Patents Examined by Phoenix Bui
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Patent number: 9938538Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fertility gene and the use thereof, and relates to the biotechnology field, particularly to a method of plant hybrid breeding including creation of a sterile line and preparation of hybrid seeds, more particularly to a fertility gene FL2, a mutant thereof and use thereof in hybrid breeding.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: SHENZHEN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CROP DESIGN, HUNAN WANGHUA AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD., SHENZHEN XINGWANG BIOSEED CO., LTD., XINGWANG INVESTMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoyan Tang, Zhufeng Chen, Gang Xie, Na Wang, Jiawei Lu, Zaoxia Li
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Patent number: 9932604Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated XHE21, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line XHE21, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line XHE21 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line XHE21 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHE21, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHE21 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.Inventor: Dean W. Nordick
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Patent number: 9926572Abstract: The present invention relates to plants of the Compositae family exhibiting a reversible genic male sterility trait, characterized in that the genic male sterility is caused by a reduction or complete absence of endogenous jasmonic acid production, resulting from interference with one or more target genes involved in endogenous jasmonic acid production, selected from the group consisting of lipoxygenase, allene oxide synthase, allene oxide cyclase and 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid-10, 11-reductase, or their functional homologues.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventors: Cornelis Maria Petrus Van Dun, Johannes Wilhelmus Schut, Beatrice Ingrid Lindhout
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Patent number: 9913444Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH294149. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH294149, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH294149 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH294149.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Richard G. Stelpflug
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Patent number: 9901050Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH483707. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH483707, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH483707 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH483707.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Richard G. Stelpflug, Rafael A. Mateo
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Patent number: 9901047Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated plant of the species Solanum lycopersicum comprising a myb12 allele having one or more mutations, said mutations resulting in production of a mutant myb12 protein, fruits of such plants exhibiting a pink appearance.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.Inventor: Willem Hendrik Vriezen
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Patent number: 9894858Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FIRXM11-5005. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FIRXM11-5005, 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Bernardus van den Bosch
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Patent number: 9896695Abstract: The present invention provides isolated HaHB11 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same. Also provided are methods of introducing a nucleic acid encoding HaHB11 polypeptides into a plant cell, plant part or plant, e.g., to increase tolerance to abiotic stress, to delay development and/or prolong the life span of a plant, and/or to increase yield from the plant. The invention also provides nucleic acids comprising HaHB11 promoter sequences and methods for expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest operably associated with the HaHB11 promoters of the invention in a plant cell, plant part, or plant. Also provided are transformed plants, plant tissues, plant cells and plant seed comprising the nucleic acids, expression cassettes and vectors of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL)Inventors: Raquel Lia Chan, Julieta Virginia Cabello, Jorge Ignacio Giacomelli
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Patent number: 9888644Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHD-A808019. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHD-A808019, 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: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Douglas William Heath
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Patent number: 9888645Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV1240TC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV1240TC and the parent lines thereof, 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: Douglas William Heath
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Patent number: 9862964Abstract: The invention relates to transgenic plants exhibiting dramatically enhanced growth rates, greater seed and fruit/pod yields, earlier and more productive flowering, more efficient nitrogen utilization, increased tolerance to high salt conditions, and increased biomass yields. In one embodiment, transgenic plants engineered to over-express both glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase (GPT) and glutamine synthetase (GS) are provided. The GPT+GS double-transgenic plants of the invention consistently exhibit enhanced growth characteristics, with T0 generation lines showing an increase in biomass over wild type counterparts of between 50% and 300%. Generations that result from sexual crosses and/or selfing typically perform even better, with some of the double-transgenic plants achieving an astounding four-fold biomass increase over wild type plants.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: Los Alamos National Security, LLC, University of Maine System Board of TrusteesInventors: Pat J. Unkefer, Penelope S. Anderson, Thomas J. Knight
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Patent number: 9861046Abstract: Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1311” is described. The ‘H1311’ tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLCInventor: Richard Henry Ozminkowski, Jr.
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Patent number: 9854760Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-629 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-629 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-629 RZ.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventor: Michel Cornelis Petrus Weerdenburg
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Patent number: 9848554Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV509109. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV509109, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV509109 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV509109 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV509109.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Fufa H. Birru
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Patent number: 9848547Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-245 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-245 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-245 RZ.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventor: Johan Cornelis Solleveld
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Patent number: 9832945Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-190 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-190 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-190 RZ.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventor: Johan Cornelis Solleveld
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Patent number: 9832943Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated plant of the species Solanum lycopersicum comprising a acs2 allele having one or more mutations, said mutations resulting in production of a mutant acs2 protein having loss-of-function acs2 protein or reduced function compared to wild type Acs2 protein.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.Inventor: Hendrik Willem Vriezen
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Patent number: 9832944Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-630 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-630 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-630 RZ.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventor: Michel Cornelis Petrus Weerdenburg
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Patent number: 9781889Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-626 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-626 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-626 RZ.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventor: Michel Cornelis Petrus Weerdenburg