Patents by Inventor Katie Marie HUNTER

Katie Marie HUNTER 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 selecting corn embryos
    Patent number: 10945390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a viability-retaining method of selecting corn embryos having a desired trait, said method comprising extracting embryos, removing associated non-embryogenic tissue or DNA from the exterior of the embryo; and extracting DNA directly from the embryo. The invention surprisingly shows that germinating embryos sampled directly for their DNA content are capable of continuing the germination process to form normal seedlings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: William Paul Bullock, Ulrich Stephan Hannappel, Katie Marie Hunter
  • METHOD OF SELECTING CORN EMBRYOS
    Publication number: 20190116746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a viability-retaining method of selecting corn embryos having a desired trait, said method comprising extracting embryos, removing associated non-embryogenic tissue or DNA from the exterior of the embryo; and extracting DNA directly from the embryo. The invention surprisingly shows that germinating embryos sampled directly for their DNA content are capable of continuing the germination process to form normal seedlings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: William Paul BULLOCK, Ulrich Stephan HANNAPPEL, Katie Marie Hunter
  • EMBRYO SAMPLING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150191771
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of sampling of biological materials. In particular, it relates to tissue or cellular content extraction from immature corn embryos while retaining the viability of said embryos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: William Paul BULLOCK, Ulich Stephan HANNAPPEL, Katie Marie HUNTER, Christopher Cody HEJLIK