Patents Examined by Russell P. Kallis
  • Patent number: 7265265
    Abstract: The invention relates to the genetic manipulation of plants, particularly to the expression of galactomannan biosynthetic genes in transformed plants. Isolated nucleotide molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding mannan synthase and galactosyltransferases and methods for their use are provided. The nucleotide molecules find use in the production of gum in transformed plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Kanwarpal S. Dhugga
  • Patent number: 7265277
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 5802205 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5802205, to the plants of soybean 5802205, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5802205 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5802205 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 5802205, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 5802205 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 the cultivar 5802205 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7265271
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 5023230 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5023230, to the plants of soybean 5023230, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5023230 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5023230 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 5023230, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 5023230 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 the cultivar 5023230 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7265278
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides encoding polypeptides that regulate flowering are provided, together with expression vectors and host cells comprising such isolated polynucleotides. Methods for the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventors: Jeroen Demmer, Claire Hall, Michael Geoffrey Norriss, Keith Martin Saulsbury
  • Patent number: 7265276
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S050223 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050223, to the plants of soybean S050223, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050223 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050223 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety S050223, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S050223 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 the cultivar S050223 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7253346
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I116412. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I116412, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I116412 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I116412 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I116412, and also to the genetic marker profiles of corn variety I116412.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Francis L. Garing
  • Patent number: 7253335
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding fructosyltransferases. More specifically, this invention relates to polynucleotides encoding 1-FFTs, 6-SFTs, or 1-SSTs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructs encoding all or a portion of the fructosyltransferases, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the fructosyltransferases in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, Perry G. Caimi, Johan M. Stoop
  • Patent number: 7247771
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 5806063 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5806063, to the plants of soybean 5806063, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5806063 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5806063 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 5806063, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 5806063 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 the cultivar 5806063 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7247772
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S050226 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050226, to the plants of soybean S050226, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050226 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050226 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety S050226, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S050226 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 the cultivar S050226 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7244881
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S050233 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050233, to the plants of soybean S050233, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050233 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050233 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety S050233, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S050233 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 the cultivar S050233 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7241939
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 5726085 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5726085, to the plants of soybean 5726085, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5726085 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5726085 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 5726085, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 5726085 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 the cultivar 5726085 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7223909
    Abstract: The formation of a carotenoid compound containing a 4-keto-?-ionene ring such as astaxanthin or canthaxanthin in flowers, and particularly in the corolla and reproductive parts of a flower of a higher plant whose flowers produce a carotenoid compound containing a ?-ionene ring such as ?-carotene or zeaxanthin, but otherwise do not produce astaxanthin or canthaxanthin is disclosed. One or more genes controlled by a promoter are inserted (transformed) into a higher plant. The inserted gene encodes a chimeric enzyme including (a) a carotenoid-forming enzyme that is at least a ketolase. That gene is operatively linked to (b) a plastid-directed transit peptide. Some higher plants to be transformed produce at least zeaxanthin or ?-carotene in their flowers prior to transformation, whereas other plants produce little if any colored carotenoid pigments prior to transformation and are transformed with a cassette of carotenoids-forming genes. Methods of transformation and use of the transformed plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural
    Inventors: Randal Hauptmann, Robert Eisenreich, William Eschenfeldt, Zubin Khambatta
  • Patent number: 7220899
    Abstract: The invention relates to transformed plants and their descendants, which have altered regulative sequences and/or number of gene copies of the ATP/ADP-translocator-gene in such a manner that they have one or more amino acids simultaneously in altered amounts in comparison with a non-transformed plants. The invention also relates to a method for the production of said plants in addition to their use as crop plants or in the animal feedstuffs industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Reindl, Peter Ludwig Geigenberger, Horst-Ekkerhard Neuhaus, Karlheinz Graeve-Kampfenkel, Torsten Möhlmann, Joachim Tjaden
  • Patent number: 7217870
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 5939002 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5939002, to the plants of soybean 5939002, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5939002 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5939002 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 5939002, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 5939002 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 the cultivar 5939002 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7214861
    Abstract: A plant promoter is provided comprising the regulatory region of a legume Enod2 gene, a gene expressed in nodule tissue of legumes in the early stages of nodulation. The promoter operates to express foreign genes under its control in developing nodules. The sequence of two soybean Enod2 genes with their regulatory regions is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Mycogen Plant Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Henk J. Franssen, Anton H. Blsseling
  • Patent number: 7211711
    Abstract: Novel isolated plant polynucleotide promoter sequences are provided, together with genetic constructs comprising such polynucleotides. Methods for using such constructs in modulating the transcription of DNA sequences of interest are also disclosed, together with transgenic plants comprising such constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignees: ArborGen, LLC, Rubicon Forests Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Ranjan Perera, Stephen Rice, Marion Wood, Clare Eagleton, Elizabeth Visser
  • Patent number: 7208659
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for increasing the flavonoid content of a plant wherein said process comprises increasing the activity of chalcone synthase and flavonol synthase therein. The invention further relates to novel plants obtainable by the process of the invention and to food products made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Peter Colliver, Stephen Glyn Hughes, Shelagh Rachael Muir, Adrianus Johannes van Tunen, Martine Elisa Verhoeyen
  • Patent number: 7205458
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 4N2V74028 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4N2V74028, to the plants of soybean 4N2V74028, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4N2V74028 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4N2V74028 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 4N2V74028, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 4N2V74028 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 the cultivar 4N2V74028 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Nidera Semillas S.A.
    Inventors: Rodolfo Luis Rossi, Bibiana Amalia Ferrari
  • Patent number: 7202398
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a chalcone isomerase is disclosed. Also of concern is the synthesis of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the chalcone isomerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the chalcone isomerase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Brian McGonigle
  • Patent number: 7202397
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a chalcone synthase is disclosed. Construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the chalcone synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the chalcone synthase in a transformed host cell are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alexandre da Silva Conceicao, Leslie T. Harvell