Patents by Inventor Franco Vecchio

Franco Vecchio 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 VARIETY NUN 06003 TOF
    Publication number: 20220095574
    Abstract: A new and distinct tomato variety NUN 06003 TOF is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 06003 TOF is an Intense tomato variety for the fresh market, comprising resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Races 0, 1, and 2, Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) Strains 0, 1, 2, and 1-2, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), Verticillium dahliae, Meloidogyne incognita, Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV), Pseduomonas syringae, and Fulvia fulva Groups A-E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Franco VECCHIO
  • TOMATO VARIETY NUN 06043 TOF
    Publication number: 20220079105
    Abstract: A new and distinct tomato variety NUN 06043 TOF is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 06043 TOF is a round, blackish red (red with black fruit color combination) intense tomato variety, comprising resistance to Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) Strains 0, 1, 2, and 1-2, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), Torrado Virus (ToTV), Meloidogyne incognita, Verticillium dahliae Race 0, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Races 0 and 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Franco VECCHIO
  • Plants with an intense fruit phenotype
    Patent number: 11202420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising a modified amount, activity or function of AGL11-like protein, wherein the plant is a member of plant family Cucurbitaceae or of species Solanum lycopersicum; characterized in that the plant is not a Solanum lycopersicum plant having a deletion from nucleotide 1042 to nucleotide 637 upstream of the ATG start codon of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik Vriezen, Henricus Maria Verbakel, Franco Vecchio
  • Plants with an intense fruit phenotype
    Patent number: 10212898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising a modified amount, activity or function of AGL11-like protein, wherein the plant is a member of plant family Cucurbitaceae or of species Solanum lycopersicum; characterized in that the plant is not a Solanum lycopersicum plant having a deletion from nucleotide 1042 to nucleotide 637 upstream of the ATG start codon of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik Vriezen, Henricus Maria Verbakel, Franco Vecchio
  • PLANTS WITH AN INTENSE FRUIT PHENOTYPE
    Publication number: 20190014732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising a modified amount, activity or function of AGL11-like protein, wherein the plant is a member of plant family Cucurbitaceae or of species Solanum lycopersicum; characterized in that the plant is not a Solanum lycopersicum plant having a deletion from nucleotide 1042 to nucleotide 637 upstream of the ATG start codon of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik VRIEZEN, Henricus Maria VERBAKEL, Franco VECCHIO
  • Tomato plants with intense phenotype and TYLCV resistance
    Patent number: 9551008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of tomato plants having an intense phenotype and Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Franco Vecchio, Henk Verbakel
  • PLANTS WITH AN INTENSE FRUIT PHENOTYPE
    Publication number: 20160205886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising a modified amount, activity or function of AGL11-like protein, wherein the plant is a member of plant family Cucurbitaceae or of species Solanum lycopersicum; characterized in that the plant is not a Solanum lycopersicum plant having a deletion from nucleotide 1042 to nucleotide 637 upstream of the ATG start codon of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Willem Hendrik VRIEZEN, Henricus Maria VERBAKEL, Franco VECCHIO
  • NEW TOMATO VARIETY NUN 03529 TOF
    Publication number: 20160165827
    Abstract: The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 03529 TOF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Franco Vecchio
  • SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM PLANTS HAVING NON-TRANSGENIC ALTERATIONS IN THE RIN GENE
    Publication number: 20150135352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated plant of the species Solanum lycopersicum comprising a rin allele having one or more mutations, said mutations resulting in production of a mutant rin protein having reduced activity compared to wild type Rin protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hendrik Willem Vriezen, Franco Vecchio
  • Tomato Plants with Intense Phenotype and TYLCV Resistance
    Publication number: 20150047067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of tomato plants having an intense phenotype and Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Franco Vecchio, Henk Verbakel
  • Parthenocarpic trait in summer squash
    Patent number: 6031158
    Abstract: Germplasm carrying a trait for parthenocarpy for the species Cucurbita pepo, particularly summer squash such as zucchini and related cultivars, and methods for selecting for the trait and transferring it to other germplasm are disclosed. A specific parthenocarpic hybrid of Cucurbita pepo is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher B. Miller, Franco Vecchio