Patents by Inventor Erik de Groot

Erik de Groot 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).

  • Watermelon variety NUN 11602 WMW
    Patent number: 11632926
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a new and distinct watermelon variety NUN 11602 WMW as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 11602 is a diploid, round mini sugar baby watermelon variety, comprising resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. s.p niveum Race 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Erik De Groot
  • WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 11602 WMW
    Publication number: 20210059146
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a new and distinct watermelon variety NUN 11602 WMW as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 11602 is a diploid, round mini sugar baby watermelon variety, comprising resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. s.p niveum Race 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Erik DE GROOT
  • Watermelon variety NUN 11603 WMW
    Patent number: 10687495
    Abstract: The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of watermelon, NUN 11603 WMW as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Erik de Groot
  • Watermelon plants with cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV) resistance
    Patent number: 10687494
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are CVYV resistant watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown). Also provided is a QTL for CVYV resistance (cyv_3.1) and markers and methods for screening plants for the presence of the QTL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Erik De Groot, Marion Van De Wal, Richard Bernard Berentsen, Elena Chiapparino, Ebenezer Ogundiwin
  • DUAL PURPOSE POLLENIZER WATERMELONS
    Publication number: 20200093086
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are diploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) which produce small, diploid, red watermelon fruits. Also provided are small, diploid watermelon fruits having an average weight of less than 0.9 kg and containing tomato-seed size seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Erik DE GROOT, Elena CHIAPPARINO, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Courtney Alyssa MAGNESS
  • Triploid watermelon plants with a bush growth habit
    Patent number: 10582683
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are bush type, triploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) and seedless watermelon fruits produced by these plants. Also provided are bush type pollenizer plants and bush type tetraploid plants and methods for producing triploid hybrids having a bush growth type, as well as methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits of high quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Erik De Groot, Elena Chiapparino, Richard Bernard Berentsen
  • Dual purpose pollenizer watermelons
    Patent number: 10517249
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are diploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) which produce small, diploid, red watermelon fruits. Also provided are small, diploid watermelon fruits having an average weight of less than 1.8 kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Erik De Groot, Elena Chiapparino
  • WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 11602 WMW
    Publication number: 20190307094
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a new and distinct watermelon variety NUN 11602 WMW as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 11602 WMW is a diploid, mini sugar baby watermelon variety with a round small fruit type, comprising resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. s.p niveum Race 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: Erik DE GROOT
  • Triploid watermelon plants with a bush growth habit
    Patent number: 10433512
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are bush type, triploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) and seedless watermelon fruits produced by these plants. Also provided are bush type pollenizer plants and bush type tetraploid plants and methods for producing triploid hybrids having a bush growth type, as well as methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits of high quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Erik De Groot, Elena Chiapparino
  • WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 11603 WMW
    Publication number: 20190116751
    Abstract: The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of watermelon, NUN 11603 WMW as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Erik de Groot
  • WATERMELON PLANTS WITH CUCUMBER VEIN YELLOWING VIRUS (CVYV) RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20180310514
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are CVYV resistant watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown). Also provided is a QTL for CVYV resistance (cyv_3.1) and markers and methods for screening plants for the presence of the QTL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Erik DE GROOT, Marion VAN DE WAL, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Elena CHIAPPARINO, Ebenezer OGUNDIWIN
  • Dual purpose pollenizer watermelons
    Patent number: 9763399
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are diploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) which produce small, diploid, red watermelon fruits. Also provided are small, diploid watermelon fruits having an average weight of less than 1.8 kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Erik De Groot, Elena Chiapparino
  • TRIPLOID WATERMELON PLANTS WITH A BUSH GROWTH HABIT
    Publication number: 20170156278
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are bush type, triploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) and seedless watermelon fruits produced by these plants. Also provided are bush type pollenizer plants and bush type tetraploid plants and methods for producing triploid hybrids having a bush growth type, as well as methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits of high quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Erik DE GROOT, Elena Chiapparino, Richard Bernard Berentsen
  • Watermelon variety NUN 7201 WMW
    Patent number: 9572312
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Citrullus lanatus, in particular to a new variety of watermelon designated NUN 7201 WMW as well as plants, seeds and watermelon fruits thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nunhem B.V.
    Inventor: Erik de Groot
  • Watermelon variety NUN 01009 WMW
    Patent number: 9408354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants and plant parts of a watermelon variety NUN 01009 WMW, seeds from which the plant can be grown and seedless fruit produced on the plant, as well as vegetative reproductions of NUN 01009. Further, the invention relates to natural or induced phenotypic variants of the plant, such as mutants or somaclonal variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventor: Erik de Groot
  • WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 05506 WMW
    Publication number: 20150245572
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Citrullus lanatus, in particular to a new variety of watermelon designated NUN 05506 WMW as well as plants, seeds and watermelon fruits thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventor: Erik de Groot
  • WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 7201 WMW
    Publication number: 20150110944
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Citrullus lanatus, in particular to a new variety of watermelon designated NUN 7201 WMW as well as plants, seeds and watermelon fruits thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Erik de Groot
  • TRIPLOID WATERMELON PLANTS WITH A BUSH GROWTH HABIT
    Publication number: 20150040265
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are bush type, triploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) and seedless watermelon fruits produced by these plants. Also provided are bush type pollenizer plants and bush type tetraploid plants and methods for producing triploid hybrids having a bush growth type, as well as methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits of high quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Erik De Groot, Elena Chiapparino
  • DUAL PURPOSE POLLENIZER WATERMELONS
    Publication number: 20140020127
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are diploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) which produce small, diploid, red watermelon fruits. Also provided are small, diploid watermelon fruits having an average weight of less than 1.8 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventors: Erik DE GROOT, Elena Chiapparino
  • DUAL PURPOSE POLLENIZER WATERMELONS
    Publication number: 20140020139
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are diploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) which produce small, diploid, red watermelon fruits. Also provided are small, diploid watermelon fruits having an average weight of less than 1.8 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Erik DE GROOT, Elena CHIAPPARINO