Patents by Inventor John P. Tamulonis

John P. Tamulonis 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).

  • Diagnostic molecular markers for seed lot purity traits in soybeans
    Patent number: 10172305
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant breeding. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding and selecting plants that uniform for one or more seed lot purity traits such as, such as distinct flower color, pubescence color, hilum color, and pod wall color. The invention further includes molecular markers associated with distinct flower color, pubescence color, hilum color, and pod wall color for uses in a breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Yates, Holly Kleiss, John P. Tamulonis, David R. Wooten, Jr., Kunsheng Wu
  • Diagnostic Molecular Markers for Seed Lot Purity Traits in Soybeans
    Publication number: 20140115732
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant breeding. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding and selecting plants that uniform for one or more seed lot purity traits such as, such as distinct flower color, pubescence color, hilum color, and pod wall color. The invention further includes molecular markers associated with distinct flower color, pubescence color, hilum color, and pod wall color for uses in a breeding program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Yates, Holly Kleiss, John P. Tamulonis, David R. Wooten, JR., Kunsheng Wu
  • Methods and Compositions for Selecting an Improved Plant
    Publication number: 20140096278
    Abstract: The invention is directed, in an embodiment, to a method for producing a transgenic plant comprising: providing a substantially homozygous plant line suitable for transformation; selecting a subline of the plant line having reduced heterogeneity; transforming plant materials from the subline with a transgenic construct that confers a desired trait to at least one transformed plant; recovering at least one transgenic event from the transformation step; and selecting a transgenic event exhibiting a desirable level of the desired trait using plants of the subline as control. The invention is also directed to a method for producing a plant having a desired trait. The invention also provides transgenic plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Hicks, Brenda A. Lowe, Brian J. Martinell, John Phillips, John P. Tamulonis, Edward J. Williams
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTING AN IMPROVED PLANT
    Publication number: 20100299773
    Abstract: The invention is directed, in an embodiment, to a method for producing a transgenic plant comprising: providing a substantially homozygous plant line suitable for transformation; selecting a subline of the plant line having reduced heterogeneity; transforming plant materials from the subline with a transgenic construct that confers a desired trait to at least one transformed plant; recovering at least one transgenic event from the transformation step; and selecting a transgenic event exhibiting a desirable level of the desired trait using plants of the subline as control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Hicks, Brenda A. Lowe, Brian J. Martinell, John Phillips, John P. Tamulonis, Edward J. Williams