Patents Examined by Eileen O'Hara
  • Patent number: 9926573
    Abstract: Disclosed is a glyphosate-tolerant gene. The nucleotide sequence of the gene is SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 5, and a mutant form of the gene that maintains the glyphosate-tolerant activity. The amino acid sequence of a protein encoded by the gene is respectively SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, or SEQ ID NO: 6, and a mutant form of amino acids in a conserved region 1 of positions 280 to 294 and in a conserved region 2 of positions 416 to 433. Also disclosed is the use of the gene and the mutant form thereof in the production of a glyphosate-resistant/tolerant plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sheng Qiang, Chanjuan Mao, Shiguo Chen, Weimin Dai, Xiaoling Song
  • Patent number: 9848564
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058864. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058864. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058864 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058864 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jesse Gilsinger
  • Patent number: 9832957
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058863. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058863. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058863 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058863 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jesse Gilsinger
  • Patent number: 9832967
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel romaine lettuce cultivar, designated CVX-35. ‘CVX-35’ is described as a vigorous romaine cultivar recommended for the main lettuce growing regions of California and Arizona. It has larger frame size and heavier weight, short core length, savoyed and glossy leaf color, corky root rot resistance, Bushy Stunt virus resistance, no fringe burn on mature leaves and also yellower heart leaf color. The present invention relates to a new and distinctive cos or romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) variety designated CVX-35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Central Valley Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony M. Avila, Adolfo S. Mederos
  • Patent number: 9832942
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of marker-assisted selection for high oleic/low linolenic traits in canola and in other oil seed crop species, as well as isolated nucleic acids for use as molecular markers in such methods. In particular, molecular markers and Brassica nucleic acid corresponding to fad2 and fad3 gene mutations are disclosed. The markers of the present invention are highly useful for the direct selection of desirable fad2 and fad3 alleles during marker-assisted trait introgression and breeding. In one aspect of the embodiment, two single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are provided that correspond to the alleles. Thus, the present invention advantageously permits one of skill in the art to breed for the molecular markers described herein, or derivatives thereof, rather than breeding for a high oleic/low linolenic phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Xueyi Hu, Mandy Lynne Sullivan-Gilbert, Manju Gupta, Steven Arnold Thompson
  • Patent number: 9826701
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050769. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050769. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050769 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050769 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jennifer R. Hicks
  • Patent number: 9828589
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucleotides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Toralf Senger, Sten Stymne, Jenny Lindberg Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 9807957
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X70H269 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 X70H269 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X70H269 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X70H269, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X70H269. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X70H269.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Leonardus Johannes Maria Hendrickx, Steven Paul King, Joachim Ernst Kramer, Russel Miles Pinnisch, Lori Karyn Scott
  • Patent number: 9809828
    Abstract: We describe a plant cell which is modified by the inclusion of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a regulator of auxin signalling and which is adapted for expression in a gravity sensing cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: University of Leeds
    Inventors: Stefan Kepinski, Martin Kieffer, Suruchi Roychoudhry
  • Patent number: 9796985
    Abstract: The present invention includes an expression cassette containing a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide; and a host cell, transgenic plant (e.g., a dicot or monocot), transformed seed, and transgenic rootstock containing said expression cassette. Methods for desensitizing a plant to endogenous cytokinin; increasing seed, embryo or cotyledon size or weight; increasing the seed yield of a plant; and/or increasing the size of the root or root meristem or formation of lateral or adventitious roots are provided. In some embodiments, expression of the polypeptide is under control of a seed-preferred, embryo-preferred or root-preferred promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: Trustees of Dartmouth College, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: G. Eric Schaller, Hyo-Jung Kim, Joseph Kieber
  • Patent number: 9788517
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH25AG and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH25AG with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH25AG 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 PH25AG or a locus conversion of PH25AG with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Cooper
  • Patent number: 9790514
    Abstract: Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. DGAT genes from oleaginous organisms are used to achieve the increase in seed storage lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Knut Meyer, Howard Glenn Damude, Kevin G Ripp, Kevin L Stecca
  • Patent number: 9790515
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods relating to gene and/or protein mutations in plants. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to mutations in the allene oxide synthase 2 gene (i.e., AOS2). In some embodiments the disclosure relates to plants that are pathogen resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: CIBUS US LLC, CIBUS EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Uvini Gunawardena, Gregory F. W. Gocal, Peter R. Beetham, Keith A. Walker
  • Patent number: 9775317
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13H899 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 X13H899 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13H899 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13H899, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13H899. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13H899.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan David Coles, Gary Edward Henke
  • Patent number: 9775318
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95H667 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 X95H667 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95H667 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95H667, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95H667. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95H667.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Adam Chandler, Matthew David Smalley
  • Patent number: 9775322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 45-193 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae Regel) races B1:1 to B1:31 and CA-I to CA-VIII, currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) biotype Nr:0, and root aphids (Pemphigus bursarius), and which has a medium head size, medium sized outer leaves, and moderately incised leaves. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 45-193 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 45-193 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Maria Helena Roosenboom-Kooijmans, Willem van Vliet
  • Patent number: 9771596
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for increasing plant yield are provided. The methods comprise increasing the expression of an anxin synthase gene or coding sequence in the shoot meristem and inflorescence of a plant. The compositions comprise DNA constructs comprising an auxin synthase coding sequence operably linked to a promoter that preferentially drives expression in the shoot meristem and inflorescence of a plant. Also provided are plants, plant cells, plant tissues, and seeds that have been transformed with the DNA construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: HANGZHOU RUIFENG BIOTECHNOLOGY LIMITED INC.
    Inventors: Zhicheng Shen, Xianwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9771605
    Abstract: The present invention is related to biosynthetic oil compositions and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of endogenous enzymes in plants capable of synthesizing oil. In preferred embodiments, said plants are algae. In further embodiments, said algae are from the family Chlamydomonas, Nannochloropsis, Dunaliella, Chiarella and Scenedesmus. In still further embodiments, said endogenous enzymes are diacylglycerol acyltransferases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Christoph Benning, Rachel Miller, Eric R. Moellering
  • Patent number: 9770005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-40 RZ, which may exhibit a combination of traits including resistance against downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races Bl:1 to Bl:31 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) biotype Nr:0, lettuce mosaic virus (LMV), as well as very deeply incised leaves. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-40 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-40 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Clement Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Patent number: 9765354
    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 HIO 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: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC.
    Inventors: John P. Davies, Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng