Patents Examined by Russell T Boggs
  • Patent number: 11497185
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011086. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011086, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011086 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 CH011086.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Paul T. Nelson, Wade E. Odland, Bradley A. Sockness
  • Patent number: 11492630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and hybrids for the targeted modification of a nucleic acid-target region in a plant target structure using CRISPR/Cas systems. The invention specifically relates to methods and hybrids for directly obtaining a plant or plant material which comprises an editing of a nucleic acid introduced in a targeted manner into a meristematic cell. The hybrids can be introduced in a transient and/or stable manner. The invention also relates to novel plant-optimized introduction strategies. The invention further relates to a method for carrying out an in vitro screening assay in order to first check the suitable gRNA candidates in vitro with respect to their efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Hinrich Harling, Susana Martin-Ortigosa, Markus Niessen, Corinna Streitner, Nadine Schumann, Erik Jongedijk
  • Patent number: 11479785
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring improved nitrogen use efficiency; compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs; and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs are disclosed. The recombinant DNA constructs comprise a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter that is functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotides encode abiotic stress tolerance polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yang Gao, Guihua Lu, Guanfan Mao, Changgui Wang, Guokui Wang, Jiantao Wang
  • Patent number: 11466285
    Abstract: The invention provides glyphosate-tolerant transgenic turfgrass plants, plant material, and propagules that have a specific transformation event. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: OMS INVESTMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Lisa Lee, Rebecca S. Torisky, Samuel L. Freshour, Matthew J. Koch, Robert W. Harriman
  • Patent number: 11439111
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 99354100 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 99354100, to the plants of soybean cultivar 99354100, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 99354100, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 99354100. 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 99354100. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 99354100, 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 99354100 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 11441150
    Abstract: An expression enhancer comprising a CPMV 5?UTR nucleotide sequence consisting of X nucleotides (CMPVX), where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1, or consisting of a nucleotide sequence comprising from about 80% to 100% sequence similarity with CMPVX, where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1 SEQ ID NO:1 is provided. The expression enhancer may further comprise a stuffer sequence fused to the 3? end of the 5?UTR nucleotide sequence (CMPVX+, where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1). The stuffer sequence may comprise one or more plant kozak sequences. Plants comprising the expression enhancer and methods using the expression enhancer are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Medicago Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre-Olivier Lavoie, Marc-Andre D'Aoust
  • Patent number: 11432488
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new and distinct hemp cultivar designated ‘05.09.24.S1’. The present disclosure relates to seeds of the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1,’ to plants and parts of the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1,’ and to methods for producing a hemp plant by crossing the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1’ with itself or other cannabis plants. The disclosure further relates to the morphological and physiological characteristics of the new and distinct hemp cultivar and its uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Biotech Institute, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Lewis, Steven Robert Haba
  • Patent number: 11421242
    Abstract: The compositions and methods disclosed relate to DNA compositions, plant cells, seeds, plant parts that relate to maize plants with increased grain yield trait. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-202216-6 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Heather Marie Christensen, Nathan David Coles, Olga Danilevskaya, Jeffrey Habben, Mary A Rupe, Jeffrey R Schussler, Bo Shen, Benjamin P Weers, Jingrui Wu
  • Patent number: 11412699
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PUMF50 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PUMF50, cells from soybean variety 5PUMF50, plants of soybean 5PUMF50, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PUMF50. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PUMF50 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PUMF50, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PUMF50, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PUMF50. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PUMF50 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Jeffrey McMahan Hood
  • Patent number: 11388876
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011154. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011154, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011154 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 CH011154.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Gregory J. Holland, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 11382296
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV400433. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV400433, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV400433 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 CV400433 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 CV400433.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Jon Popi
  • Patent number: 11377663
    Abstract: Polynucleotides comprising genetic regulatory elements, as well as constructs, host cells, and transgenic organisms comprising the same are described. The polynucleotides can control the expression of an operably linked gene in a host cell or organism, such as a plant cell or a plant. Methods of using the polynucleotide to control the expression of an operably linked gene of interest in a plant or plant cell are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ian W. Davis, Tedd D. Elich
  • Patent number: 11365428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of spinach breeding, in particular to a new dominant resistance gene, designated RPF12, which confers resistance against all races of Peronospora farinosa and to spinach plants comprising said gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Ane Dijkstra, Rob Raedts
  • Patent number: 11332755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for modifying the resistance profile of a spinach plant to Peronospora farinosa f sp. spinaciae, comprising introducing a WOLF allele or a resistance-conferring part thereof into the genome of said spinach plant, or modifying an endogenous WOLF allele in the genome of said spinach plant. A WOLF allele encodes a CC-NBS-LRR protein that comprises in its amino acid sequence: the motif “MAEIGYSVC” at its N-terminus, and the motif “KWMCLR” for alpha-type WOLF proteins or “HVGCVVDR” for beta-type WOLF proteins. The invention relates to the WOLF alleles referred to in Table 3. The invention further provides a method for selecting a spinach plant comprising a novel WOLF gene that confers resistance to Peronospora farinosa f sp. spinaciae in a spinach plant and a method for identifying a WOLF allele that confers resistance to one or more pathogenic races of Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae in a spinach plant and to primers for use in these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Vincent Laurens Adrianus Kock, Johannes Geert Jan Feitsma, Raoul Jacobus Johannes Maria Frijters
  • Patent number: 11317582
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011122. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011122, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011122 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 CH011122.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Holland, Jeffrey M. Sernett, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 11306320
    Abstract: A method of producing a transformant, which contains using an alga belonging to the genus Nannochloropsis as a host, wherein function of the following protein (A) or (B) of the alga is suppressed, inhibited or deleted: (A) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 50; and (B) a DNA binding protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 70% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mayumi Wada, Shintaro Ryo
  • Patent number: 11292818
    Abstract: The hereby invention provides four genes CpRap2 isolated from Carica papaya identified as CpRap2.4a, CpRap2.4b, CpRap2.1, CpRap2.10 and that consist of SEQ. ID NO: 1, SEQ. ID NO: 2, SEQ. ID NO: 3 and SEQ. ID NO: 4, as well as the genetic transformation methods for the overexpression of these genes and the obtaining of tolerant non-transgenic plants through grafts. Genetic transformation of plants that overexpress genes CpRap2 and their grafts showed they could survive extreme temperatures up to 12 days for heat and more than 30 days for cold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN, A.C.
    Inventors: Luis Carlos Rodríguez Zapata, Luis Joel Figueroa Yañez, Alejandro Pereira Santana, Enrique Castaño De La Serna
  • Patent number: 11284597
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM9021. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9021 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9021 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Kramer
  • Patent number: 11286497
    Abstract: The present inventions relate to compositions and methods for providing stress tolerant transgenic plants comprising a RING domain zinc-finger motif transcription factor protein. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods comprising a RING-H2 domain transcription factor protein for providing drought and salt tolerant plants, in particular comprising a recombinant XERICO gene and protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwan Han, Jae-Heung Ko
  • Patent number: 11277983
    Abstract: The invention pertains to spinach plants comprising a gene or locus which leads to a broad spectrum resistance to Peronospora farinosa f sp. spinaciae (Pfs). The invention also relates to progeny of said spinach plants, to propagation material of said spinach plants, to a cell of said spinach plants, to seed of said spinach plants, and to harvested leaves of said spinach plants. This invention further relates to use of said spinach plants in breeding to confer resistance against Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: POP VRIEND SEEDS BV
    Inventor: Jan De Visser