Patents Examined by Charles Logsdon
  • Patent number: 11371011
    Abstract: Disclosed are recombinant host cells comprising a promoter-effective nucleic acid molecule operably coupled to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a plant effector protein or polypeptide that induces an active plant response including, among others, growth enhancement, disease resistance, pest or insect resistance, and stress resistance. Use of these recombinant host cells for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PLANT HEALTH CARE, INC.
    Inventor: Zhongmin Wei
  • Patent number: 11371104
    Abstract: Nucleic acid sequences for predicting and controlling shell phenotype in palm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Malaysian Palm Oil Board
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Leslie Low Eng Ti, Leslie Ooi Cheng Li, Meilina Ong Abdullah, Rajanaidu Nookiah, Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi, Steven W. Smith, Nathan D. Lakey, Rob Martienssen, Jared Ordway, Michael Hogan
  • Patent number: 11369071
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011061. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011061, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011061 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 CH011061.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Rafael A. Mateo, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 11363773
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011089. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011089, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011089 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 CH011089.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Wade E. Odland, Jon Popi, Bradley A. Sockness
  • Patent number: 11363772
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011046. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011046, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011046 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 CH011046.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Devin Michael Nichols
  • Patent number: 11363774
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011134. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011134, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011134 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 CH011134.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jorge Moran
  • Patent number: 11357186
    Abstract: The present invention provides medium compositions and methods for the regeneration of the whole plant from explants obtained from plants belonging to the Malvaceae family, particularly the Abelmoschus genus, more preferably Abelmoschus esculentus L, through somatic embryogenesis. The present invention also provides an efficient methodology for genetic transformation of plants belonging to the Malvaceae family through somatic embryogenesis in semisolid culture with the use of the Agrobacterium. The present invention is also related to a method for the development of virus-resistant transgenic plants belonging to the Malvaceae family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: RASI SEEDS PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Poovannan Kandasami, Sabaripriya Ravindran, Mohanraj Perumal, Manonmani Elangovan, Packialakshmi Maruthayee Rajendran, Saravanakumar Marappan, Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Ramasami Muthugounder
  • Patent number: 11357197
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011064. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011064, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011064 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 CH011064.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Rafael A. Mateo, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 11359205
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: OKANAGAN SPECIALITY FRUITS INC.
    Inventors: John Armstrong, William David Lane
  • Patent number: 11343986
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to seed and plants of inbred beet line AZ10319. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of inbred beet line AZ10319, and to methods for producing a beet plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another beet plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Sakata Seed America, Inc.
    Inventor: Laura Ann Diehl
  • Patent number: 11345923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification and molecular characterization as well as to the use of genes and markers from a chromosomal interval which has a locus for cold tolerance in maize. The invention further relates to the development of molecular markers for assisting in growth, in particular for preventing a fixing of a “selective sweep” in a region with a low recombination rate, and to the provision of transgenic and non-transgenic plants, in particular maize plants, which show a newly mediated or increased cold tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Milena Ouzunova, Thomas Presterl, Carsten Knaak, Daniela Scheuermann, Claude Urbany, Peter Westhoff, Elena Pestsova, Karin Ernst
  • Patent number: 11343987
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 90401320 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90401320, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90401320, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90401320, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90401320. 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 90401320. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90401320, 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 90401320 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 11343989
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 92350300 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92350300, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92350300, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92350300, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92350300. 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 92350300. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92350300, 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 92350300 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 11332754
    Abstract: Methods for improving transgene in chloroplasts are disclosed along with improved transgenes so produced and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disease. Specifically, the methods comprising analyzing the native sequence of a nucleic acid encoding a protein of interest and replacing codons in said sequence with those preferentially used in psbA genes in chloroplasts in higher plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventor: Henry Daniell
  • Patent number: 11324186
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGF2074. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGF2074 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGF2074 with itself or with another bean 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 a plant of bean line SVGF2074, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Kmiecik
  • Patent number: 11319550
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering gibberellin (GA) content in corn or other cereal plants. Methods and compositions are also provided for altering the expression of genes related to gibberellin biosynthesis through suppression, mutagenesis and/or editing of specific subtypes of GA20 or GA3 oxidase genes. Modified plant cells and plants having a suppression element or mutation reducing the expression or activity of a GA oxidase gene are further provided comprising reduced gibberellin levels and improved characteristics, such as reduced plant height and increased lodging resistance, but without off-types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Edwards M. Allen, Jayanand Boddu, Charles R. Dietrich, Alexander Goldshmidt, Miya Howell, Kevin R. Kosola, Anil Neelam, Thomas L. Slewinski, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Huai Wang, Sivalinganna Manjunath, Linda Rymarquis
  • Patent number: 11277984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 45-113 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 45-113 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 45-113 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Maria Helena Roosenboom-Kooijmans, Willem van Vliet
  • Patent number: 11277986
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV807641. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV807641, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV807641 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 CV807641 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 CV807641.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Marvin L. Boerboom
  • Patent number: 11268104
    Abstract: This disclosure provides transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency and enhanced drought tolerance; propagules, progeny and field crops of such transgenic plants; and methods of making and using such transgenic plants. This disclosure also provides methods of producing seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Monnanda Somaiah Rajani
  • Patent number: 11266087
    Abstract: Novel beet, such as beet designated AMARENA is disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to the seeds of beet AMARENA, to the plants and plant parts of beet AMARENA, and to methods for producing a beet plant by crossing the beet AMARENA with itself or another beet plant. Provided herewith are methods for producing a beet plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other beet plants derived from the beet AMARENA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Vilmorin-Mikado SAS
    Inventor: Erling Hegelund