Patents by Inventor Benjamin Ford

Benjamin Ford 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).

  • Patent number: 12108723
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Ford, Azzeddine Douiyssi, William H. Goodwin, Russel Pinnisch, Jason Cromley, Thomas Joseph Prest
  • Patent number: 12090824
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle having a trailer coupled thereto includes a rear gate assembly of the vehicle having a first closure panel operable between an open position and a closed position. The system also includes at least one sensor coupled to the first closure panel. The system further includes a controller that prompts execution of a security measure in response to the at least one sensor detecting a person within a predetermined proximity of at least a portion of the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Kristopher Karl Brown, David Michael Diamond, Clayton Benjamin Ford
  • Publication number: 20240276939
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Ford, Azzeddine Douiyssi, William H. Goodwin, Russel Pinnisch, Jason Cromley, Thomas Joseph Prest
  • Patent number: 12016290
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated BFFX6715, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line BFFX6715 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line BFFX6715, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line BFFX6715, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Benjamin Ford
  • Patent number: 12012752
    Abstract: Electromagnetically shielded and self-supporting panels form a shielded enclosure. The use of prefabricated, shielded and self-supporting panels to construct an enclosure reduces the time and cost of constructing such an enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Benjamin Ford, Matthew Janish
  • Publication number: 20240188526
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated BFDL6602 and LRCJ7606, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line BFDL6602 and LRCJ7606 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line BFDL6602 and LRCJ7606, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line BFDL6602 and LRCJ7606, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Ford, Yifru Teklu
  • Publication number: 20240181897
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric motor that propels the vehicle, a battery that provides power to the electric motor, one or more power outlets that supply electric power from the battery to one or more external devices, and one or more controllers that, responsive to indication that a driving range is less than a threshold, disable one of the power outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Anna Frances Hardig HENDRICKSON, Ryan Wayne WARNER, Clayton Benjamin FORD, Andrew Peter ATTIVISSIMO, Emad KHAN, Jacob Michael HASPIEL, Joseph Ian HALASZYNSKI
  • Publication number: 20240147939
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated LFX7778 and KJH6322, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line LFX7778 and KJH6322 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line LFX7778 and KJH6322, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line LFX7778 and KJH6322, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Ford, Thomas Joseph Prest
  • Patent number: 11904761
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an exterior lighting system for a motor vehicle. An example system includes a plurality of lights configured to illuminate an area adjacent the motor vehicle, a plurality of sensors, and a controller configured to selectively activate and deactivate the lights based on signals from the sensors. The example system includes various aspects configured to preserve energy, including reducing the polling rate of sensors corresponding to deactivated lights, increasing light intensity in proportion to the speed of detected motion, and only illuminating those lights that correspond to locations of a recognized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein Berry, Clayton Benjamin Ford, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Dave Diamond
  • Publication number: 20230392430
    Abstract: A system includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel is configured to be movably mounted within a vehicle structure to move between an open position and a closed position. The second panel is moveable independently of the first panel within the vehicle structure by a drive mechanism between a deployed position and a non-deployed position. The second panel is automatically or selectively moved to the deployed position to provide a privacy mode within a passenger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Michael John Harmon, Jesse Rene Diephuis, David Brian Glickman, Clayton Benjamin Ford, Hussain Z. Tajmahal
  • Publication number: 20230360446
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a wireless transceiver configured to receive sampled data from a vehicle assistance device, the sampled data being from a plurality of sampling locations by the vehicle assistance device; and a controller programmed to generate a driving path using the plurality of sampling locations, and responsive to arriving at one of the sampling locations, adjust a vehicle setting using the sampled data corresponding to the one of the sampling locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Clayton Benjamin FORD, Ryan Wayne WARNER, Mark VOJTISEK, Anna Frances Hardig HENDRICKSON
  • Publication number: 20230345898
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated GIE2002, IID6072, LFF7352, LJC7589, and LJ16305, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line GIE2002, IID6072, LFF7352, LJC7589, and LJI6305 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line GIE2002, IID6072, LFF7352, LJC7589, and LJ16305, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line GIE2002, IID6072, LFF7352, LJC7589, and LJ16305, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Adrian Jan De Dreu, Russel Pinnisch, Yifru Teklu, Benjamin Ford
  • Patent number: 11712011
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated GIE2002, IID6072, LFF7352, LJC7589, and LJI6305, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line GIE2002, IID6072, LFF7352, LJC7589, and LJI6305 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line GIE2002, IID6072, LFF7352, LJC7589, and LJI6305, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line GIE2002, IID6072, LFF7352, LJC7589, and LJI6305, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Adrian Jan De Dreu, Russel Pinnisch, Yifru Teklu, Benjamin Ford
  • Patent number: 11708062
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling components of a vehicle are disclosed. The method includes the steps of sensing a current position of a rear closure panel with a closure panel position sensor, sensing a speed of the vehicle with a speed sensor, and sensing a current environmental condition with an environmental precipitation sensor. The method also includes adjusting a degree of openness of at least one window as a result of the closure panel position sensor indicating that the rear closure panel is in an open position, the speed sensor indicating that a speed of the vehicle is greater than zero kilometers per hour (kph), and the current environmental condition that is indicated by the environmental precipitation sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, David M. Diamond, Clayton Benjamin Ford, Alexander Douglas Long
  • Publication number: 20230148386
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated LDC6009, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line LDC6009 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line LDC6009, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line LDC6009, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventor: Benjamin Ford
  • Publication number: 20230143081
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated BFFX6715, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line BFFX6715 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line BFFX6715, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line BFFX6715, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventor: Benjamin Ford
  • Patent number: 11576337
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated LCJ6282, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line LCJ6282 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line LCJ6282, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line LCJ6282, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Benjamin Ford
  • Publication number: 20220412077
    Abstract: Electromagnetically shielded and self-supporting panels form a shielded enclosure. The use of prefabricated, shielded and self-supporting panels to construct an enclosure reduces the time and cost of constructing such an enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Benjamin Ford, Matthew Janish
  • Patent number: 11479967
    Abstract: Electromagnetically shielded and self-supporting panels form a shielded enclosure. The use of prefabricated, shielded and self-supporting panels to construct an enclosure reduces the time and cost of constructing such an enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Benjamin Ford, Matthew Janish
  • Publication number: 20220325569
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle comprises first and second closure panels of the vehicle that are operable between open and closed positions, and at least one sensor coupled to the first closure panel that detects an obstruction in a pivot path of the second closure panel. The first closure panel forms at least a portion of a rear gate assembly of the vehicle. A controller receives data from the at least one sensor and prompts a vehicle action based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Kristopher Karl Brown, David Michael Diamond, Clayton Benjamin Ford