Patents Examined by Phuong Bui
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH977760
    Patent number: 9210900
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH977760. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH977760, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH977760 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 CH977760.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Buffard, Gregory J. Holland, Peter J. Lynch, Gary R. Stangland, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Plants and seeds of corn variety CV511034
    Patent number: 9210881
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV511034. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV511034, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV511034 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 CV511034 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 CV511034.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jon Popi
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH322021
    Patent number: 9210906
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH322021. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH322021, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH322021 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 CH322021.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Mark J. Brinkman, Kevin D. Eichelberger, Magen Starr Eller, Rebecca C. Eller, Sarah Gehlhar, Gregory J. Holland, Daniel J. Lubich, Jeffrey L. McElroy, Brett A. Ochs, Duane A. Potrzeba
  • Plants and seeds of corn variety CV566597
    Patent number: 9210882
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV566597. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV566597, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV566597 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 CV566597 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 CV566597.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel J. Page
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH603745
    Patent number: 9210903
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH603745. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH603745, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH603745 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 CH603745.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Holland, Brett A. Ochs, Gary R. Stangland
  • Flavonol expressing domesticated tomato and method of production
    Patent number: 9185857
    Abstract: The present invention includes non-transgenic domesticated tomato plants that express flavonols in the flesh and peel of the tomato fruit, and includes the seeds and fruits of such plants. The method of the invention includes assaying tomato plants for expression of one or more of the flavonol biosynthesis genes in the flesh and/or expression of CHI in the peel. The method of the invention includes selecting wild tomato species that express CHI in the fruit peel, and/or one or more genes of the flavonol biosynthesis pathway in the flesh, and introgressing the genetic factors responsible for this expression from the wild tomato species into a domesticated tomato plant using traditional breeding techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Michael G. Willits, Vincenzo Deluca, Gerson Graser, Catherine M. Kramer, Rogerio T. N. Prata
  • Tomato line CHI-XF-LOEM
    Patent number: 9179614
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI-XF-LOEM. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI-XF-LOEM, 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: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Johannes Hendrikus Maria Barten
  • Tomato variety enhancer
    Patent number: 9173357
    Abstract: The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, ENHANCER or NUN 00001 TOR which is especially useful as tomato rootstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventor: Barak Ben David
  • Tomato line PSQ 23-2278
    Patent number: 9167759
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line PSQ 23-2278. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ 23-2278, 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: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Giulio Bile
  • Tomato hybrid EX15567631
    Patent number: 9167762
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid EX15567631 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid EX15567631 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Frantz
  • Inbred corn line MCM04
    Patent number: 9155258
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated MCM04, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line MCM04, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line MCM04 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line MCM04 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 MCM04, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line MCM04 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry R. Rice
  • Methods for the commercial production of transgenic plants
    Patent number: 9125357
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for producing a crop having a predetermined level of at least one primary trait of interest are provided. The compositions comprise seeds and plants exhibiting a primary trait of interest. Primary traits include traits that improve or otherwise facilitate the conversion of harvested plant material into a commercially useful product. The predetermined level of the primary trait is obtained by blending harvested plant material from at least two varieties of plants, wherein at least one of the varieties exhibits the primary trait. The blend can be customized for use in a variety of commercially important industrial or agricultural downstream uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Dallmier, Rene Quadt, Aron Louis Silverstone
  • Plants and seeds of corn variety CV554829
    Patent number: 9125364
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV554829. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV554829, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV554829 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 CV554829 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 CV554829.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Lance Veldboom, Sarah Gehlhar, Brian E. Love
  • Tomato line FIS 14-2101
    Patent number: 9125356
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FIS 14-2101. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FIS 14-2101, 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: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Wayne Fowler
  • Plants and seeds of corn variety CV375432
    Patent number: 9125362
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV375432. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV375432, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV375432 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 CV375432 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 CV375432.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jon Popi
  • Plants and seeds of corn variety CV977627
    Patent number: 9125363
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV977627. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV977627, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV977627 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 CV977627 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 CV977627.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Kendell B Hellewell
  • Inbred corn line MV3111BM
    Patent number: 9109230
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated MV3111BM, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line MV3111BM, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line MV3111BM with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line MV3111BM 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 MV3111BM, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line MV3111BM and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Jerry R. Rice, Steve J. Plehn
  • Constitutive promoter from oil palm
    Patent number: 9102945
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gene promoters including promoters from oil palm plants, and to plants (including plants having genetic modifications) that include such promoters. The gene promoters of the present disclosure may be useful in facilitating expression of beneficial and/or desired phenotypic characteristics in plants and plant products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD
    Inventors: Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir, Siti Masura Subhi, Leslie Eng Ti Low
  • Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing nitrogen use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content, and/or abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 9096865
    Abstract: Provided are methods of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:1-467, 785-3047; or an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:468-784, 3048-4333, 4335-4682. Also provided isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-467, 785-3047, which can be used to increase nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Evogene Ltd.
    Inventors: Basia J. Vinocur, Alex Diber, Hagai Karchi
  • Plants having altered agronomic characteristics under nitrogen limiting conditions and related constructs and methods involving genes encoding SNF2 domain-containing polypeptides
    Patent number: 9085633
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs particularly useful for altering agronomic characteristics of plants under nitrogen limiting conditions, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a SNF2 domain-containing polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Milo Aukerman, Carl R. Simmons, Stephen M. Allen, Dale Loussaert, Stanley Luck, Hajime Sakai, Scott V. Tingey