Patents Examined by Wayne Zhong
  • Method for producing galanthamine by a plant and electrical stimulation device
    Patent number: 11109538
    Abstract: A method for producing galanthamine using a plant, includes (a) performing a thermal treatment on a living plant to induce accumulation of galanthamine therein, wherein the living plant is a plant belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae; and (b) placing the living plant in a medium and performing an electrical stimulation treatment on the living plant to release the galanthamine from the living plant to the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen-Yin Chen, Tsung-Lin Yang, Yung-Chi Kuo
  • Soybean variety 5PYQQ43
    Patent number: 11096367
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PYQQ43 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PYQQ43, cells from soybean variety 5PYQQ43, plants of soybean 5PYQQ43, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PYQQ43. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PYQQ43 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PYQQ43, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PYQQ43, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PYQQ43. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PYQQ43 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Zachary Phillip Shearin
  • Algal lipid productivity via genetic modification of a signaling protein
    Patent number: 11098328
    Abstract: The present invention provides mutant microorganisms having attenuated expression of a gene encoding a polypeptide that includes a GAF domain wherein the mutant microorganisms have higher lipid productivity and/or exhibit increased partitioning of carbon to lipid as compared to wild-type microorganisms from which they are derived. Also provided are methods of producing lipids using the mutant microorganisms, guide RNAs, and nucleic acid constructs used for producing mutant microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
    Inventor: Imad Ajjawi
  • Tomato plants allowing the establishment of mites
    Patent number: 11091513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified Slmyc2 gene, which may comprise at least one modification as compared to the wild type sequence of SEQ ID No. 5, which modification leads to the reduction or absence of SlMYC2 protein activity, wherein the modified Slmyc2 gene is capable of conferring an aberrant glandular hair phenotype to a Solanum lycopersicum plant. The modification may be suitably selected from a modification that decreases the mRNA level of the Slmyc2 gene, a modification that decreases the level of the SlMYC2 protein and/or a modification that decreases the activity of the SlMYC2 protein, as compared to the wild type Slmyc2 gene of SEQ ID No. 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTELLT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Zeger Otto Van Herwijnen, Dörthe Bettina Dräger, Karel Jozef Florent Bolckmans, Yvonne Maria Van Houten, Jasper De Joode
  • Maize hybrid X13N224
    Patent number: 11083154
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13N224 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13N224 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N224 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N224, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N224 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N224 and methods of using maize variety X13N224 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Lora Lynn Kilgore-Norquest, Travis J Lee, Neway Challa Mengistu, Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH101192
    Patent number: 11058078
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101192. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101192, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101192 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 CH101192.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Bergemann, Marvin L. Boerboom, Wade Odland, Bradley A. Sockness
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH987816
    Patent number: 11058085
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH987816. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH987816, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH987816 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 CH987816.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Production of DHA and other LC PUFAs in plants
    Patent number: 11053511
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant host organisms genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using such organisms as well as products obtained from such organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Terence A. Walsh, Daniel Gachotte, Ann Owens Merlo, Dayakar Reddy Pareddy, James Metz, Scott Bevan, Jerry Kuner
  • Maize hybrid X08N732
    Patent number: 11044862
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08N732 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08N732 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08N732 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08N732, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08N732 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08N732 and methods of using maize variety X08N732 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Travis J Lee, Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Maize hybrid X05N281
    Patent number: 11044863
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05N281 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05N281 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05N281 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05N281, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05N281 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05N281 and methods of using maize variety X05N281 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Everton Alen Brenner, Travis J Lee, Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • events LBFLFK and LBFDAU and methods for detection thereof
    Patent number: 11033593
    Abstract: The present invention provides transgenic Brassica events LBFLFK and LBFDAU and progeny thereof, and cells, seeds, plants comprising DNA diagnostic for these events. The invention also provides artificial oligonucleotide primers and probes that are diagnostic for the LBFLFK and LBFDAU events and their progeny in a sample, and methods for detecting the presence of the LBFLFK and LBFDAU events and their progeny in a sample. The invention further provides oil and commodity products derived from the LBFLFK and LBFDAU events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Toralf Senger, Laurent Marty, Irene Kunze, Dietrich Rein, Joerg Bauer, Carl Andre
  • Engineered nucleases to generate deletion mutants in plants
    Patent number: 11021713
    Abstract: Methods are provided to mutate, in a targeted manner, the genome of a plant cell using a double stranded DNA break inducing enzyme. Also provided are plants, in particular Brassica plants that yield seeds producing oils having a reduced total saturated fatty acid content, and method for making such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Cargill, incorporated
    Inventor: Meridith Kammerzell
  • Maize inbred PH47WJ
    Patent number: 11019783
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH47WJ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47WJ with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47WJ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47WJ or a locus conversion of PH47WJ with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Benoit Revol
  • Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11015203
    Abstract: The disclosure provides DNA molecules and constructs, as well as their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants. The disclosure also provides nucleic acid sequences from Arabidopsis thaliana comprising novel regulatory elements identified from the AtHB17 gene. The disclosure also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided, as are methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Ahrens, Paul J. Loida, Elena A. Rice, J. Philip Taylor, Rebecca L. Thompson
  • Rice planthopper-sensitivity gene BGIOSGA015651 and use thereof
    Patent number: 11001855
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rice planthopper-sensitivity gene BGIOSGA015651 and the use thereof. The applicant found a gene BGIOSGA015651 for regulating rice planthopper-resistance by studying on rice varieties BG1222 and TN1. The gene expression level of BGIOSGA015651 in the insect-resistant variety is hundreds of times or more different from that of the insect-susceptible variety. The expression of this gene can be reduced or knocked out by molecular breeding methods or genetic engineering methods, resulting in that the insect-susceptible plant can obtain high insect-resistance. The resistance level of the insect-susceptible rice variety TN1 is of level 9 before knock-out, and the resistance level thereof is significantly increased to level 0-1 after the rice planthopper-sensitivity gene BGIOSGA015651 is knocked out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, GUANGDONG ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yifeng Li, Zhenfei Zhang, Hanxiang Xiao, Yanfang Li, Yang Zhang
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH100007
    Patent number: 10993396
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100007. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100007, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100007 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 CH100007.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richard G. Stelpflug, Rafael A. Mateo
  • Green alga bicarbonate transporter and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10982226
    Abstract: Provided herein are green alga Cia8 polypeptides and the polynucleotides that encode them. Also provided herein are transformed cells and transgenic plants that include one or more of the polynucleotides and/or polypeptides provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: James V. Moroney, Marylou C. Machingura, Joanna N. Bajsa-Hirschel
  • Increasing plant growth and yield by using a phenylalanine ammonia lyase sequence
    Patent number: 10982223
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for improving plant growth are provided herein. Polynucleotides encoding phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) proteins, polypeptides encompassing PAL proteins, and expression constructs for expressing genes of interest whose expression may improve agronomic properties including but not limited to crop yield, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, and early vigor, plants comprising the polynucleotides, polypeptides, and expression constructs, and methods of producing transgenic plants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Benson Hill, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Neil Gray, Henry D. Priest
  • Alpha amylase mutant inhibitors isolated from phaseolus vulgaris with properties of controlling insect pests, compositions containing such mutants, and method of using thereof
    Patent number: 10941387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of insect pests control, using methods and compositions which comprise of alpha-amylase analogous mutant inhibitors (?AIs). More specifically, the invention provides new ?AIs analogous mutant molecules for controlling insect pests, in particular boll weevils (Anthonomus grandis), partially or totally presenting reduction of the amylolytic activity of the digestive enzymes in the intestinal lumen of the insect. Other aspects of the invention include gene constructs containing the nucleic acid molecules that code for the alpha-amylase inhibitors, heterologous expression methods of the new molecules in the active form, and the use of these molecules for controlling insect pests. The invention also provides analogous synthetic genes optimized for their transformation and expression in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA—EMBRAPA
    Inventors: Maria Fatima Grossi De Sa, Maria Cristina Mattar Da Silva, Rafael Perseguini Del Sarto, Thales Lima Rocha
  • Agrobacterium for transient transfection of whole plants
    Patent number: 10934553
    Abstract: A process of transiently transfecting a plant or leaves on a plant, comprising contacting said plant or said leaves with a suspension comprising Agrobacterium cells of strain CryX or a derivative strain of strain CryX, wherein said derivative strain has the chromosomal background of strain CryX or said derivative strain contains the vir plasmid of strain CryX or a derivative of said vir plasmid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Nomad Bioscience GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Roemer, Luisa Bortesi, Doreen Tiede, Anatoli Giritch, Yuri Gleba