Patents Examined by Matthew R Keough
  • Brassica plant comprising mutant fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase alleles
    Patent number: 10837066
    Abstract: The invention relates to crop plants comprising novel seed lipid compositions. Provided are both wild type and mutant nucleic acid molecules encoding Brassica fatty acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase B proteins (FATB) and the proteins as such. Also provided are Brassica plants, tissue and seeds comprising at least three mutant fatB alleles in their genome, whereby the seed oil fatty acid composition or profile is significantly altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED, US LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Laga, Bart Den Boer, Bart Lambert