Patents by Inventor Dan Nettleton

Dan Nettleton 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).

  • QTL regulating ear productivity traits in maize
    Patent number: 8779233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining an ear productivity trait in maize, which involves analyzing genomic DNA from a maize plant, germplasm, pollen, or seed for the presence of a molecular marker linked to a QTL associated with an ear productivity trait in maize. Also disclosed are methods of selecting a maize plant with a desired ear productivity trait; reliably and predictably introgressing an improved ear productivity trait into a maize line; and producing a maize line having a desired ear productivity trait. A kit for selecting a maize plant by marker assisted selection of a QTL associated with a desired ear productivity trait; an isolated nucleic acid comprising a QTL associated with an ear productivity trait in maize; and a transgenic plant comprising a recombinant nucleic acid genetically linked to a locus in maize, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick S. Schnable, Jinliang Yang, Ruth A. Swanson-Wagner, Dan Nettleton