Patents Examined by Steven Bernacki
  • Soybean variety S110154
    Patent number: 8754301
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated S110154. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety S110154. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety S110154 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety S110154 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jennifer L. Yates
  • Polynucleotides and polypeptides involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing
    Patent number: 8748697
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding polypeptides involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing. The invention also relates to construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the polypeptide involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels in a transformed host cell of the polypeptide involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Hajime Sakai, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • Inbred corn line XHA21BM
    Patent number: 8742229
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated XHA21BM, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line XHA21BM, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line XHA21BM with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line XHA21BM with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHA21BM, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHA21BM and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve J. Plehn
  • Cotton variety FM 9103GT
    Patent number: 8742226
    Abstract: The cotton variety FM 9103GT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 9103GT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of FM 9103GT and to plants of FM 9103GT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from FM 9103GT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: David Becker, Margaret Shields
  • Bacteria and method for controlling plant disease using the same
    Patent number: 8728459
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for imparting resistance against pathogenic fungal, pathogenic bacterial, or pathogenic viral disease to agriculturally useful plants. The present invention relates to a bacterium belonging to the genus Azospirillum or the genus Herbaspirillum capable of imparting resistance against pathogenic fungal, pathogenic bacterial, or pathogenic viral disease to a host plant by living symbiotically within the plant, a method for controlling plant disease using the bacteria, and plants produced by such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd., Riken
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Isawa, Michiko Yasuda, Satoshi Shinozaki, Hideo Nakashita, Toshiaki Kudo
  • Tobacco having reduced amounts of amino acids and methods for producing such lines
    Patent number: 8716571
    Abstract: The present invention discloses genetically modified tobacco plants, and tobacco products derived from such plants, comprising a decrease in at least one amino acid such that upon heating and/or burning, the tobacco plant or a portion thereof generates reduced levels of a compound derived from the at least one amino acid as compared to an unmodified parent tobacco plant or a portion thereof. In an embodiment, the tobacco generates reduced levels of acrylamide and/or acrylonitrile upon heating and/or burning of the tobacco as compared to an unmodified parent tobacco line. These plants are useful for improving tobacco products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Reynolds Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patsy Elizabeth Elliott, Darlene Madeline Lawson, Serban C. Moldoveanu
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH424126
    Patent number: 8710329
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH424126. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH424126, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH424126 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 CH424126.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Allen C. Faue, Richard G. Stelpflug, L. John Frederickson, Rafael A. Mateo
  • Soybean variety A1026431
    Patent number: 8697954
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026431. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026431. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026431 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026431 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Floyd Hancock
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH162086
    Patent number: 8692094
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH162086. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH162086, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH162086 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 CH162086.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gary R. Stangland, Peter J. Lynch
  • gene with lepidopteran activity
    Patent number: 8692065
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Andre R. Abad, Deirdre M. Kapka-Kitzman, John P. Mathis, Thomas C. Wolfe
  • Maize hybrid X08C971
    Patent number: 8686249
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C971 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C971 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C971 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C971, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C971. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C971.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: David Walter Whitaker, William Andrew Wilson, Matthew David Smalley
  • Maize hybrid X05B912
    Patent number: 8686248
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05B912 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X05B912 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05B912 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05B912, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05B912. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05B912.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, William Andrew Wilson, Mark Cooper
  • Protein expression system
    Patent number: 8674084
    Abstract: The inventions is based on an expression enhancer sequence derived from the RNA-2 genome segment of a bipartite RNA virus, in which a target initiation site in the RNA-2 genome segment has been mutated. Deletion of appropriate start codons upstream of the main RNA2 translation initiation can greatly increase in foreign protein accumulation without the need for viral replication. Also provided are methods, vectors and systems, including the ‘hyper-translatable’ Cowpea Mosaic Virus (‘CPMV-HT’) based protein expression system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: Frank Sainsbury, George Peter Lomonossoff
  • Soybean variety A1026705
    Patent number: 8669433
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026705. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026705. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026705 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026705 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Jury, Charlotte Sartell, Travis Williamson
  • Soybean variety A1026708
    Patent number: 8669434
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026708. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026708. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026708 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026708 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Roger Lussenden, Travis Williamson
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH007769
    Patent number: 8669440
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH007769. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH007769, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH007769 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 CH007769.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Mark J. Brinkman, Kevin D. Eichelberger, Sarah Gehlhar, Gregory J. Holland, Daniel J. Lubich, Jeffrey L. McElroy, Laron L. Peters, Duane A. Potrzeba, Hector Ramirez de Leon
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH140757
    Patent number: 8669439
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH140757. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH140757, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH140757 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 CH140757.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mark J. Brinkman, Gary R. Stangland, Peter J. Lynch
  • Soybean variety A1026434
    Patent number: 8658867
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026434. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026434. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026434 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026434 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Floyd Hancock
  • Soybean variety A1026437
    Patent number: 8658868
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026437. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026437. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026437 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026437 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Gilsinger, James M. Narvel, Vergel Concibido, George James Baley
  • Soybean variety A1026473
    Patent number: 8653342
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026473. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026473. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026473 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026473 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jesse Gilsinger