Patents Examined by Erich E. Veitenheimer
  • Insect control using lectins having specific mannose-binding ability
    Patent number: 5545820
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of lectins having specific mannose-binding ability and/or derived from Amaryllidaceae or Alliaceae for the control of insect pests. Transgenic plants containing and capable of expressing foreign genes coding for such lectins are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company Limited
    Inventors: Angharad Gatehouse, Vaughan Hilder, Els Van Damme, Willy Peumans, Christine Newell, William Hamilton
  • Inbred corn line LH189
    Patent number: 5545811
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated LH189, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line LH189, to the plants of inbred corn line LH189 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line LH189 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line LH189 with another corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Holden's Foundation Seeds Inc.
    Inventor: Richard J. Miller
  • Inbred corn line PHRD6
    Patent number: 5541352
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated PHRD6. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line PHRD6 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line PHRD6 with itself or with another corn plant. This invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PHRD6 with another corn line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori L. Carrigan, Martin L. Wieland
  • Inbred corn line
    Patent number: 5536900
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated CG00653. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line CG00653 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line CG00653 with itself or with another corn line. This invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line CG00653 with another corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Moez R. Meghji
  • Ph genes and their uses
    Patent number: 5534660
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating vacuolar pH. Isolated DNA constructs comprising sequences substantially identical to a Ph gene are provided. The methods typically involve introducing the construct into a plant, whereby vacuolar pH is modified in the transgenic plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: George S. Chuck, Hugo K. Dooner, Neal Courtney-Gutterson, Janis Keller, Charanjit S. Nijjar, Edward J. Ralston
  • Soybean variety 9253
    Patent number: 5530183
    Abstract: Soybean variety 9253 is a high-performance soybean variety which also provides a low linolenic acid specialty soybean oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Fehr, Earl G. Hammond
  • Corn inbreds `899` and `901` and corn hybrid `N5220`
    Patent number: 5530181
    Abstract: This invention relates to inbred corn lines having the designation 899 and 901, seeds produced by said lines and hybrid corn seed produced by crossing said inbred corn lines
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventor: Monroe E. Howell
  • Controlled modification of eukaryotic genomes
    Patent number: 5527695
    Abstract: DNA constructs are provided for the creation of transgenic eukaryotic cells. These DNA constructs allow a more precise and effective transformation procedure by enabling the targeting of DNA sequences for insertion into a particular DNA locus, while enabling the removal of any randomly inserted DNA sequences that occur as a by product of known transformation procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas K. Hodges, Leszek A. Lyznik
  • Soybean variety XB37ZA
    Patent number: 5516980
    Abstract: Soybean variety XB37ZA is a high-performance soybean variety which also provides a low palmitic, low-saturate specialty soybean oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Fehr, Earl G. Hammond
  • Starch and grain with a novel genotype
    Patent number: 5502270
    Abstract: Grain, produced by a starch bearing plant, which is heterozygous for the dull gene and homozygous recessive for the waxy and the amylose extender genes. The invention also relates to starch with novel functional properties obtained from such grain which can be utilized for foodstuffs and other applications without chemical modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Richard W. Pearlstein, James F. Ulrich
  • Maize resistant to aryloxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid herbicides
    Patent number: 5502271
    Abstract: By selection for resistance to aryloxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid herbicides, herbicide-tolerant maize cell lines, calli and plants regenerated therefrom can be obtained which pass this herbicide tolerance on to their progeny in a stable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gu/ nter Donn
  • Method for producing potato microtubers
    Patent number: 5498541
    Abstract: An improved method for producing potato microtubers by tissue culture is provided. The improvement comprises culturing potato plants in a medium containing a high sugar content, i.e., 8% (w/v), for about 1 to 4 weeks under the light prior to culturing the plants in the dark to produce the microtubers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ichiro Oka, Carolyn Sluis
  • Pea ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunit genes and their uses
    Patent number: 5498831
    Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding Pea ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunits are provided that are useful for changing the phenotype of higher plants, especially the garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) and other legumes, in regard to starch and sucrose biosynthesis. In particular, the invention relates to affecting the sucrose and starch content of edible plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: DNA Plant Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Diane G. Burgess, Hugo K. Dooner
  • Enhanced insect resistance in plants genetically engineered with a plant hormone gene involved in cytokinin biosynthesis
    Patent number: 5496732
    Abstract: A transgenic plant into which a chimeric gene comprising a wound inducible promoter and a gene for an enzyme involved in cytokinin biosynthesis has been introduced shows enhanced resistance to insect infestation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Ann C. Smigocki, John W. Neal, Jr.
  • Inbred corn line PHTE4
    Patent number: 5495069
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated PHTE4. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line PHTE4 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line PHTE4 with itself or with another corn plant. This invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PHTE4 with another corn line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Chapman
  • Hybrid corn plant and seed (3531)
    Patent number: 5495066
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a hybrid corn plant, designated as 3531, produced by crossing two Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred corn lines. This invention thus relates to the hybrid seed 3531, the hybrid plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and trivial modifications of hybrid 3531. 3531 is characterized by its high yielding and solid agronomics. 3531 has above average yield across all yield environments and responds to high planting rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Chapman
  • Inbred corn line LH252
    Patent number: 5495067
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated LH252, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line LH252, to the plants of inbred corn line LH252 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line LH252 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line LH252 with another corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Holden's Foundation Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry J. Foley
  • Nematode control with proteinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 5494813
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of controlling plant parasitic nematodes using proteinase inhibitors, particularly those in the Bowman-Birk family which includes cowpea trypsin inhibitors. Nematode resistance can be conferred on plants by transforming them to express a gene or other DNA coding for a proteinase inhibitor using standard genetic engineering techniques. Alternatively, proteinase inhibitors can be provided to nematodes or to the site of their attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Nickerson Biocem Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Hepher, Howard J. Atkinson
  • Inbred corn line LH176
    Patent number: 5491296
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated LH176, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line LH176, to the plants of inbred corn line LH176 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line LH176 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line LH176 with another corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Holden's Foundation Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Bergemann
  • Inbred corn line PHKM5
    Patent number: 5491286
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated PHKM5. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line PHKM5 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line PHKM5 with itself or with another corn plant. This invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PHKM5 with another corn line or plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Luedtke, Jr., Lori L. Carrigan