Patents Examined by Wayne Zhong
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Patent number: 10638681Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH337729. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH337729, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH337729 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 CH337729.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Marvin L. Boerboom, Sarah M. Reed, Richard G. Stelpflug
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Patent number: 10638689Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of lettuce breeding, in particular to Quantitative Trait Loci for resistance against the lettuce aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri biotype Nr:1 and to cultivated lettuce comprising one or more of these Quantitative Trait Loci.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.Inventors: Robert Theodorus Gerardus Schaareman, Vincent Pierre Andre Thomas, Adrianus J. M. Van Der Arend, Robert Johannes Martinus Raedts, Olga Julian Rodriguez
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Patent number: 10638679Abstract: The present invention relates to the generation and cultivation of plant cell material in the form of a non-tissue multilayer cell pack and its use for the accumulation or harvesting of a desired product. In particular, the invention provides a method for the generation of plant cell material in the form of a medium-deprived, porous structured and non-tissue multilayer cell pack and for the subsequent maintenance of said cell pack, comprising the steps of (i) providing a cell pack by separating cells from a plant cell suspension culture, wherein the content of the liquid comprised by the cell pack is reduced and adjusted to correspond to a cell pack density between 0.1 and 0.9 g wet cell weight per cm3, thereby establishing the medium-deprived and porous structured nature of said cell pack, and (ii) incubating said medium-deprived and porous structured cell pack in a non-liquid environment under a relative humidity of 50 to 100%.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.VInventor: Thomas Rademacher
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Patent number: 10631492Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Boronda and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AGInventors: Yaojin Peng, Ravneet Behla
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Patent number: 10597676Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of controlling insect pests, in particular Leptinotarsa spp. which infest crop plants, and methods of providing plants resistant to such pests. Also disclosed are polynucleotides and recombinant DNA molecules and constructs useful in such methods, insecticidal compositions such as topical sprays containing insecticidal double-stranded RNAs, and solanaceous plants with improved resistance to infestation by Leptinotarsa spp. Further disclosed are methods of selecting target genes for RNAi-mediated silencing and control of Leptinotarsa spp.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Jodi Lynn Beattie, Michael John Crawford, Brian Donovan Eads, Lex Evan Flagel, Mahak Kapoor, Christina Marie Taylor
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Patent number: 10597675Abstract: Described herein are downy mildew resistant genes in sunflower and downy mildew resistance sunflower plants. Specifically, the present invention relates to sunflower plants being resistant to the plant pathogen downy mildew, wherein the plant comprises a downy mildew resistance conferring gene encoding a protein including the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 4 and wherein the expression of the resistance conferring gene is reduced as compared to the expression of said resistance conferring gene in a sunflower plant not being resistant to the plant pathogen downy mildew or the enzymatic activity of said protein is reduced as compared to the enzymatic activity of said protein in a sunflower plant not being resistant to the plant pathogen downy mildew.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: SCIENZA BIOTECHNOLOGIES 5 B.V.Inventors: Christianus Cornelis Nicolaas Van Schie, Tieme Zeilmaker
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Patent number: 10595494Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PEFM24 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PEFM24, cells from soybean variety 5PEFM24, plants of soybean 5PEFM24, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PEFM24. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PEFM24 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PEFM24, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PEFM24, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PEFM24. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PEFM24 are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Thomas Charles Corbin, Tara Lynch Slaminko
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Patent number: 10588280Abstract: Provided herein are delivery methods of a plant treatment agent to a tissue of a plant, wherein the tissue is contacted with a plant treatment agent and delivery is aided by a centrifugal force applied to the plant. Disclosed herein is the discovery that drastic improvements in treatment delivery occur when plants are centrifuged after being contacted, submerged, unsubmerged, soaked, etc. in a solution containing a plant treatment agent. In one embodiment, haploid plants contacted with a colchicine solution are centrifuged to reveal improved chromosomal doubling rates as compared to control plants.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Huachun Larue, Fenggao Dong
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Patent number: 10570402Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the production of transgenic plants through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cells of somatic embryogenic calli or embryogenic suspension cultures and regeneration of the transformed cells into fruit-setting plants. In particular, the present invention relates to the production of transgenic plants in the Euphorbiaceae family. The present invention further relates to media compositions, selection methods and engineered Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains that improve Agrobacterium-mediated transformation efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory LimitedInventors: Lin Cai, Longhua Sun, Lin Fu, Lianghui Ji
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Patent number: 10568281Abstract: Provided is a pretreatment method for directly seeding an in vitro microtuber in an open field including: sterilizing a washed in vitro microtuber with chlorine dioxide and drying the sterilized in vitro microtuber; irradiating the dried in vitro microtuber with light and greening the dried in vitro microtuber; putting the greened in vitro microtuber in a storage container and storing the greened in vitro microtuber in a temperature range of 2 to 4° C.; and germinating the in vitro microtuber. The in vitro microtuber can quickly adapt to environment when directly seeded on a field, an early-stage management of the in vitro microtuber is facilitated, and physiological functions thereof such as vitamin synthesis is activated.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: E GREEN GLOBAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Keejoon Shin, Eunyoung Jeon, Euna Seol, Jiyoung Park, Dongkeun Lee
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Patent number: 10561100Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067742. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067742. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067742 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067742 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Philip A. Owen
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Patent number: 10561096Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 46674811. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 46674811, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 46674811 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 46674811.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: AGRIGENETICS , INC.Inventors: Dean W. Nordick, Magan Lewis
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Patent number: 10557141Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method of producing a transgenic plant. Said method comprises, inter alia, the steps of a) providing a wounded transformable explant comprising a hypocotyl or a portion thereof, at least one cotyledon and wounded tissue, b) transforming cells comprised by said explant, and c) transferring said explant to a growing medium, comprising at least one selection compound for a selectable marker, by inserting the hypocotyl of said explant into said growing medium. Moreover, the present invention relates to a plant obtainable by the method according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventors: Yin-Fu Chang, Aparna Sri Vanguri, Leslie Grist, Holly Tuttle, Hai Ping Hong, Paula Olhoft
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Patent number: 10550399Abstract: This invention provides a method of plant transformation via Agrobacterium comprising inoculating and infecting a plant with an Agrobacterium carrying a foreign-gene-containing vector under application of a plant growth-inhibiting hormone. This invention also provides a method of plant transformation via Agrobacterium comprising transforming a plant with an Agrobacterium carrying a vector comprising a T-DNA region in which a foreign gene is contained but no selectable marker gene is contained.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Yozo Nagira, Ryozo Imai, Kentaro Sasaki, Naoaki Taoka, Keiji Matsumoto, Masahiro Nogawa, Mineo Kojima
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Patent number: 10526611Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of host cells, such as plant cells, wherein the host cells overexpress light-dependent short hypocotyls 10 (LSH10) protein. The methods of the invention comprise Agrobacterium-mediated transfer of T-DNA to a plant cell, wherein the T-DNA contains a DNA of interest to be inserted into a plant genome at a homologous position.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Stanton B Gelvin, Lan-Ying Lee, Yaling Wang
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Patent number: 10526612Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plant transformation method that is convenient and is widely applicable to various types of plant cells and nucleic acids. The present invention relates to a method for transforming a target plant, comprising the steps of: a) contacting a carrier peptide comprising a cell-penetrating sequence and a polycation sequence with a nucleic acid to form a complex; b) contacting the obtained complex with a cell of a meristem of the target plant to transfer the nucleic acid to the genome; c) allowing the meristem to grow; and d) selecting a plant harboring the transferred nucleic acid.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: RikenInventors: Keiji Numata, Takeshi Yoshizumi, Yutaka Kodama
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Patent number: 10519200Abstract: The disclosure provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidopteran and Coleopteran. Particular embodiments of the disclosure 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: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignees: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Andre Abad, Hua Dong, Janet Rice, Xiaomei Shi
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Patent number: 10513680Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing biomass feedstock, by cultivating green microalgae cells in which the expression and/or the activity of the dual-specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation-regulated kinase (DYRKP-1) protein is altered, inducing reserve accumulation and/or increase in biomass production by said microalgae.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Miriam Schulz-Raffelt, Vincent Chochois, Yonghua Li-Beisson, Gilles Peltier
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Patent number: 10501750Abstract: Provided are isolated polynucleotides at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 1-479, 813-5173, 8511, 8513, 8515, 8517, 8519, 8521, 8523, 9096-9141 and 9142; and isolated polypeptides at least 80% homologous to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 624, 480-623, 625-812, 5174-7015, 7017-7021, 7024, 7026-8510, 8512, 8514, 8516, 8518, 8520, 8522, 8524, 9143-9177, such as the polypeptides set forth in SEQ ID NO:480-812, 5174-8510, 8512, 8514, 8516, 8518, 8520, 8522, 8524, and 9143-9177, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells and plants expressing same and methods of using same for increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Evogene Ltd.Inventors: Limor Poraty-Gavra, Eyal Emmanuel, Hagai Karchi
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Patent number: 10492405Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-10 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-10 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-10 RZ.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.Inventors: Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits, Clément Michel Bernard Morice