Patents by Inventor Carl J. Braun

Carl J. Braun 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).

  • Slow-maturing, determinate peas
    Patent number: 9029640
    Abstract: A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: David Webster, Carl J. Braun, III
  • Methods for coupling resistance alleles in tomato
    Patent number: 8785720
    Abstract: A Lycopersicon esculentum plant comprising within its genome at least one tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) resistance allele and at least one root knot nematode resistance allele, characterized in that the resistance alleles are present in coupling phase at different loci on one chromosome and in that the plant is highly resistant both against TYLCV and to at least one root knot nematode species selected from the group consisting of Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne javanica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacobus Gerardus Joannes Hoogstraten, Carl J. Braun, III
  • METHODS FOR TRAIT MAPPING IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20130040826
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for identifying the nucleic acid sequences responsible for phenotypic traits in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Carl J. Braun, III, David Caldwell, Joel Kniskern, Ryan Rapp
  • Slow-Maturing, Determinate Peas
    Publication number: 20120311735
    Abstract: A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventors: David Webster, Carl J. Braun, III
  • Slow-maturing, determinate peas
    Patent number: 8269067
    Abstract: A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: David Webster, Carl J. Braun, III
  • Slow-Maturing, Determinate Peas
    Publication number: 20110088127
    Abstract: A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventors: David Webster, Carl J. Braun, III
  • Slow-maturing, determinate peas
    Patent number: 7906708
    Abstract: A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: David Webster, Carl J. Braun, III
  • METHODS FOR COUPLING RESISTANCE ALLELES IN TOMATO
    Publication number: 20100212048
    Abstract: A Lycopersicon esculentum plant comprising within its genome at least one tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) resistance allele and at least one root knot nematode resistance allele, characterized in that the resistance alleles are present in coupling phase at different loci on one chromosome and in that the plant is highly resistant both against TYLCV and to at least one root knot nematode species selected from the group consisting of Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne javanica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: JACOBUS GERARDUS JOANNES HOOGSTRATEN, CARL J. BRAUN, III
  • SLOW-MATURING, DETERMINATE PEAS
    Publication number: 20100017903
    Abstract: A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: DAVID WEBSTER, CARL J. BRAUN, III
  • Methods for coupling resistance alleles in tomato
    Patent number: 7615689
    Abstract: A Lycopersicon esculentum plant comprising within its genome at least one tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) resistance allele and at least one root knot nematode resistance allele, characterized in that the resistance alleles are present in coupling phase at different loci on one chromosome and in that the plant is highly resistant both against TYLCV and to at least one root knot nematode species selected from the group consisting of Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne javanica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Seminis Vegatable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacobus Gerardus Joannes Hoogstraten, Carl J. Braun, III
  • Slow-Maturing, Determinate Peas
    Publication number: 20080301843
    Abstract: A determinate pea plant, where peas of the pea plant have a wrinkled-seed phenotype, and where the pea plant is slow-maturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: David Webster, Carl J. Braun lll
  • Modified urf13-T protein
    Patent number: 5807998
    Abstract: A protein and gene encoding it are disclosed which confer sensitivity to B. maydis T toxin and the insecticide methomyl, in cells carrying the gene and expressing the protein. Toxin sensitivity domains of the protein have been identified wherein a modification yields a toxin-insensitive product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignees: Mycogen Plant Science, Inc., North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Charles S. Levings, III, Ralph E. Dewey, Carl J. Braun
  • Method of detecting toxins using host cells expressing an urf13-T gene
    Patent number: 5597698
    Abstract: A protein and gene encoding it are disclosed which confer sensitivity to B. maydis T toxin and the insecticide methomyl, in cells carrying the gene and expressing the protein. Toxin sensitivity domains of the protein have been identified wherein a modification yields a toxin-insensitive product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Mycogen Plant Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles S. Levings, III, Ralph E. Dewey, Carl J. Braun
  • Method of detecting toxin-insensitive urf13-T protein
    Patent number: 5576179
    Abstract: A protein and gene encoding it are disclosed which confer sensitivity to B. maydis T toxin and the insecticide methomyl, in cells carrying the gene and expressing the protein. Toxin sensitivity domains of the protein have been identified wherein a modification yields a toxin-insensitive product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignees: Mycogen Plant Sciences, Inc., North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Charles S. Levings, III, Ralph E. Dewey, Carl J. Braun
  • Modified unF-13 protein and gene
    Patent number: 5409837
    Abstract: A unf. 13 protein and gene encoding it are disclosed which confer sensitivity to B. maydis T toxin and the insecticide methomyl, in cells carrying the gene and expressing the protein. Toxin sensitivity domains of the protein have been identified wherein a modification yields a toxin-insensitive product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Mycogen Plant Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles S. Levings, III, Ralph E. Dewey, Carl J. Braun