Patents by Inventor Mohan Prem Anand Marimuthu

Mohan Prem Anand Marimuthu 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).

  • Nucleic acids and methods for producing seeds with a full diploid complement of the maternal genome in the embryo
    Patent number: 8878002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DYAD genes, mutants thereof, and use of them for making plants that retain heterozygosity of the female parent plant. The invention also encompasses plants, plant tissues, and seeds of plants that have a dyad phenotype and so retain heterozygosity of the female parent, either constitutively or conditionally. The invention is useful for propagating desired hybrid phenotypes in a manner of an apomictic plant and for increasing the ploidy of a plant genotype, which may result in plants having increased biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Imran Siddiqi, Maruthachalam Ravi, Mohan Prem Anand Marimuthu