Patents by Inventor Jonathan T. Eckard

Jonathan T. Eckard 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).

  • male sterility with female fertile flowers in
    Patent number: 11516987
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides Capsicum annuum BCMS plants exhibiting uniform female fertility. Such plants comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with uniform female fertility from Capsicum annuum on chromosome 6. In certain aspects, compositions and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a uniform female fertility phenotype are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckard, Maria L. Hop, Patrick Hogan
  • Restorer factor for the cytoplasmic male sterility system in pepper
    Patent number: 11492642
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides Capsicum annuum BCMS plants comprising a male fertility restoration locus. Such plants comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with male fertility from Capsicum annuum on chromosome 6. In certain aspects, compositions and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a male fertility phenotype are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckard, Rebeca N. Schauland, Dick Vreugdenhil
  • CORN PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20200199610
    Abstract: Corn plants exhibiting broad-spectrum resistance to Exserohilum turcicum are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a Exserohilum turcicum resistance phenotype. Such plants include sweet corn plants as well as agronomically elite dent corn plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring disease resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease resistance phenotype are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckard, David Elon Fisher, Tim J. Gustafson
  • RESTORER FACTOR FOR THE BACCATUM CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY SYSTEM IN PEPPER
    Publication number: 20200040357
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides Capsicum annuum BCMS plants comprising a male fertility restoration locus. Such plants comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with male fertility from Capsicum annuum on chromosome 6. In certain aspects, compositions and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a male fertility phenotype are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckard, Rebeca N. Schauland, Dick Vreugdenhil
  • BACCATUM CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY WITH FEMALE FERTILE FLOWERS IN CAPSICUM ANNUUM
    Publication number: 20200015446
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides Capsicum annuum BCMS plants exhibiting uniform female fertility. Such plants comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with uniform female fertility from Capsicum annuum on chromosome 6. In certain aspects, compositions and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a uniform female fertility phenotype are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Eckard, Maria L. Hop, Patrick Hogan