Patents Examined by Cathy Kingdon Worley
  • Patent number: 11965168
    Abstract: Soybean plants producing soybean seeds comprising leghemoglobin are produced by modifying the genome of the soybean plant. Soybean plants, soybean seeds and soy protein compositions comprising leghemoglobin are provided. Soybean plants, soybean seeds and soy protein compositions comprising leghemoglobin and additionally one or more of high oleic acid, low linolenic acid, high protein, low stachyose, low raffinose and low protease inhibitors are provided. Protein compositions comprising leghemoglobin, such as soy isolates and concentrates can be made from the soybean seeds. Additionally, methods for generating and using plants, seeds and protein compositions comprising leghemoglobin are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Hyeon-Je Cho, John D Everard, Anthony J Kinney, Zhan-Bin Liu, Knut Meyer, Thomas G Patterson, Kevin G Ripp, Bo Shen
  • Patent number: 11959085
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for regulatory elements from Lamium Leaf Distortion Associated Virus. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory element sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant or plant cell with a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the regulatory elements of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Michelle Van Allen, Albert L Lu
  • Patent number: 11957097
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting growth of a plurality of plants of a weed species of interest in a growth area is provided. The method comprising, artificially pollinating inflorescences of said plants with pollen that reduces fitness of said plants, said artificially pollinating is performed under pollination conditions that inhibit growth of the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Weedout Ltd.
    Inventors: Ido Shwartz, Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor-Nili, Herve Huet, Miriam Aminia
  • Patent number: 11930767
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 04150316 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04150316, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04150316, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04150316, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04150316. 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 04150316. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04150316, 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 04150316 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11917963
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00T027 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 X00T027 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00T027 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00T027, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00T027 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00T027 and methods of using maize variety X00T027 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Suzanne Michelle Mickelson
  • Patent number: 11910774
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08R703FR 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 X08R703FR with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R703FR through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08R703FR, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08R703FR are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08R703FR and methods of using maize variety X08R703FR are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, David Walter Whitaker
  • Patent number: 11895970
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08R686 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 X08R686 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R686 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08R686, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08R686 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08R686 and methods of using maize variety X08R686 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: David B Fischer, Mark David Hoffbeck
  • Patent number: 11882808
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying STAYGREEN (SGR) genes in plants. The invention further relates to plants produced using the methods and compositions of the invention comprising modified endogenous SGR genes and having increased resistance to soybean rust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Marisa Miller
  • Patent number: 11871718
    Abstract: A petunia-calibrachoa plant designated SAKPXC034 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC034, the plants of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC034, to plant parts of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC034, and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC034 with itself or with another variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC034, methods for producing other lines or plant parts derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC034, and the plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC034 with another variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventor: Moriya Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11864519
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18R495 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 X18R495 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18R495 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18R495, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18R495 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18R495 and methods of using maize variety X18R495 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Jacob Gadlage, Daniel Preston Gorman, Thomas Russell Henry, Jill Renee Lennon, Katherine Lisko Madden, Calvin Murphy, Jr., Jason Michael Prothro, Steven Tyler Thornton
  • Patent number: 11851668
    Abstract: The field is related to plant breeding and methods of identifying and selecting plants with resistance to southern corn rust. Provided are methods to identify novel genes that encode proteins providing plant resistance to southern corn rust and uses thereof. These disease resistant genes are useful in the production of resistant plants through breeding, transgenic modification, or genome editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jianbing Yan, Bailin Li, Girma M. Tabor, Gengshen Chen, Junqiang Ding, Zhibing Lai, Hongze Wang, Qianhui Yang
  • Patent number: 11839195
    Abstract: A tomato plant exhibiting a facultative parthenocarpy is provided. The plant comprises a loss-of-function mutation in a SlAGL6 gene and alternatively or additionally characterized by an average fruit weight/plant at least about the same as that of a non-parthenocarpic tomato of the same genetic background under fertilization permissive conditions of the non-parthenocarpic tomato. Also provided are methods of producing such plants and processed products produced from same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
    Inventors: Rivka Barg, Yehiam Salts, Chen Klap, Itzhak Arazi, Ester Yeshayahou, Anthony Bolger, Sara Shabtai
  • Patent number: 11832576
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 08050515 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08050515, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08050515, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08050515, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08050515. 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 08050515. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08050515, 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 08050515 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11805746
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar Jameson and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plants of the invention with themselves or another bean plant. The invention also provides bean plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Jacobus Johannes Reus
  • Patent number: 11805747
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar MaCallan and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plants of the invention with themselves or another bean plant. The invention also provides bean plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Daniel James Wahlquist
  • Patent number: 11778969
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08R625 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 X08R625 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R625 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08R625, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08R625 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08R625 and methods of using maize variety X08R625 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Phillip Jines
  • Patent number: 11771032
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13R146HR 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 X13R146HR with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13R146HR through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13R146HR, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13R146HR are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13R146HR and methods of using maize variety X13R146HR are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Craig Kevern, David Walter Whitaker
  • Patent number: 11766015
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13R074 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 X13R074 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13R074 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13R074, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13R074 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13R074 and methods of using maize variety X13R074 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Phillip Jines, Leah Viesselmann Stirling
  • Patent number: 11758865
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13R120 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 X13R120 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13R120 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13R120, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13R120 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13R120 and methods of using maize variety X13R120 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Jon Ross
  • Patent number: 11751530
    Abstract: A novel alfalfa variety designated AFX174085 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing an alfalfa plant comprise crossing alfalfa variety AFX174085 with another alfalfa plant. Methods for producing an alfalfa plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits transgenes or locus conversions introgressed into AFX174085 through backcross conversion and/or transformation are provided and the alfalfa seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Alfalfa seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing alfalfa variety AFX174085 or a locus or trait conversion of AFX174085 with another alfalfa plant or population are disclosed. Alfalfa populations derived from alfalfa variety AFX174085, methods for producing other alfalfa populations derived from alfalfa variety AFX174085 and the alfalfa populations and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Steven Wagner