Patents by Inventor Mark Messmer

Mark Messmer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240172620
    Abstract: A novel pennycress variety designated B3 is provided. This disclosure thus relates to the seeds of pennycress variety B3, to the plants of pennycress variety B3, to plant parts of pennycress variety B3, to methods for producing a pennycress plant by crossing a plant of pennycress variety B3 with a plant of another pennycress variety, and to methods for producing a plant of pennycress variety B3 containing in its genetic material one or more gene edits, backcross conversion traits, or transgenes and to the pennycress plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Messmer
  • Publication number: 20240172621
    Abstract: A novel pennycress variety designated B28 is provided. This disclosure thus relates to the seeds of pennycress variety B28, to the plants of pennycress variety B28, to plant parts of pennycress variety B28, to methods for producing a pennycress plant by crossing a plant of pennycress variety B28 with a plant of another pennycress variety, and to methods for producing a plant of pennycress variety B28 containing in its genetic material one or more gene edits, backcross conversion traits, or transgenes and to the pennycress plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Messmer
  • Publication number: 20240147929
    Abstract: Provided herein are materials and methods for developing elite or elite commercial varieties using the Thlaspi arvense cultivar 2032 and variety 182002-B-B-31, which demonstrate an improved shatter resistance trait and/or an early maturation trait. The use of these cultivars together with other plants and plant materials in the Brassicaceae family to develop additional varieties having the shatter resistance trait and/or early maturation trait are provided. Methods of gene editing, breeding, and using the same in breeding program are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Messmer
  • Patent number: 5723729
    Abstract: Broadly this invention provides inbred corn line ZS01250. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line ZS01250 are encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred ZS01250 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line ZS01250 with at least one other corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Garst Seed Company
    Inventors: Tony Maves, Mark Messmer
  • Patent number: 5723726
    Abstract: Broadly this invention provides inbred corn line ZS01452. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line ZS01452 are encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred ZS01452 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line ZS01452 with at least one other corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Garst Seed Company
    Inventors: Richard Stelpflug, Mark Messmer