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).
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Patent number: 12108723Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Benjamin Ford, Azzeddine Douiyssi, William H. Goodwin, Russel Pinnisch, Jason Cromley, Thomas Joseph Prest
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Patent number: 12090824Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Kristopher Karl Brown, David Michael Diamond, Clayton Benjamin Ford
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Publication number: 20240276939Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Benjamin Ford, Azzeddine Douiyssi, William H. Goodwin, Russel Pinnisch, Jason Cromley, Thomas Joseph Prest
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Patent number: 12016290Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AGInventor: Benjamin Ford
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Patent number: 12012752Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Inventors: Thomas Benjamin Ford, Matthew Janish
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Publication number: 20240188526Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AGInventors: Benjamin Ford, Yifru Teklu
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Publication number: 20240181897Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Anna Frances Hardig HENDRICKSON, Ryan Wayne WARNER, Clayton Benjamin FORD, Andrew Peter ATTIVISSIMO, Emad KHAN, Jacob Michael HASPIEL, Joseph Ian HALASZYNSKI
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Publication number: 20240147939Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AGInventors: Benjamin Ford, Thomas Joseph Prest
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Patent number: 11904761Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein Berry, Clayton Benjamin Ford, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Dave Diamond
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Publication number: 20230392430Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Michael John Harmon, Jesse Rene Diephuis, David Brian Glickman, Clayton Benjamin Ford, Hussain Z. Tajmahal
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Publication number: 20230360446Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Clayton Benjamin FORD, Ryan Wayne WARNER, Mark VOJTISEK, Anna Frances Hardig HENDRICKSON
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Publication number: 20230345898Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AGInventors: Adrian Jan De Dreu, Russel Pinnisch, Yifru Teklu, Benjamin Ford
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Patent number: 11712011Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AGInventors: Adrian Jan De Dreu, Russel Pinnisch, Yifru Teklu, Benjamin Ford
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Patent number: 11708062Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, David M. Diamond, Clayton Benjamin Ford, Alexander Douglas Long
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Publication number: 20230148386Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AGInventor: Benjamin Ford
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Publication number: 20230143081Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AGInventor: Benjamin Ford
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Patent number: 11576337Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AGInventor: Benjamin Ford
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Publication number: 20220412077Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Thomas Benjamin Ford, Matthew Janish
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Patent number: 11479967Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Inventors: Thomas Benjamin Ford, Matthew Janish
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Publication number: 20220325569Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Kristopher Karl Brown, David Michael Diamond, Clayton Benjamin Ford