Patents by Inventor Charles James Baxter

Charles James Baxter 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).

  • TOMATO PLANT PRODUCING FRUITS WITH MODIFIED SUGAR CONTENT
    Publication number: 20210321587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tomato plants producing fruits displaying a modified sugar content, particularly displaying an increased sucrose content. The present invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example fruits. The present invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The present invention also relates to a novel sucrose modifier SucMod allele, which, when combined with a sucrose accumulation TIV allele derived from a green-fruited wild tomato accession, significantly alters the proportion of sugar stored in the fruit, confers increased fruit sucrose content at the expense of hexose sugars and results in a fruit with a distinctive flavour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development,Agricultural Research Organization, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Arthur Schaffer, Michal Moy, Naomi Houminer, Marina Petreikov, Yelena Yeselson, Daniel Rickett, Julien Bonnet, Charles James Baxter
  • Tomato fruit having increased firmness
    Patent number: 10888056
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles James Baxter, Natalie Helene Chapman, Ian Puddephat, Graham Barron Seymour
  • TOMATO FRUIT HAVING INCREASED FIRMNESS
    Publication number: 20190313594
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles James Baxter, Natalie Helene Chapman, Ian Puddephat, Graham Barron Seymour
  • Tomato fruit having increased firmness
    Patent number: 10362741
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles James Baxter, Natalie Helene Chapman, Ian Puddephat, Graham Barron Seymour
  • TOMATO FRUIT HAVING INCREASED FIRMNESS
    Publication number: 20150237817
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Charles James Baxter, Natalie Helene Chapman, Ian Puddephat, Graham Barron Seymour
  • Tomato fruit having increased firmness
    Patent number: 8987549
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Charles James Baxter, Natalie Helene Chapman, Ian Puddephat, Graham Barron Seymour
  • TOMATO FRUIT HAVING INCREASED FIRMNESS
    Publication number: 20120204284
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Charles James Baxter, Natalie Helene Chapman, Ian Puddephat, Graham Barron Seymour