Patents Examined by Brent Page
  • MicroRNA polymorphisms conferring enhanced drought tolerance in a plant
    Patent number: 9644243
    Abstract: Methods of identifying a single nucleotide polymorphism associated with a plant trait and methods of identifying a plant having an improved trait. The plant trait is correlated with at least one single nucleotide polymorphism in a microRNA region of a plant genome. Isolated nucleic acids, transgenic plants, and methods of producing the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Dale Wayne Skalla, Joseph Dallas Clarke, V, Ju-Kyung Yu, Daolong Wang, Jianwei Lu
  • Method for producing transgenic plant with increase syringin production and plant produced by using the same
    Patent number: 9644191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant glycosyl transferase UGT72E3/2 gene having an excellent syringin synthesis ability based on remarkable enzyme specificity for sinapyl alcohol, a method for producing a transgenic plant with increased syringin production based on a metabolic process which uses F5H and CHS genes that are involved with the phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway and Myb58 gene as a transcription factor for positive regulation of the gene that is involved with lignin biosynthesis pathway, and a plant obtained by the method. According to the present invention, syringin with various pharmaceutical applications can be effectively produced in a large amount in a plant, and thus it is expected to allow the development of an industry relating to agrobiological materials that are highly valuable as foods or pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: DONG-A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Jae Sung Nam, Tack Min Kwon, Yang Chu
  • Melon hybrid SV3394MF and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9622432
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SV3394MF and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SV3394MF and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Mills
  • Molecular markers for various traits in wheat and methods of use
    Patent number: 9624553
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods of identifying and/or selecting wheat plants or germplasm by detecting markers associated with flowering date, anther-extrusion, heading date and/or fusarium head blight resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bill Laskar, Stanley Luck, Ajay Sandhu, Petra Wolters
  • Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content
    Patent number: 9624501
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Davies, Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng, D. Ry Wagner
  • Plant seeds with altered storage compound levels, related constructs and methods involving genes encoding oxidoreductase motif polypeptides
    Patent number: 9617556
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention pertains to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding ORM proteins in plants and seeds and the use of such fragments to modulate expression of a gene encoding ORM protein activity in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Knut Meyer, Kevin L Stecca
  • Cytokinin synthase enzymes, constructs, and related methods
    Patent number: 9617524
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a new class of cytokinin biosynthetic enzymes, cytokinin synthases, which have two domains: an isopentenyl transfer (IPT)-like domain and a cytokinin nucleotide phosphoribohydrolase (PRH)-like domain. The invention provides compositions and methods for the recombinant production of cytokinin synthase, host cells and transformants that include the cytokinin synthases, as well as compositions and formulations that include the disclosed cytokinin synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: William T. Beeson, IV, Patrick John Westfall
  • Melon hybrid SV5133MG and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9609816
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SV5133MG and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SV5133MG and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Petrus J. Kraakman
  • Melon hybrid SVMF5196 and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9609817
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SVMF5196 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SVMF5196 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Mills
  • Melon hybrid SV7484MA and parents thereof
    Patent number: 9609815
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SV7484MA and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SV7484MA and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernesto Garcia Martinez, Jeffrey Mills
  • Melon cultivars ME296, ME297, ME298 and ME299
    Patent number: 9603320
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel melon plants and plant parts, seed, fruit, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a melon plant by crossing the melon plants of the invention with themselves or another melon plant. The invention also provides plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, fruit, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Rakesh Kumar
  • Soybean variety XR39V15X
    Patent number: 9603331
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR39V15X. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR39V15X. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR39V15X and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR39V15X with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Yates, David R. Wooten, Jr.
  • Methods and compositions to enhance plant breeding
    Patent number: 9605272
    Abstract: The present invention provides breeding methods and compositions to enhance the germplasm of a plant. The methods describe the identification and accumulation of transgenes and favorable haplotype genomic regions in the germplasm of a breeding population of crop plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jason Bull, David Butruille, Sam Eathington, Marlin Edwards, Anju Gupta, Richard Johnson, Wayne Kennard, Jennifer Rinehart, Kunsheng Wu
  • Melon cultivars ME346, ME357, ME348, ME351 and ME356
    Patent number: 9596813
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel melon plants and plant parts, seed, fruit, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a melon plant by crossing the melon plants of the invention with themselves or another melon plant. The invention also provides plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, fruit, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Rakesh Kumar
  • Soybean variety XR30AX15X
    Patent number: 9596818
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR30AX15X. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR30AX15X. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR30AX15X and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR30AX15X with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Leandro Mozzoni
  • Soybean variety XR33AU15X
    Patent number: 9596819
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR33AU15X. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR33AU15X. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR33AU15X and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR33AU15X with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Thomas L. Floyd
  • Onion variety dulciana
    Patent number: 9591816
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Allium in particular to a new variety of Allium cepa L. designated DULCIANA plants, seeds and bulbs thereof as well as plant breeding methods involving DULCIANA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventor: Michael Bowman
  • Soybean variety XR48C15X
    Patent number: 9585354
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR48C15X. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR48C15X. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR48C15X and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR48C15X with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Philip A. Owen
  • Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content
    Patent number: 9587246
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Davies, Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng, D. Ry Wagner
  • Soybean variety 01046668
    Patent number: 9585347
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01046668. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01046668. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01046668 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01046668 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: David R. Wooten, Jr.