Patents Examined by Brent Page
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Patent number: 9743629Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058714. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058714. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058714 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058714 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Jeffrey M. Tyler
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Patent number: 9743611Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X85H793 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 X85H793 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85H793 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X85H793, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85H793. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85H793.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Lori Lisa Carrigan, Steven Paul King, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Matthew David Walch
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Patent number: 9743623Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01056977. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01056977. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01056977 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01056977 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Carrin Carlson
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Patent number: 9743624Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01056994. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01056994. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01056994 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01056994 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Carrin Carlson
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Patent number: 9743628Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01062055. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01062055. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01062055 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01062055 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Heinrich S. Wohleser
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Patent number: 9738901Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of engineering plants to modulate galactan content. Specifically, the disclosure provides methods for engineering a plant to increase the galactan content in a plant tissue by inducing expression of beta-1,4-galactan synthase (GALS), modulated by a heterologous promoter. Further disclosed are the methods of modulating expression level of GALS under the regulation of a transcription factor, as well as overexpression of UDP-galactose epimerse in the same plant tissue. Tissue specific promoters and transcription factors can be used in the methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Henrik Vibe Scheller, Joshua L. Heazlewood
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Patent number: 9737002Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05F814 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 X05F814 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05F814 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05F814, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05F814. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05F814.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, Wade Eugene Odland, Joseph Kevin Gogerty, Eric Scott Riedeman
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Patent number: 9737025Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95H682 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 X95H682 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95H682 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95H682, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95H682. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95H682.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Michael Adam Chandler, Jay Robert Hotchkiss, Michael Joseph O'Leary
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Patent number: 9737022Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13H128 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 X13H128 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13H128 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13H128, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13H128. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13H128.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Brian M Anderson, Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Terry R Colbert, Russell Fox
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Patent number: 9737024Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05H238 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 X05H238 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05H238 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05H238, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05H238. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05H238.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Michael Adam Chandler, Bill S Curran, David B Fischer, Neway Challa Mengistu, Andrew Jon Ross, Matthew David Smalley, Luis A Verde Chifflet
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Patent number: 9737004Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X85F776 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 X85F776 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85F776 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X85F776, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85F776. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85F776.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Gerhard P Weber, Russel Miles Pinnisch, Joachim Ernst Kramer, Lori Karyn Scott
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Patent number: 9737003Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05F819 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 X05F819 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05F819 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05F819, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05F819. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05F819.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Bill S Curran, Thomas Charles Barker, Edwin Michael Grote
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Patent number: 9725773Abstract: This invention relates to methods for identifying maize plants that having increased green snap tolerance. The methods use molecular markers to identify and to select plants with increased green snap tolerance. Maize plants generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Wei Chen, Tiffany King, Yanxin Star Gao, Jafar Mammadov
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Patent number: 9719108Abstract: Provided are methods for introducing a sequence-specific nuclease into a plant cell comprising a cell wall. Methods are provided for genetically or otherwise modifying plants and for treating or preventing disease in plant cells comprising a cell wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Jayakumar Pon Samuel, Joseph F. Petolino, Narasimha Chary Samboju, Steven R. Webb, Kerrm Y. Yau
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Patent number: 9708623Abstract: The present invention relates generally to polysaccharide synthases. More particularly, the present invention relates to (1,3;1,4)-?-D-glucan synthases. The present invention provides, among other things, methods for influencing the level of (1,3;1,4)-?-D-glucan produced by a cell and nucleic acid and amino acid sequences which encode (1,3;1,4)-?-D-glucan synthases.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignees: Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd, Grains Research & Development Corporation, The University of MelbourneInventors: Rachel Anita Burton, Geoffrey Bruce Fincher, Antony Bacic
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Patent number: 9708674Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a soybean plant or germplasm having iron deficiency chlorosis tolerance. A soybean plant, part thereof and/or germplasm, including any progeny and/or seeds derived from a soybean plant or germplasm identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Mark Charles Hamilton, Harish Gandhi, Ainong Shi, Craig Lynn Davis, Thomas Joseph Curley, Jr., Baohong Guo
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Patent number: 9701977Abstract: Prephenate dehydrogenases and arogenate dehydrogenase polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences are provided herein. These polypeptides are all insensitive to effector based feedback inhibition. Polypeptides with these activities and lacking feedback inhibition by the product were not previously identified and characterized from plants. The polypeptides may be used to generate constructs and transgenic cells or plants. Methods of increasing production of products of the tyrosine or HPP pathway by increasing expression of the polynucleotides provided herein in plants or cells overexpressing the polypeptides are provided. In addition overexpression of the polypeptides in plant cells increases resistance to herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Hiroshi A. Maeda, Craig Albert Schenck
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Patent number: 9702013Abstract: Markers associated with Sclerotinia whole plant field resistance are provided. Methods of identifying Sclerotinia resistant and susceptible plants, using the markers are provided. Methods for identifying and isolating QTLs are a feature of the invention, as are QTLs associated with Sclerotinia whole plant field resistance.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Igor Falak, Valerio Primomo, Lomas Tulsieram
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Patent number: 9689045Abstract: The invention relates to pepper plants and lines having resistance to Powdery Mildew, caused by the fungus Leveillula taurica. The invention also relates to parts of pepper plants from lines having Powdery Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing pepper plants with Powdery Mildew resistance, and fruit. Methods for the identification, use and breeding of Powdery Mildew resistant pepper plants are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Brad K. Gabor, Brian J. Just, Caicheng Huang, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Joel M. Kniskern, Pablo A. Quijada, Terry G. Berke, Anton P. Allersma, Wenwen Xiang
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Patent number: 9686950Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH25K0 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH25K0 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH25K0 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH25K0 or a locus conversion of PH25K0 with another maize variety.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Susanne Groh