Patents by Inventor Greg A. Penner

Greg A. Penner 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).

  • Method of improving yield and vigor of plants
    Patent number: 7687434
    Abstract: A method of improving the yield and vigor of agronomic plants, in particular leguminous plants such as soybeans, involves treating such plants and/or the propagation material of plants with a composition that includes an active agent, such as a fungicide, that has no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens of the treated plant. When the plant is not wheat, a preferred agent of this type is 4,5-dimethyl-N-(2-propenyl)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide (silthiofam). Plants and plant propagation material, such as seeds, that have been treated by the novel method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Maurice R. De Billot, Schalk Van Wyk, Theunis E. M. Odendaal, Dennis Paul Phillion, Jeffrey S. Coultas, Ernest F. Sanders, Greg A. Penner, Jawed Asrar, Michael K. Stern
  • Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers
    Publication number: 20080289061
    Abstract: Utilizing phenotypic markers in seeds or plants to allow qualitative detection of a proprietary trait in the harvest, to allow a quantitative calculation of the amount of the trait, and to facilitate the calculation and collection of fees for the trait. The phenotypic markers of the seeds can be the seed coat color, and said seeds can be homozygous or heterozygous for the phenotypic difference of seed coat color. Commercial cultivars of seeds with the phenotypic difference of seed color may be grown to include several different seed colors. Trait fees may be assessed on all grain with the proprietary trait, whether the grain was produced from purchased seed or from seed saved from a previous harvest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Greg A. Penner, Stefan A. Bledig, Timothy W. Conner, Vergel C. Concibido
  • Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers
    Patent number: 7402731
    Abstract: Utilizing phenotypic markers in seeds or plants to allow qualitative detection of a proprietary trait in the harvest, to allow a quantitative calculation of the amount of the trait, and to facilitate the calculation and collection of fees for the trait. The phenotypic markers of the seeds can be the seed coat color, and said seeds can be homozygous or heterozygous for the phenotypic difference of seed coat color. Commercial cultivars of seeds with the phenotypic difference of seed color may be grown to include several different seed colors. Trait fees may be assessed on all grain with the proprietary trait, whether the grain was produced from purchased seed or from seed saved from a previous harvest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Greg A. Penner, Stefan A. Bledig, Timothy W. Conner, Vergel C. Concibido
  • Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers
    Patent number: 6865556
    Abstract: Utilizing phenotypic markers in seeds or plants to allow qualitative detection of a proprietary trait in the harvest, to allow a quantitative calculation of the amount of the trait, and to facilitate the calculation and collection of fees for the trait. The phenotypic markers of the seeds can be the seed coat color, and said seeds can be homozygous or heterozygous for the phenotypic difference of seed coat color. Commercial cultivars of seeds with the phenotypic difference of seed color may be grown to include several different seed colors. Trait fees may be assessed on all grain with the proprietary trait, whether the grain was produced from purchased seed or from seed saved from a previous harvest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Greg A. Penner, Stefan A. Bledig, Timothy W. Conner, Vergel C. Concibido
  • Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers
    Publication number: 20030126635
    Abstract: Utilizing phenotypic markers in seeds or plants to allow qualitative detection of a proprietary trait in the harvest, to allow a quantitative calculation of the amount of the trait, and to facilitate the calculation and collection of fees for the trait. The phenotypic markers of the seeds can be the seed coat color, and said seeds can be homozygous or heterozygous for the phenotypic difference of seed coat color. Commercial cultivars of seeds with the phenotypic difference of seed color may be grown to include several different seed colors. Trait fees may be assessed on all grain with the proprietary trait, whether the grain was produced from purchased seed or from seed saved from a previous harvest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Greg A. Penner, Stefan A. Bledig, Timothy W. Conner, Vergel C. Concibido
  • Method of improving yield and vigor of plants
    Publication number: 20030114308
    Abstract: A method of improving the yield and vigor of agronomic plants, in particular leguminous plants such as soybeans, involves treating such plants and/or the propagation material of plants with a composition that includes an active agent, such as a fungicide, that has no significant activity against fungal plant pathogens of the treated plant. When the plant is not wheat, a preferred agent of this type is 4,5-dimethyl-N-(2-propenyl)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-3-thiophenecarboxamide (silthiofam). Plants and plant propagation material, such as seeds, that have been treated by the novel method are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Maurice R. De Billot, Schalk Van Wyk, Theunis E.M. Odendaal, Dennis Paul Phillion, Jeffrey S. Coultas, Ernest F. Sanders, Greg A. Penner, Jawed Asrar, Michael K. Stern
  • Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers
    Publication number: 20030056243
    Abstract: Utilizing phenotypic markers in seeds or plants to allow qualitative detection of a proprietary trait in the harvest, to allow a quantitative calculation of the amount of the trait, and to facilitate the calculation and collection of fees for the trait. The phenotypic markers of the seeds can be the seed coat color, and said seeds can be homozygous or heterozygous for the phenotypic difference of seed coat color. Commercial cultivars of seeds with the phenotypic difference of seed color may be grown to include several different seed colors. Trait fees may be assessed on all grain with the proprietary trait, whether the grain was produced from purchased seed or from seed saved from a previous harvest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Greg A. Penner, Stefan A. Bledig, Timothy W. Conner