Patents Examined by Shubo (Joe) Zhou
  • Patent number: 9313978
    Abstract: Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 10CR125117, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-122327. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 10CR125117 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: William M. Campbell
  • Patent number: 9315819
    Abstract: This invention provides molecular constructs and methods for the temporally specific control of gene expression in plants or in plant pests or pathogens. More specifically, this invention provides plant miRNA genes having novel circadian expression patterns that are useful for designing recombinant DNA constructs for temporally specific expression of at least one gene. Also provided are non-natural transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing in their genome a recombinant DNA construct of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Edwards M. Allen, Sara E. Heisel, Sergey Ivashuta, Elysia K. Krieger, Jennifer Lutke, Robert J. Meister, Yuanji Zhang
  • Patent number: 9307735
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 13R352B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 13R352B2R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 13R352B2R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 13R352B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: O. Lloyd May
  • Patent number: 9307733
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 12R244R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 12R244R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 12R244R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 12R244R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence P. Burdett, Tim A. Dabbert, Richard H. Sheetz
  • Patent number: 9309528
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for increasing the level of fermentable carbohydrates in a biofuel crop plant such as alfalfa or switchgrass, by modification of the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Also provided are plants prepared by the methods of the invention. Methods for processing plant tissue and for producing ethanol by utilizing such plants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Dixon, Fang Chen, Zengyu Wang
  • Patent number: 9307734
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 13R347B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 13R347B2R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 13R347B2R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 13R347B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Muhammad Bhatti, Roy G. Cantrell, Nilesh Dighe, Don Lee Keim, O. Lloyd May
  • Patent number: 9301484
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 13R315B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 13R315B2R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 13R315B2R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 13R315B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Darren Jones, Richard Leske, Richard H. Sheetz
  • Patent number: 9301490
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 48364117 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 48364117, to the plants of soybean cultivar 48364117, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 48364117, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 48364117. 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 48364117. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 48364117, 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 48364117 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 9290777
    Abstract: A method of modulating the expression of at least one trait in a plant, the method comprising the step of modulating the expression of at least one polypeptide by the plant, wherein the polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of: i) a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO:1; ii) a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of any one or more of from amino acid 1 to amino acid 7, from amino acid 9 to amino acid 230, from amino acid 1 to amino acid 58, from amino acid 77 to amino acid 485, from amino acid 59 to amino acid 76, from amino acid 150 to amino acid 191, from amino acid 231 to amino acid 405, and from amino acid 406 to amino acid 438 of SEQ ID NO: 1, or at equivalent positions in a homologue thereof, and which is capable of modulating cytokinin signaling in the plant; iii) a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Prakash Pallathadka Kumar, Mandar Radhakisan Godge
  • Patent number: 9282700
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated JH6530, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line JH6530 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line JH6530, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line JH6530, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Homer Gene Caton
  • Patent number: 9265212
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV890045. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV890045, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV890045 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 CV890045 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 CV890045.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel J. Page
  • Patent number: 9267126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventor: Nikolaj Spodsberg
  • Patent number: 9267125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Elena Vlasenko, Brett McBrayer, Mary Stringer, Kirk Schnorr
  • Patent number: 9260490
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a BET1-like polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding this BET1-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a CRT (Calreticulin). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a Calreticulin, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventor: Yves Hatzfeld
  • Patent number: 9258966
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV576465. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV576465, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV576465 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 CV576465 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 CV576465.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Fufa H. Birru
  • Patent number: 9258967
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV810262. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV810262, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV810262 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 CV810262 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 CV810262.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jon Popi
  • Patent number: 9258968
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV858409. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV858409, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV858409 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 CV858409 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 CV858409.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Marvin L. Boerboom
  • Patent number: 9258998
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling the sexuality of a plant comprising treating the plant with a composition comprising a compound selected from the group consisting of jasmonic acid, a jasmonic acid derivative, and a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Stephen L. Dellaporta, Ivan F. Acosta
  • Patent number: 9243257
    Abstract: Provided is a peptide which is capable of repressing transcription in a plant and which can be used in the CRES-T (a simple and widely applicable means for repressing gene transcription). Also provided is a gene encoding the peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masaru Takagi, Miho Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9237699
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 11R154B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 11R154B2R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 11R154B2R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 11R154B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Dabbert, Larry Burdett