Patents by Inventor Joshua J. Lloyd

Joshua J. Lloyd 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).

  • Methods and compositions for producing plants with elevated Brix
    Patent number: 9024140
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the separation of elevated Brix from linked but undesirable agronomic traits among progeny with introgressions following a cross between Lycopersicon esculentum and Lycopersicon hirsutum. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix, which do not comprise alleles specifying undesirable agronomic traits that are genetically linked to the elevated Brix trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa Beck Bunn, Anna Frampton, Elaine Graham, Joshua J. Lloyd
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING PLANTS WITH ELEVATED BRIX
    Publication number: 20110283402
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the separation of elevated Brix from linked but undesirable agronomic traits among progeny with introgressions following a cross between Lycopersicon esculentum and Lycopersicon hirsutum. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such elevated Brix, which do not comprise alleles specifying undesirable agronomic traits that are genetically linked to the elevated Brix trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Teresa Beck Bunn, Anna Frampton, Elaine Graham, Joshua J. Lloyd