Patents Examined by Jason Deveau Rosen
  • Tomato variety NUN 09168 TOF
    Patent number: 10448589
    Abstract: The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 09168 TOF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Bernard Catharina Hubert Silvertand
  • Soybean variety 5PUDE31
    Patent number: 10440923
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PUDE31 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PUDE31, cells from soybean variety 5PUDE31, plants of soybean 5PUDE31, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PUDE31. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PUDE31 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PUDE31, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PUDE31, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PUDE31. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PUDE31 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Kyle James Kocak
  • Nucleic acid molecules that control pathogens
    Patent number: 10443070
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of pathogens through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in pathogens. The disclosure also concerns methods for applying dsRNA through formulations and/or transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of pathogens, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Javier A. Delgado, Justin M. Lira, Chaoxian Geng, Tony K. Trullinger
  • Maize inbred PH42RF
    Patent number: 10440912
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH42RF and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH42RF with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH42RF 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 PH42RF or a locus conversion of PH42RF with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Lori Karyn Scott, Matthew David Walch, Harindra Manilal William
  • Plants with engineered endogenous genes
    Patent number: 10443068
    Abstract: Genetically engineered plants expressing altered Glucan Water Dikinase and having elevated levels of starch are provided. Methods of genetically engineering plants to express altered Glucan Water Dikinase, and genetic constructs are provided. Methods of breeding genetically engineered plants homozygous for a mutated gene encoding an altered Glucan Water Dikinase are described. Methods of agricultural processing and animal feed using the genetically engineered plants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventors: R. Michael Raab, Michael Lanahan, Christopher Bonin, Oleg Bougri
  • Methods and compositions for delaying senescence and improving disease tolerance and yield in plants
    Patent number: 10435702
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance crop performance. Specifically, the present invention provides for delayed senescence and/or improved yield enhancement in various crops. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that provide for delayed senescence and/or improved yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jill Deikman, Steven H. Schwartz, Wei Zheng, Suzan Herma Elisabeth Johanna Gabriels, Michelle C. Hresko, Xiangqian Li, Nengbing Tao, Deryck J. Williams, Hui Xiong
  • Tomato line FIR-9R14-6153
    Patent number: 10426113
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FIR-9R14-6153. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato line FIR-9R14-6153 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato 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 such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Toon van de Ven
  • Methods and compositions for increasing invertase activity in plants
    Patent number: 10428338
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance crop performance. Specifically, the present invention provides for increased invertase activity, increased sugar content and/or delayed senescence plants. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that increase invertase activity, increase sugar content and/or delay senescence in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Joanne J. Fillatti, Byron Froman, Andrew Mroczka, Gregory John Peel
  • Soybean variety 5PHFW50
    Patent number: 10420311
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PHFW50 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PHFW50, cells from soybean variety 5PHFW50, plants of soybean 5PHFW50, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PHFW50. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PHFW50 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PHFW50, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PHFW50, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PHFW50. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PHFW50 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik
  • Reduced gluten grains and compositions thereof
    Patent number: 10412909
    Abstract: Plants with reduced gluten grains and compositions thereof are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Paul Moehs, William J. Austill, Dayna Loeffler, Jessica Mullenberg
  • Intein-modified enzymes, their production and industrial applications
    Patent number: 10407742
    Abstract: Intein modified proteins, isolated nucleic acids encoding intein modified proteins, fragments of intein modified proteins, isolated nucleic acids encoding fragments of intein modified proteins, transgenic plants containing any of the foregoing, and antibodies recognizing epitopes on intein modified proteins are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Agrivida, Inc.
    Inventors: Binzhang Shen, Gabor Lazar, Humberto de la Vega, Philip Lessard, R. Michael Raab, James Apgar
  • Maize inbred PH2SNA
    Patent number: 10405509
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH2SNA and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2SNA with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2SNA 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 PH2SNA or a locus conversion of PH2SNA with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Jacob Gadlage, Matthew David Smalley
  • Tomato rootstock variety ‘RTS-188’
    Patent number: 10398101
    Abstract: Tomato rootstock variety designated ‘RTS-188’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato rootstock ‘RTS-188’, to the plants of tomato rootstock ‘RTS-188’, and to methods for producing plants, and to methods for producing other tomato rootstock lines, cultivars, transgenic plants or hybrids derived from the tomato rootstock variety ‘RTS-188’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Rootility Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafael Meissner, Ari Efrati, Omri Lifshitz, Shachaf Ein-Gedy, Naama Aviv
  • Tomato line CHI-XF15-9032
    Patent number: 10398102
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI-XF15-9032. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI-XF15-9032 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato 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 such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Johannes Hendrikus Maria Barten
  • Cytochrome B (CYTB) nucleic acid molecules that control pathogens
    Patent number: 10392620
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of pathogens through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in pathogens. The disclosure also concerns methods for applying dsRNA through formulations and/or transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of pathogens, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Javier A. Delgado, Justin M. Lira, Chaoxian Geng, Meghan L. Frey
  • Hybrid tomato variety H1662
    Patent number: 10383294
    Abstract: Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1662’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest, and is adaptable to the climactic conditions of regions such as California (USA), Ontario (Canada), Australia, Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
    Inventor: Richard Henry Ozminkowski, Jr.
  • Hybrid tomato variety H1648
    Patent number: 10383293
    Abstract: Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1648’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest, and is adaptable to the climactic conditions of regions such as California (USA), Ontario (Canada), Australia, Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
    Inventor: George Collier
  • Fusion protein and transgenic plant expressing said protein
    Patent number: 10385347
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a nucleic acid molecule capable of expressing, in at least one plant tissue, a chimeric protein comprising a polygalacturonase (PG) of fungal, bacterial or insect origin and a plant polygalacturonase inhibitor protein (PGIP) plant capable of inhibiting said PG. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants that express said chimeric protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA “LA SAPIENZA”
    Inventors: Felice Cervone, Giulia De Lorenzo, Simone Ferrari, Manuel Benedetti, Daniela Pontiggia
  • High level in vivo biosynthesis and isolation of water-soluble cannabinoids in plant systems
    Patent number: 10378020
    Abstract: The inventive technology relates to systems and methods for enhanced in vivo production, accumulation and modification of cannabinoids. In one embodiment, the invention may include systems and methods for enhanced in vivo biosynthesis of chemically-modified water-soluble cannabinoids in a whole plant, or a cell suspension culture system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TRAIT BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard T. Sayre, Elton Carvalho Gonçalves, Tawanda Zidenga
  • Plant COsensors, nucleic acids encoding them, and methods for making and using them
    Patent number: 10378021
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for manipulating the exchange of water and/or carbon dioxide (CO2) through plant stomata by controlling CO2 sensor genes. The invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing or optimizing biomass accumulation in a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for 10 opening or closing a stomatal pore on a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for increasing or decreasing oxygenation efficiency and/or carbon fixation in a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant by manipulating expression of a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. The invention provides promoters for regulating expression of a nucleic acid in a plant guard cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Julian I. Schroeder, Maria Israelsson-Nordstrom, Josef M. Kuhn, Yingzhen Yang, Honghong Hu, Aurelien Boisson-Dernier