Patents by Inventor Donald Anstrom

Donald Anstrom 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: 8008541
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of identifying plants with enhanced agronomic traits within a larger population of plants grown from a randomly planted set of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Donald Anstrom, Paul Chomet, Adrian Lund
  • Publication number: 20090100544
    Abstract: Transgenic corn plants having recombinant DNA for expressing a protein or proteins that provides water-deficit tolerance have improved yield under water deficit conditions and improved fungal resistance, and exhibit lower levels of colonization by mycotoxins in grain that is harvested from plants that experience water deficit tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Donald Anstrom, Bruce Hammond, John Headrick, Jacqueline E. Heard
  • Publication number: 20080057511
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of identifying plants with enhanced agronomic traits within a larger population of plants grown from a randomly planted set of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Donald Anstrom, Paul Chomet, Adrian Lund
  • Publication number: 20060179511
    Abstract: This disclosure describes screening a population of transgenic plants derived from plant cells transformed with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins with homeobox domains to identify plant cells of specific transgenic events that are useful for imparting enhanced traits to transgenic crop plants. Traits include enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, increased yield, enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced tolerance to cold stress and/or improved seed compositions. Also disclosed are transgenic seeds for growing a transgenic plant having the recombinant DNA in its genome and exhibiting the screened enhance trait. Also disclosed are methods for generating seed and plants based on the transgenic events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Chomet, Donald Anstrom, Jacqueline Heard, Adrian Lund, Jill Deikman