Patents by Inventor Dean William Christensen

Dean William Christensen 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).

  • Patent number: 9968048
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00F910 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00F910 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00F910 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00F910, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00F910. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00F910.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Dean William Christensen, David B Fischer, Joseph Kevin Gogerty, Edwin Michael Grote, Wade Eugene Odland, Eric Scott Riedeman, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Gerhard P Weber
  • Patent number: 9955643
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90H605 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90H605 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90H605 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X90H605, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90H605. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90H605.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Lori Lisa Carrigan, Candida Braga Cabral, Dean William Christensen, Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Matthew David Walch, Gerhard P Weber
  • Patent number: 9861057
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05H206 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05H206 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05H206 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05H206, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05H206. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05H206.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Michael Adam Chandler, Dean William Christensen, David B Fischer, Edwin Michael Grote, Thomas Craig Kevern, Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, Michael Joseph O'Leary, Julia Xiuling Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170280652
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95H675 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95H675 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95H675 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95H675, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95H675. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95H675.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: CANDIDA BRAGA CABRAL, DEAN WILLIAM CHRISTENSEN, STEPHEN JOSEPH SZALMA, GERHARD P. WEBER
  • Publication number: 20170280658
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90H605 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90H605 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90H605 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X90H605, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90H605. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90H605.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: LORI LISA CARRIGAN, CANDIDA BRAGA CABRAL, DEAN WILLIAM CHRISTENSEN, GUSTAVO MARCELO GARCIA, STEPHEN JOSEPH SZALMA, MATTHEW DAVID WALCH, GERHARD P. WEBER
  • Patent number: 9775315
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95H675 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95H675 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95H675 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95H675, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95H675. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95H675.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Dean William Christensen, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Gerhard P. Weber
  • Patent number: 9770003
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95H678 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95H678 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95H678 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95H678, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95H678. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95H678.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Dean William Christensen, Jay Robert Hotchkiss, Eric Scott Riedeman, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Gerhard P Weber
  • Patent number: 9763415
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95H706 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95H706 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95H706 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95H706, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95H706. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95H706.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Dean William Christensen, Edwin Michael Grote, Michael Joseph O'Leary, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Gerhard P Weber
  • Patent number: 9756817
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00H326 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00H326 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00H326 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00H326, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00H326. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00H326.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Candida Braga Cabral, Dean William Christensen, Edwin Michael Grote, Wade Eugene Odland, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Gerhard P Weber
  • Patent number: 9699990
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95F553 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95F553 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95F553 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95F553, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95F553. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95F553.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Elliott Piper, Edwin Michael Grote, Dean William Christensen, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Gerhard P Weber
  • Patent number: 9681623
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00F915 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00F915 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00F915 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00F915, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00F915. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00F915.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, Eric Scott Riedeman, Jennifer Ann Tarter, Dean William Christensen, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Gerhard P Weber
  • Patent number: 9462763
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95D033 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95D033 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95D033 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95D033, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95D033. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95D033.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Elliott Piper, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Lori Lisa Carrigan, Edwin Michael Grote, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Joseph O'Leary, Julia Xiuling Zhang, Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, Dean William Christensen, Michael Adam Chandler
  • Patent number: 9332701
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95D040 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95D040 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95D040 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95D040, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95D040. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95D040.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, Stephen Joseph Szalma, Lori Lisa Carrigan, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Joseph O'Leary, Julia Xiuling Zhang, Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, Dean William Christensen, Michael Adam Chandler
  • Patent number: 9277705
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00D861 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X00D861 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00D861 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00D861, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00D861. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00D861.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Luis A. Verde Chifflet, Edwin Michael Grote, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Joseph O'Leary, Julia Xiuling Zhang, Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, Dean William Christensen, Michael Adam Chandler
  • Patent number: 9226467
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00D894 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X00D894 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00D894 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00D894, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00D894. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00D894.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Arbelbide, Edwin Michael Grote, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Joseph O'Leary, Julia Xiuling Zhang, Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, Dean William Christensen, Michael Adam Chandler
  • Patent number: 9144218
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95D076 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95D076 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95D076 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95D076, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95D076. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95D076.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Robert Hotchkiss, Julia Xiuling Zhang, Todd Elliot Piper, Edwin Michael Grote, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Joseph O'Leary, Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, Dean William Christensen, Michael Adam Chandler
  • Patent number: 9084407
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95D041 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95D041 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95D041 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95D041, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95D041. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95D041.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, Julia Xiuling Zhang, Todd Elliott Piper, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Joseph O'Leary, Suzanne Michelle Mickelson, Dean William Christensen, Michael Adam Chandler
  • Patent number: 8748714
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X03C208 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X03C208 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03C208 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03C208, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03C208. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03C208.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Barker, Matthew David Smalley, Travis J. Lee, Edwin Michael Grote, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Adam Chandler, Julia Xiuling Zhang, David B. Fischer, Dean William Christensen, Julie Ho, Michael Joseph O'Leary
  • Patent number: 8704038
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00C169 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X00C169 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00C169 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00C169, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00C169. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00C169.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Todd Elliott Piper, Edwin Michael Grote, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Adam Chandler, Julia Xiuling Zhang, David B. Fischer, Dean William Christensen, Julie Ho, Michael Joseph O'Leary
  • Patent number: 8674173
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95C442 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95C442 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95C442 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95C442, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95C442. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95C442.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, Todd Elliott Piper, Jay Robert Hotchkiss, Julie Ho, Thomas Craig Kevern, Michael Adam Chandler, Julia Xiuling Zhang, David B. Fischer, Dean William Christensen, Michael Joseph O'Leary