Patents by Inventor Brandon Rapier

Brandon Rapier 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).

  • Recovery of genomic DNA from remnant extracted seed samples
    Patent number: 9631232
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns the isolation of nucleic acids (e.g., genomic DNA) from plant seed material that has been defatted. In some embodiments, such nucleic acids are of sufficient quality and abundance that they may be used in an amplification-based genetic analysis technique; for example and without limitation, to make selections in a plant breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Rapier, Carol Powers, Christof Stoll
  • Pericarp DNA extraction and matrilineage determination
    Patent number: 9416394
    Abstract: Methods for separating pericarp tissue from surrounding tissues in grain are provided. Included are methods for isolation of high-purity pericarp DNA from a grain plant that reflects the genotype of the maternal parent of the grain plant, such that the isolated DNA may be used in a PCR-based genotyping assay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Rapier, Amy Pierce, Jennifer Hamilton, Ana Paula Canu, Juan Pablo Raimondi, Thomas G. Patterson, Nitigna Heath
  • RECOVERY OF GENOMIC DNA FROM REMNANT EXTRACTED SEED SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20140170651
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns the isolation of nucleic acids (e.g., genomic DNA) from plant seed material that has been defatted. In some embodiments, such nucleic acids are of sufficient quality and abundance that they may be used in an amplification-based genetic analysis technique; for example and without limitation, to make selections in a plant breeding program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Rapier, Carol Powers, Christof Stoll