Patents by Inventor Paul McLaird
Paul McLaird 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).
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Patent number: 9668439Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul McLaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson
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Patent number: 9271455Abstract: Polymorphic soybean DNA loci useful for genotyping between at least two varieties of soybean. Sequences of the loci are useful for providing the basis for designing primers and probe oligonucleotides for detecting polymorphisms in soybean DNA. Polymorphisms are useful for genotyping applications in soybean. The polymorphic markers are useful to establish marker/trait associations, e.g. in linkage disequilibrium mapping and association studies, positional cloning and transgenic applications, marker-aided breeding and marker-assisted selection, hybrid prediction and identity by descent studies. The polymorphic markers are also useful in mapping libraries of DNA clones, e.g. for soybean QTLs and genes linked to polymorphisms.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kunsheng Wu, John LeDeaux, David Butruille, Anju Gupta, Richard Johnson, Sam Eathington, Jason Bull, Marlin Edwards, Paul McLaird
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Publication number: 20150096075Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul Mclaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson
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Patent number: 8901375Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul McLaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson
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Publication number: 20140255922Abstract: Polymorphic cotton DNA loci useful for genotyping between at least two varieties of cotton. Sequences of the loci are useful for providing the basis for designing primers and probe oligonucleotides for detecting polymorphisms in cotton DNA. Polymorphisms are useful for genotyping applications in cotton. The polymorphic markers are useful to establish marker/trait associations, e.g. in linkage disequilibrium mapping and association studies, positional cloning and transgenic applications, marker-aided breeding and marker-assisted selection, hybrid prediction and identity by descent studies. The polymorphic markers are also useful in mapping libraries of DNA clones, e.g. for cotton QTLs and genes linked to polymorphisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kunsheng Wu, John LeDeaux, David Butruille, Anju Gupta, Richard Johnson, Sam Eathington, Jason Bull, Marlin Edwards, Jinhua Xiao, Shaolin Liu, Paul McLaird
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Patent number: 8378170Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul McLaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson
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Publication number: 20120028255Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul McLaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson
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Patent number: 8013217Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul McLaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson
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Publication number: 20100275286Abstract: Polymorphic soybean DNA loci useful for genotyping between at least two varieties of soybean. Sequences of the loci are useful for providing the basis for designing primers and probe oligonucleotides for detecting polymorphisms in soybean DNA. Polymorphisms are useful for genotyping applications in soybean. The polymorphic markers are useful to establish marker/trait associations, e.g. in linkage disequilibrium mapping and association studies, positional cloning and transgenic applications, marker-aided breeding and marker-assisted selection, hybrid prediction and identity by descent studies. The polymorphic markers are also useful in mapping libraries of DNA clones, e.g. for soybean QTLs and genes linked to polymorphisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kunsheng Wu, John LeDeaux, David Butruille, Anju Gupta, Richard Johnson, Sam Eathington, Jason Bull, Marlin Edwards, Paul McLaird
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Publication number: 20090193547Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul McLaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson
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Patent number: 7442850Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul McLaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson
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Publication number: 20060107348Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2005Publication date: May 18, 2006Inventors: Kunsheng Wu, Paul McLaird, Joseph Byrum, Robert Reiter, Mark Erickson