Patents by Inventor Fred McCuistion
Fred McCuistion 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).
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Publication number: 20220046885Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Greg TOLLA, Benito JUAREZ, Fred McCUISTION
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Publication number: 20210378195Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.Inventors: Greg TOLLA, Benito JUAREZ, Fred McCUISTION, Joseph J. KING, Eleni BACHLAVA, Adam M. WENTZELL, Jeffrey M. MILLS
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Patent number: 11191228Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Greg Tolla, Benito Juarez, Fred McCuistion
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Patent number: 11076544Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Benito Juarez, Fred McCuistion, Greg Tolla
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Patent number: 11044860Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Greg Tolla, Benito Juarez, Fred McCuistion, Joseph J. King, Eleni Bachlava, Adam M. Wentzell, Jeffrey M. Mills
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Publication number: 20200275629Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Benito Juarez, Terry Walker, Fred McCuistion, Gregory E. Tolla
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Patent number: 10667485Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Benito Juarez, Terry Walker, Fred McCuistion, Gregory E. Tolla
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Publication number: 20190208724Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Benito JUAREZ, Fred MCCUISTION, Greg TOLLA
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Publication number: 20170367278Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Benito Juarez, Terry Walker, Fred McCuistion, Gregory E. Tolla
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Publication number: 20160353682Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Greg TOLLA, Benito JUAREZ, Fred McCUISTION
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Patent number: 9420753Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Greg Tolla, Benito Juarez, Fred McCuistion
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Publication number: 20160029584Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Greg TOLLA, Benito JUAREZ, Fred McCUISTION, Joseph J. KING, Eleni BACHLAVA, Adam M. WENTZELL, Jeffrey M. MILLS
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Patent number: 9173356Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Greg Tolla, Benito Juarez, Fred McCuistion
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Publication number: 20150020232Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Benito Juarez, Terry Walker, Fred McCuistion, Gregory E. Tolla
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Patent number: 8772582Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventors: Benito Juarez, Terry Walker, Fred McCuistion, Greg Tolla
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Publication number: 20100306883Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.Inventors: Greg TOLLA, Benito JUAREZ, Fred McCUISTION
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Publication number: 20100058492Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: BENITO JUAREZ, Terry Walker, Fred McCuistion, Greg Tolla
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Publication number: 20070011784Abstract: The present invention is a novel method which results in the production of small seedless watermelon fruit having an average fruit weight of less than 12.0 pounds. The novel method involves using small tetraploid parental lines to produce small triploid hybrid seed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2006Publication date: January 11, 2007Inventors: Robert Barham, Warren Barham, Fred McCuistion, Benito Juarez
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Publication number: 20060005284Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Greg Tolla, Benito Juarez, Fred McCuistion