Patents Examined by Russell Kallis
  • Patent number: 10492403
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 70311819 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 70311819, to the plants of soybean cultivar 70311819, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 70311819, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 70311819. 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 70311819. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 70311819, 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 70311819 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 10485209
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 72151329 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 72151329, to the plants of soybean cultivar 72151329, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 72151329, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 72151329. 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 72151329. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 72151329, 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 72151329 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 10487368
    Abstract: A modified rubisco activase, wherein the modified rubisco activase has a melting temperature greater than that of wild type rubisco activase. Further aspects of the disclosure relate to an isolated polynucleotide encoding a modified rubisco activase and a recombinant expression system comprising the isolated polynucleotide. Still further aspects of the disclosure relate to a plant cell transfected with the recombinant expression system. Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to a genetically modified plant expressing the isolated polynucleotide encoding a modified rubisco activase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Phani R. Pokkuluri, Marianne Schiffer, Andrej Joachimiak, Rosemarie Wilton
  • Patent number: 10485208
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 69311428 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 69311428, to the plants of soybean cultivar 69311428, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 69311428, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 69311428. 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 69311428. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 69311428, 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 69311428 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 10477818
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 5PTJB40. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 5PTJB40. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 5PTJB40 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 5PTJB40 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Thomas L. Floyd
  • Patent number: 10480005
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 5PEKB42. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 5PEKB42. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 5PEKB42 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 5PEKB42 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Hall
  • Patent number: 10480003
    Abstract: Methods and compositions to introduce a synthetic pathway based on the 3-hydroxypropionate bicycle into an organism such as the model cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus sp. PCC 7942. The heterologously expressed pathway acts as a photorespiratory bypass as well as an additional carbon fixation cycle orthogonal to the endogenous Calvin-Benson cycle. We demonstrate the function of all six introduced enzymes, which not only has implications on increasing net-photosynthetic productivity, but also key enzymes in the pathway are involved in high-value products that are of biotechnological interest, such as 3-hydroxypropionate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Patrick Shih, Jan Zarzycki, Krishna K. Niyogi
  • Patent number: 10457953
    Abstract: This disclosure provides tobacco plants that exhibit altered photosynthesis as well as methods of making and using such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Yanxin Shen, Dongmei Xu
  • Patent number: 10450578
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of engineering plants to modulate hydroxycinnamic acid content. The invention additionally provides compositions and methods comprising such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Laura E. Bartley, Pamela Ronald, Henrik Vibe Scheller
  • Patent number: 10441617
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the breeding, production, processing and use of medical cannabis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Biotech Institute, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Lewis, Michael Dane Backes
  • Patent number: 10428348
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a method for preparing hybrid rice, comprising the reproduction and maintenance of the female sterility line and the use thereof in preparing hybrid rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Exalt State Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Ning Wei, Haodong Chen, Zhongcheng Liang
  • Patent number: 10421793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a proton-transport vesicle and a method for preparing the same, the proton-transfer vesicle comprising: (a) a single phospholipid bilayer liposome; (b) a rhodopsin protein; and (c) a photosystem II protein, wherein the rhodopsin protein and the photosystem II protein are inserted and located in a bilayer of the liposome. Since the heterologous photosensitive proteins are inserted and located in the bilayer of the liposome, the vesicle has an absorption wavelength band of the whole region of visible light by utilizing absorption bands of different lights of the respective photosensitive proteins. Thus, the restricted efficiency caused by utilizing only a specific wavelength in existing organisms or artificial vesicles was improved, and the wavelength region can be enlarged to the all wavelength ranges of visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION SOGANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kwan Woo Shin, Hee Yeon Kim, Kwang-Hwan Jung, Keel Yong Lee, Tae Kyu Ahn
  • Patent number: 10412920
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PRMP57 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PRMP57, cells from soybean variety 5PRMP57, plants of soybean 5PRMP57, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PRMP57. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PRMP57 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PRMP57, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PRMP57, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PRMP57. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PRMP57 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Beth Kalvig, Jeffrey A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10398119
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PHZF77 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PHZF77, cells from soybean variety 5PHZF77, plants of soybean 5PHZF77, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PHZF77. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PHZF77 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PHZF77, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PHZF77, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PHZF77. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PHZF77 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Martin A Fabrizius, Andrea Beth Kalvig
  • Patent number: 10383299
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N?-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ralph E. Dewey, Balazs Siminszky, Steven W. Bowen, Lily Gavilano
  • Patent number: 10357008
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZCW45 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZCW45, cells from soybean variety 5PZCW45, plants of soybean 5PZCW45, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZCW45. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZCW45 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZCW45, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZCW45, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZCW45. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZCW45 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Leslie Charles Kuhlman
  • Patent number: 10349601
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PUFM54 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PUFM54, cells from soybean variety 5PUFM54, plants of soybean 5PUFM54, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PUFM54. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PUFM54 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PUFM54, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PUFM54, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PUFM54. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PUFM54 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Jeffrey McMahan Hood
  • Patent number: 10349600
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PEBY24 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PEBY24, cells from soybean variety 5PEBY24, plants of soybean 5PEBY24, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PEBY24. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PEBY24 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PEBY24, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PEBY24, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PEBY24. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PEBY24 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Jeffrey McMahan Hood
  • Patent number: 10349604
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PFBL54 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PFBL54, cells from soybean variety 5PFBL54, plants of soybean 5PFBL54, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PFBL54. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PFBL54 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PFBL54, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PFBL54, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PFBL54. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PFBL54 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Beth Kalvig, Jordan Dustin Spear
  • Patent number: 10349598
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068088. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068088. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068088 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068088 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Roger L. Lussenden