Patents Examined by Charles Logsdon
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Patent number: 12129472Abstract: The present invention relates to genetically modified plants comprising a heterologous nucleic acid construct comprising a promoter sequence operably linked to a coding sequence encoding a gene product. The invention further relates to methods for producing such plants.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: SweTREE Technologies ABInventors: Anna Karlberg, David Jonsén, Linus Möller, Magnus Hertzberg, Pär Jonsson
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Patent number: 12123009Abstract: The invention relates to biotechnology and provides novel recombinant DNA molecules and engineered proteins for conferring tolerance to protoporphyrinogen oxidase-inhibitor herbicides. The invention also provides herbicide tolerant transgenic plants, seeds, cells, and plant parts containing the recombinant DNA molecules, as well as methods of using the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Artem G. Evdokimov, Clayton T. Larue, Farhad Moshiri, Joel E. Ream, Xuefeng Zhou
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Patent number: 12123011Abstract: Pesticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran, Lepidopteran, Hemipteran, and Thysanopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC6280, TIC6281, TIC6282, TIC6283, TIC8808, TIC9480, TIC9257, TIC7106, TIC7017, TIC7107, TIC7108, TIC7109, TIC7110, TIC7111, TIC7589, TIC9258, and TIC9259. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding the pesticidal proteins provided. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Hemipteran and Thysanopteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the disclosed pesticidal proteins. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the protein of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Coleopteran, Lepidopteran, Hemipteran, and Thysanopteran species pests using the disclosed pesticidal proteins are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: David J. Bowen, Catherine A. Chay, Todd A. Ciche, Stanislaw Flasinski, Arlene R. Howe, Jason S. Milligan, James K. Roberts, Yong Yin
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Patent number: 12116585Abstract: A genetically modified fruit-producing plant, said plant having sufficiently reduced total Polyphenol Oxidase (PPO) activity relative to a wild type of said plant to reduce browning in the fruit of said plant relative to said wild type, wherein the reduced total PPO activity results from a reduction in activity of at least two PPO isoenzymes in said plant relative to said wild type, or a cell, seed, seedling, part, tissue, cell, fruit or progeny of said plant.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: OKANAGAN SPECIALTY FRUITS INC.Inventors: John Armstrong, William David Lane
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Patent number: 12116588Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Hexima LimitedInventors: Lu Liu, Amy Lum, Azalea S. Ong, Eric Schepers, Ingrid Udranszky, Xiaohong Zhong
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Patent number: 12108720Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01095203. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01095203. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01095203 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01095203 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Christopher Moore
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Patent number: 12103950Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods related to genetically engineered plants. In particular, the present disclosure provides novel compositions for transgenic cannabis plants that overexpress a R2R3-MYB transcription factor gene and methods related to the genetic regulation of the development of a glandular trichome in plants.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTInventors: Gerald Berkowitz, Samuel Haiden, Yi Ma
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Patent number: 12089558Abstract: The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety CL1920832, CL1922439, CL1922500, CL1922511, CL1922568, CL1922578, CL1922596, CL1922616, CL1922650, CL1922757, and/or CL1922868 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety CL1920832, CL1922439, CL1922500, CL1922511, CL1922568, CL1922578, CL1922596, CL1922616, CL1922650, CL1922757, and/or CL1922868 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1920832, CL1922439, CL1922500, CL1922511, CL1922568, CL1922578, CL1922596, CL1922616, CL1922650, CL1922757, and/or CL1922868, e.g., in a breeding program.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AGInventors: Jose Aponte-Rivera, Brian Scott Erdahl
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Patent number: 12075745Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R325B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R325B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R325B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R325B3TXF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Dawn E Fraser, Darren G Jones, O Lloyd May
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Patent number: 12075786Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for improving plant health. The present invention includes methods for making an enriched library of treatments capable of improving plant health, methods for an making an enriched library of plants capable of being improved by a treatment, and methods of marketing a plant treatment, as well as synthetic compositions comprising treatments produced by the methods of the present invention, synthetic compositions comprising endophytes capable of improving plant health, and nucleic acid probes and nucleic acid detection kits that may be used in the methods of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Indigo Ag, Inc.Inventors: Barry S. Goldman, Max E. Winston, Allison Perrotta
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Patent number: 12069999Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV391622. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV391622, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV391622 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV391622 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV391622.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Jon Popi
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Patent number: 12070008Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R239B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R239B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R239B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R239B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Dawn E Fraser, Darren G Jones, O. Lloyd May
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Patent number: 12054729Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring nematicidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. In particular, methods for killing or controlling a nematode pest population, particularly a Pratylenchus spp., e.g., Pratylenchus brachyurus, root knot nematode, reniform nematode, or Lance nematode population, are provided. The methods include contacting the nematode pest with a pesticidally-effective amount of a polypeptide comprising a nematicidal toxin, particularly a nematicidal toxin active against a Pratylenchus spp. nematode, e.g. Pratylenchus brachyurus. Further included are methods for increasing yield in plants by expressing the toxin of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLCInventors: Julia Daum, Axel Elling
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Patent number: 12052961Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X03R606 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 X03R606 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03R606 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03R606, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03R606 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03R606 and methods of using maize variety X03R606 are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Edwin Michael Grote
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Patent number: 12043837Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials for genome engineering in eukaryotic cells, and particularly to methods for increasing genome engineering (i.e. transformation or genome editing) efficiency via delivery of one or more booster polypeptides, and boost genes, with genome engineering components.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAInventor: Ling Meng
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Patent number: 12041900Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90R983 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 X90R983 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90R983 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90R983, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90R983 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90R983 and methods of using maize variety X90R983 are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Martin Arbelbide, Dennis James Dolan, Martin A Fabrizius, Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Steven Paul King, Matthew David Walch
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Patent number: 12035676Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011233. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011233, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011233 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011233.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Gregory J. Holland, Gary R. Stangland, Clinton J. Turnbull
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Patent number: 12035672Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 1PFWA03 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PFWA03 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PFWA03 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 1PFWA03 or a locus conversion of 1PFWA03 with another maize variety.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Inventor: Nicholas Adam Crowley
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Patent number: 12035678Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 03440554 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 03440554, to the plants of soybean cultivar 03440554, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 03440554, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 03440554. 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 03440554. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 03440554, 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 03440554 with another soybean cultivar.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.Inventor: Justin T. Mason
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Patent number: 12029178Abstract: New lettuce variety designated ‘Crispenza’ is described. ‘Crispenza’ is a lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.Inventor: Petrus Cornelis Johannes Conijn