Patents by Inventor Adam M. Wentzell

Adam M. Wentzell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and Compositions for Watermelon with Improved Processing Qualities and Firmness
    Publication number: 20210378195
    Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventors: Greg TOLLA, Benito JUAREZ, Fred McCUISTION, Joseph J. KING, Eleni BACHLAVA, Adam M. WENTZELL, Jeffrey M. MILLS
  • Methods and compositions for watermelon with improved processing qualities and firmness
    Patent number: 11044860
    Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Tolla, Benito Juarez, Fred McCuistion, Joseph J. King, Eleni Bachlava, Adam M. Wentzell, Jeffrey M. Mills
  • Methods and compositions for producing plants with elevated brix
    Patent number: 10271487
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the production of Cucumis melo plants with elevated Brix and/or enhanced fruit color. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix. The invention allows introgression of the identified high Brix QTL in an desired genetic background of a sexually compatible plant species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Eleni Bachlava, Joseph J. King, Subash Krishnamurthy, Jeffrey M. Mills, Adam M. Wentzell
  • Methods and compositions for watermelon firmness
    Patent number: 10036032
    Abstract: The invention provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Benito Juarez, Joseph J. King, Eleni Bachlava, Adam M. Wentzell, Jeffrey M. Mills
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING PLANTS WITH ELEVATED BRIX
    Publication number: 20170188532
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the production of Cucumis melo plants with elevated Brix and/or enhanced fruit color. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix. The invention allows introgression of the identified high Brix QTL in an desired genetic background of a sexually compatible plant species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Eleni Bachlava, Joseph J. King, Subash Krishnamurthy, Jeffrey M. Mills, Adam M. Wentzell
  • Methods and compositions for producing plants with elevated Brix
    Patent number: 9580724
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the production of Cucumis melo plants with elevated Brix and/or enhanced fruit color. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix. The invention allows introgression of the identified high Brix QTL in an desired genetic background of a sexually compatible plant species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Eleni Bachlava, Joseph J. King, Subash Krishnamurthy, Jeffrey M. Mills, Adam M. Wentzell
  • Methods and Compositions for Watermelon with Improved Processing Qualities and Firmness
    Publication number: 20160029584
    Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Greg TOLLA, Benito JUAREZ, Fred McCUISTION, Joseph J. KING, Eleni BACHLAVA, Adam M. WENTZELL, Jeffrey M. MILLS
  • Methods and Compositions for Watermelon Firmness
    Publication number: 20150376635
    Abstract: The invention provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventors: Benito Juarez, Joseph J. King, Eleni Bachlava, Adam M. Wentzell, Jeffrey M. Mills
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING PLANTS WITH ELEVATED BRIX
    Publication number: 20130298278
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the production of Cucumis melo plants with elevated Brix and/or enhanced fruit color. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix. The invention allows introgression of the identified high Brix QTL in an desired genetic background of a sexually compatible plant species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventors: Eleni Bachlava, Joseph J. King, Subash Krishnamurthy, Jeffrey M. Mills, Adam M. Wentzell
  • Methods and Compositions for Watermelon Firmness
    Publication number: 20130055466
    Abstract: The invention provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Benito Juarez, Joseph J. King, Eleni Bachlava, Adam M. Wentzell, Jeffrey M. Mills