Patents Examined by Elizabeth McElwain
  • Patent number: 9480210
    Abstract: The present invention deals with new type of broccoli plant suitable for the industrial manufacture of broccoli heads and florets. The invention relates to broccoli plants producing a head that is flat, comprises multiple individualized florets and protrudes above the leaves making it easy to harvest by machine. The invention further deals with methods and uses of the broccoli plants, heads and florets for the manufacture of broccoli processed and/or packaged food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: John Denison Hewitt, Xiaoguang Liang, Mathieu Sanvoisin, Emmanuel Deschamp, Jiagang Si, Wenhua Lv
  • Patent number: 9474223
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of canola variety SCV356872 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola variety SCV356872 with itself or with another canola variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola varieties or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola variety SCV356872, to methods for producing other canola varieties, lines or plant parts derived from canola variety SCV356872 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the variety SCV356872 with another canola variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Yingjie Wang
  • Patent number: 9474225
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of canola variety SCV630541 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola variety SCV630541 with itself or with another canola variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola varieties or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola variety SCV630541, to methods for producing other canola varieties, lines or plant parts derived from canola variety SCV630541 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the variety SCV630541 with another canola variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Teresa Huskowska, Harpartap Mann
  • Patent number: 9474218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel brassica plants, in particular to novel cauliflower plants. In one embodiment, the novel cauliflower plants provided herein comprise a long stem and are suitable for mechanical harvesting. The application also further discloses seeds the cauliflower plants of the present invention and parts thereof, for example pollen, ovules and curds. The application also further discloses methods of using a plant of instant invention, such as methods of producing a cauliflower curd of the instant invention, and methods of harvesting the curds of plants of the instant invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Jozsef Mozsar, Simon Groen, Peter Tjeertes
  • Patent number: 9475849
    Abstract: This invention relates to crop plants of which the fruit dehiscence properties are modulated. More specifically the invention relates to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering, or delaying seed shattering until after harvest, in plants, while maintaining at the same time an agronomically relevant threshability of the pods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience N.V.
    Inventors: Benjamin Laga, Bart den Boer, Bart Lambert
  • Patent number: 9474299
    Abstract: [Problem] Providing soybean including oleic acid that will exceed the heretofore developed high-oleic soybean without using gene engineering technology. [Means to Solve the Problem] The present invention provides a GmFAD2-1b gene loss of function mutation and a type of soybean that includes a GmGAD2-1b gene loss of function mutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAGA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Toyoaki Anai
  • Patent number: 9474224
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of canola variety SCV299420 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola variety SCV299420 with itself or with another canola variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola varieties or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola variety SCV299420, to methods for producing other canola varieties, lines or plant parts derived from canola variety SCV299420 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the variety SCV299420 with another canola variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Dale R. Burns
  • Patent number: 9468177
    Abstract: Provided is a canola variety designated 43E03 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 43E03 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 43E03 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety 43E03, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 43E03 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Stanton, Jayantilal Devabhai Patel, Ferdinand Thoonen
  • Patent number: 9462769
    Abstract: Provided is a canola variety designated PV 532 G and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety PV 532 G with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PV 532 G through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety PV 532 G, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety PV 532 G are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Stanton, Jayantilal Devabhai Patel, Ferdinand Thoonen
  • Patent number: 9458436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the seed of transgenic plants by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which encode polypeptides with a ?3-desaturase, ?12-desaturase, ?6-desaturase, ?6-elongase, ?5-desaturase, ?5-elongase and/or ?4-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules comprising the nucleic acid sequences which encode the aforementioned polypeptides, either jointly or individually, and transgenic plants which comprise the aforementioned recombinant nucleic acid molecules. Furthermore, the invention relates to the generation of a transgenic plant and to oils, lipids and/or fatty acids with an elevated content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid, as the result of the expression of the elongases and desaturases used in the process according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Petra Cirpus, Jörg Bauer, Xiao Qiu, Guohai Wu, Nagamani Datla
  • Patent number: 9451754
    Abstract: The invention provides Brassica rapa plants and seeds thereof that are self-compatible, rapid-cycling and lack inbreeding depression. For instance, the invention provides plants and seeds of the Brassica rapa line designated B3. The invention thus relates to plants, seeds and tissue cultures of Brassica rapa plants that are self-compatible, rapid-cycling and lack inbreeding depression, such as Brassica rapa line B3, and methods to produce and propagate said plants by crossing such a Brassica rapa plant with itself, or another Brassica rapa plant. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Educational materials, such as a kit comprising said Brassica rapa plants are also provided by the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard M. Amasino, Scott Woody
  • Patent number: 9445564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated DN051465A. Also included are seeds of canola DN051465A, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN051465A and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN051465A with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN051465A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Van L. Ripley, Michelle E. Beaith
  • Patent number: 9447430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G2X0023AB. Also included are seeds of canola G2X0023AB, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G2X0023AB and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G2X0023AB with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G2X0023AB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory R. Gingera, Thomas J. Kubik, Donna C. Knievel
  • Patent number: 9441243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyribonucleotide including a hammerhead trans-ribozyme directed against a plant mitochondrial RNA and a structure in the form of tRNA that can be aminoacylated by valine, and to the use thereof in plants in particular for inducing cytoplasmic male sterility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: André Dietrich, Romain Val, Clarisse Valentin, Theo Dreher, Jan Barciszewski, Maciej Szymanski, Eliza Wyszko
  • Patent number: 9441234
    Abstract: A sugar cane plant cell comprising a recombinant nucleic acid molecule is provided, the recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence of interest, a promoter and the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the promoter is downstream of and in operative association with the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and upstream of and in operative association with the nucleotide sequence of interest, and the nucleotide sequence of interest is expressed at a level at least about 6 times greater than the level of expression of said nucleotide sequence of interest in a control. Additionally, a method of increasing the expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a sugar cane plant cell using the recombinant nucleic acid molecule of the invention is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mark D. Kinkema, Stacy Miles
  • Patent number: 9433228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of multiply-unsaturated fatty acids in an organism, into which nucleic acids have been introduced, which code for polypeptides with ?-5 elongase activity. Said nucleic acid sequences, optionally with further nucleic acid sequences, coding for polypeptides for the biosynthesis of fatty acids and lipid metabolism, are advantageously expressed in the organism. Nucleic acid sequences coding for a ?-6 desaturase, a ?-5 desaturase, ?-4 desaturase and/or ?-6 elongase activity are particularly advantageous and, advantageously, said saturases and elongases are derived from Thalassiosira, Euglena or Ostreococcus. The invention further relates to a method for the production of oils and/or triacylglycerides with an increased content of long-chain, multiply-unsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Zank, Jörg Bauer, Petra Cirpus, Amine Abbadi, Ernst Heinz, Xiao Qiu, Patricia Vrinten, Petra Sperling, Frederic Domergue, Astrid Meyer, Jelena Kirsch
  • Patent number: 9426953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CE216910H. Also included are seeds of canola CE216910H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CE216910H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CE216910H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CE216910H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Kubik, Michelle E. Beaith, Van L. Ripley
  • Patent number: 9428757
    Abstract: The invention in principle pertains to the field of recombinant manufacture of fatty acids. It provides novel nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding fatty acid desaturases, elongases, acyltransferases, terminator sequences and high expressing seed-specific promoters operatively linked to the said nucleic acid sequences wherein nucleic acid expression enhancing nucleic acids (NEENAs) are functionally linked to said promoters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Toralf Senger, Jörg Bauer, Josef Martin Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9422570
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for increasing seed yield in a plant, the method comprising disruption of endogenous AHP6 gene in cells of the plant, wherein said disruption inhibits expression and/or activity of a product of said endogenous AHP6 gene compared to a corresponding control plant lacking such a disruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Schmülling, Tomas Werner
  • Patent number: 9414557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CE185952R. Also included are seeds of canola CE185952R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CE185952R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CE185952R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CE185952R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Kubik, Michelle E. Beaith, Van L. Ripley