Patents Examined by Phuong Bui
  • Patent number: 9717199
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line PSQ9Z13-9075. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of line PSQ9Z13-9075, 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: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Teresa Beck Bunn
  • Patent number: 9717198
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line PSQ9Z13-9079. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of line PSQ9Z13-9079, 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: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Teresa Beck Bunn
  • Patent number: 9717196
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FIRXM12-4126. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FIRXM12-4126, 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 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus van den Bosch
  • Patent number: 9717197
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FDR-9Q09145. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of line FDR-9Q09145, 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: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Frantz
  • Patent number: 9717201
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FDR-9Q09137. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of line FDR-9Q09137, 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: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Frantz
  • Patent number: 9706729
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 51240902 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 51240902, to the plants of soybean cultivar 51240902, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 51240902, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 51240902. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 51240902. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 51240902, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 51240902 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Eby, Heinrich S. Wohleser
  • Patent number: 9708622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genetic constructs, which can be used in the preparation of transgenic plants. The constructs can have the ability of reducing nitrate concentration in the plant, in particular the plant's leaves, and for inducing a senescence-like phenotype. The invention extends to plant cells transformed with such constructs, and to the transgenic plants themselves. The invention also relates to methods of producing transgenic plants, and to methods of reducing nitrate content in plants. The invention also relates to harvested plant leaves, for example tobacco leaves, that have been transformed with the genetic constructs, and to various tobacco articles, such as smoking articles, comprising such harvested plant leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Susan Davenport, Pascaline Le Lay, Juan Pablo Sanchez Tamburinno
  • Patent number: 9701726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, sterility or seedling lethality in plants. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having such modulated growth or phenotype characteristics that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxim Troukhan, Peter Mascia
  • Patent number: 9681617
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI-XF-PIAS. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI-XF-PIAS, 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: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Johannes Hendrikus Maria Barten
  • Patent number: 9681618
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FDR-9Q09166 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-9Q09166 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: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seads, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Frantz
  • Patent number: 9675024
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FIR-180-SONG and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FIR-180-SONG 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: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus van den Bosch
  • Patent number: 9675023
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV4725TD and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV4725TD 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: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Frantz
  • Patent number: 9675022
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line PSQ 23-2284. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ 23-2284, 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: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Giulio Bile
  • Patent number: 9675027
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV031874. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV031874, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV031874 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 CV031874 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 CV031874.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Marvin L. Boerboom
  • Patent number: 9668438
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV5685TD and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV5685TD 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: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Frantz
  • Patent number: 9661811
    Abstract: A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated HMX3887 and/or HMX3888 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato hybrid HMX3887 and/or HMX3888, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato HMX3887 and/or HMX3888, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HMX3887 and/or HMX3888 with itself or another tomato plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a tomato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other tomato plants derived from the hybrid tomato plant HMX3887 and/or HMX3888.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HM.CLAUSE, INC.
    Inventor: Chunxiao Jiang
  • Patent number: 9665684
    Abstract: This invention relates to QTL responsible for significantly increased firmness in tomato fruit in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic elements. A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles Baxter, Laurent Grivet, Julien Bonnet, Natalie Helene Chapman, Graham Barron Seymour
  • Patent number: 9644242
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a commercial tomato, namely S. lycopersicum plant, which is resistant to an arthropod pest comprising in its genome introgressed sequences from S. galapagense conferring resistance to said arthropod pest, wherein the introgressed sequences are chosen from those present in the genome of a plant of the line TUT115 NCIMB accession number 42109. The commercial tomato of the invention is preferably resistant to ToMV (Tomato Mosaic Virus). The introgressed sequences are preferably found at one or more of the 12 loci defined by the following SNP markers: SNP solcap_snp_sl_59890 on chromosome 1, SNP solcap_snp_sl_15339 on chromosome 1, SNP solcap_snp_sl_40154 on chromosome 1, SNP solcap_snp_sl_32320 on chromosome 6, SNP SL10187_425 on chromosome 6, SNP EE_2362 on chromosome 6, SNP EE_2996 on chromosome 6, SNP SL10539_786_LC7260 on chromosome 6, SNP EP_0489_LC7684 on chromosome 9, SNP IL2_5178 on chromosome 9, SNP EE_3482_LC7808 on chromosome 9 and SNP EE_1452 on chromosome 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: VILMORIN & CIE
    Inventors: Tjeerd Adrianus Lambertus Snoeren, Einat Sitbon, David Levy
  • Patent number: 9642319
    Abstract: Tomato rootstock variety designated ‘RTS-123’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato rootstock ‘RTS-123’, to the plants of tomato rootstock ‘RTS-123’, and to methods for producing plants, and to methods for producing other tomato rootstock lines, cultivars, or hybrids derived from the tomato rootstock ‘RTS-123’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Rootility Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafael Meissner, Ari Efrati, Naama Aviv, Shachaf Ein-Gedy, Omri Lifshitz
  • Patent number: 9637757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.) which may comprise a genetic determinant that confers resistance to Pepino Mosaic Virus (PepMV), wherein the resistance is characterized by the presence of at least QTL1 and/or QTL2. The invention also relates to sources for obtaining said genetic determinant, representative seed of which were deposited with the NCIMB under accession numbers NCIMB 41927, NCIMB 41928, NCIMB 42068, and NCIMB 42069. The invention further relates to seeds and progeny of the plant and to its fruits and processed fruits. In addition the invention relates to molecular markers linked to PepMV resistance conferring QTLs and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Arie Vogelaar, Evert Willem Gutteling, Dorthe Bettina Drager, Rudolf Verhoef, Zeger Otto Van Herwijnen