid construct according to the present invention, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray J. Wu, Ajay K. Garg, Ju-Kon Kim
  • Inbred maize line PH7JB
    Patent number: 7270380
    Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH7JB, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH7JB, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH7JB with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH7JB with another maize line or plant and to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH7JB, to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH7JB and to the inbred maize lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Brian Chapko, Todd Elliott Piper
  • Soybean variety XB39J04
    Patent number: 7271319
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety, designated XB39J04. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB39J04, to the plants of soybean XB39J04, to plant parts of soybean variety XB39J04 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean variety XB39J04 with another soybean plant, using XB39J04 as either the male or the female parent. This invention also relates to methods for introgressing a transgenic or mutant trait into soybean variety XB39J04 and to the soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from soybean variety XB39J04, to methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB39J04 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Charles Corbin