Patents Examined by Brent Page
  • Patent number: 9497924
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 41180801 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 41180801, to the plants of soybean cultivar 41180801, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 41180801, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 41180801. 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 41180801. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 41180801, 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 41180801 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 9499827
    Abstract: Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having meganuclease activity are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, yeast, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the meganuclease sequences. Various methods of employing the meganuclease sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing a meganuclease with increased activity at a wide range of temperatures, methods for producing a yeast, plant, plant cell, explant or seed comprising a meganuclease with increased activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Ericka Bermudez, Andrew Mark Cigan, James English, Saverio Carl Falco, Huirong Gao, Lu Liu, Zhan-Bin Liu, Azalea Ong, Sergei Svitashev, Joshua K Young
  • Patent number: 9497917
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S130075 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S130075, to the plants of soybean cultivar S130075, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S130075, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S130075. 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 S130075. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S130075, 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 S130075 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 9499837
    Abstract: Methods of making a targeted modification in a male fertility gene in the genome of a plant are disclosed. The methods involve contacting a plant cell with an engineered double-strand-break-inducing agent capable of inducing a double-strand break in a target sequence in the male fertility gene and identifying a cell comprising an alteration in the target sequence. Also disclosed are plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising a male fertility gene with an alteration in a male fertility gene. Nucleic acid molecules comprising male fertility genes with at least one targeted modification therein, optimized nucleic acid molecules encoding endonucleases that are engineered double-strand-break-inducing agents and expression cassettes, host cells, and plants comprising one or more of the nucleic acid molecules are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Bidney, Andrew Mark Cigan, Saverio Carl Falco, Huirong Gao, Derek Jantz, Mike Lassner, Keith Lowe, Leszek A Lyznik, James Jefferson Smith
  • Patent number: 9497925
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 43341876 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 43341876, to the plants of soybean cultivar 43341876, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 43341876, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 43341876. 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 43341876. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 43341876, 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 43341876 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 9493779
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for gene disruption, gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD2 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD2 gene in a soybean cell, to generate a break in the FAD2 gene and then optionally integrating into the break a nucleic acid molecule of interest is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.
    Inventors: William Michael Ainley, Steven R. Webb, Pon Samuel, Dmitry Y. Guschin, Jeffrey C. Miller, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 9491922
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 45391601 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 45391601, to the plants of soybean cultivar 45391601, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 45391601, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 45391601. 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 45391601. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 45391601, 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 45391601 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 9480271
    Abstract: Soybean oil compositions with unique fatty acid profiles are disclosed. These oils can be derived by the suppression of endogenous soybean FAD2 and FAD3 genes and the expression of a stearoyl acyl ACP thioesterase. Soybean plants and seeds comprising these oils are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas William Wagner
  • Patent number: 9480228
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR30AR14RX. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR30AR14RX. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR30AR14RX and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR30AR14RX with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Leandro Mozzoni
  • Patent number: 9481897
    Abstract: The present invention provides hybrid polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity. The present invention also provides polynucleotides encoding the hybrid polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and processes of using the hybrid polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Ye Liu, Tarana Shaghasi
  • Patent number: 9474234
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety SJ1213512 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety SJ1213512 and its progeny, and methods of making SJ1213512.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Roger L. McBroom, Zhanyou Xu
  • Patent number: 9476040
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for obtaining plants that exhibit useful traits by transient suppression of the MSH1 gene of the plants. Methods for identifying genetic loci that provide for useful traits in plants and plants produced with those loci are also provided. In addition, plants that exhibit the useful traits, parts of the plants including seeds, and products of the plants are provided as well as methods of using the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
    Inventors: Sally Ann Mackenzie, Roberto De la Rosa Santamaria
  • Patent number: 9474230
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB24AM14 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB24AM14, cells from soybean variety XB24AM14, plants of soybean XB24AM14, and plant parts of soybean variety XB24AM14. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB24AM14 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB24AM14, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB24AM14, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB24AM14. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB24AM14 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jessie Lynn Alt, Paul Stephens
  • Patent number: 9474238
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050800. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050800. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050800 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050800 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Christiana E. Wiebbecke
  • Patent number: 9474239
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051127. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051127. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051127 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051127 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: James Behm
  • Patent number: 9474229
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB28E14 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB28E14, cells from soybean variety XB28E14, plants of soybean XB28E14, and plant parts of soybean variety XB28E14. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB28E14 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB28E14, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB28E14, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB28E14. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB28E14 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Brian A Carden, Kathryn Anne Forth, Donald Kyle, Paul Stephens
  • Patent number: 9474240
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated UA 5014C is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar UA 5014C, to the plants of soybean cultivar UA 5014C, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar UA 5014C, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar UA 5014C. 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 UA 5014C. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar UA 5014C, 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 UA 5014C with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventor: Pengyin Chen
  • Patent number: 9476060
    Abstract: A method of generating genotypic variation in a genome of a plant is disclosed. The method comprising introducing into a gamete or a gamete producing tissue of the plant at least one viral expression vector encoding at least one chimeric nuclease which comprises a DNA binding domain, a nuclease and a localization signal to a DNA-containing organelle, wherein the DNA binding domain mediates specific targeting of the nuclease to the genome of the plant, wherein the introducing is performed such that the gamete or gamete producing tissue expresses the chimeric nuclease but not all plant tissues express the chimeric nuclease, thereby generating genotypic variation in the genome of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: Danziger Innovations Ltd., Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Vainstein, Amir Zuker
  • Patent number: 9468180
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051028. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051028. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051028 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051028 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: James Behm
  • Patent number: 9462778
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050913. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050913. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050913 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050913 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: James Behm