Patents Examined by Shubo (Joe) Zhou
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Patent number: 9313978Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.Inventor: William M. Campbell
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Patent number: 9315819Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Edwards M. Allen, Sara E. Heisel, Sergey Ivashuta, Elysia K. Krieger, Jennifer Lutke, Robert J. Meister, Yuanji Zhang
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Patent number: 9307735Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: O. Lloyd May
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Patent number: 9307733Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Lawrence P. Burdett, Tim A. Dabbert, Richard H. Sheetz
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Patent number: 9309528Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Richard A. Dixon, Fang Chen, Zengyu Wang
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Patent number: 9307734Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Muhammad Bhatti, Roy G. Cantrell, Nilesh Dighe, Don Lee Keim, O. Lloyd May
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Patent number: 9301484Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Darren Jones, Richard Leske, Richard H. Sheetz
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Patent number: 9301490Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.Inventor: William H. Eby
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Patent number: 9290777Abstract: 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 SEQType: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPOREInventors: Prakash Pallathadka Kumar, Mandar Radhakisan Godge
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Patent number: 9282700Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventor: Homer Gene Caton
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Patent number: 9265212Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Nathaniel J. Page
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Patent number: 9267126Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.Inventor: Nikolaj Spodsberg
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Patent number: 9267125Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.Inventors: Elena Vlasenko, Brett McBrayer, Mary Stringer, Kirk Schnorr
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Patent number: 9260490Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: BASF Plant Science Company GmbHInventor: Yves Hatzfeld
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Patent number: 9258966Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Fufa H. Birru
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Patent number: 9258967Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Jon Popi
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Patent number: 9258968Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Marvin L. Boerboom
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Patent number: 9258998Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Yale UniversityInventors: Stephen L. Dellaporta, Ivan F. Acosta
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Patent number: 9243257Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Masaru Takagi, Miho Ikeda
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Patent number: 9237699Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Timothy A. Dabbert, Larry Burdett