Patents by Inventor Richard Bernard Berentsen

Richard Bernard Berentsen 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).

  • CGMMV resistant plants
    Patent number: 11895961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated watermelon plants comprising CGMMV resistance due to introgression of QTLs from a CGMMV resistant donor of the species Citrullus colocynthis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Sirizzotti, Daniel Bellon Dona, Richard Bernard Berentsen, Daniel Jimenez Fernandez, Courtney Hu, Daniel Puglisi
  • SEEDLESS FRUIT PRODUCING PLANTS
    Publication number: 20240018539
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding cyclin SDS like proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Alberto SIRIZZOTTI, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Hendrik Willem VRIEZEN
  • Seedless fruit producing plants
    Patent number: 11761018
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding cyclin SDS like proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Sirizzotti, Richard Bernard Berentsen, Hendrik Willem Vriezen
  • METHOD FOR SELECTING SEED SIZE IN WATERMELON AND GENERATING MODIFICATIONS IN THE TOMATO-SEED SIZE GENE
    Publication number: 20230092854
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for selecting watermelon plants for genetic elements on chromosome 2 and 6 which genetic elements predict the average seed size produced in the fruits of said plants and watermelon plants and plant parts comprising modifications in the tomato-seed size gene (Ts-gene) on chromosome 2, and methods of producing seeds and plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Courtney HU, Elena CHIAPPARINO
  • Seedless watermelon plants comprising modifications in an ABC transporter gene
    Patent number: 11291176
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding ABCB transporter proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Sirizzotti, Richard Bernard Berentsen, Wim Vriezen, Lieke Mertens
  • SEEDLESS FRUIT PRODUCING PLANTS
    Publication number: 20220090106
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding cyclin SDS like proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto SIRIZZOTTI, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Hendrik Willem VRIEZEN
  • CGMMV RESISTANT CITRULLUS PLANTS
    Publication number: 20220046876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated watermelon plants comprising CGMMV resistance due to introgression of QTLs from a CGMMV resistant donor of the species Citrullus colocynthis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto SIRIZZOTTI, Daniel BELLON DONA, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Daniel JIMENEZ FERNANDEZ, Courtney HU, Daniel PUGLISI
  • Seedless fruit producing plants
    Patent number: 11174493
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding cyclin SDS like proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Sirizzotti, Richard Bernard Berentsen, Hendrik Willem Vriezen
  • CGMMV resistant citrullus plants
    Patent number: 11172629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated watermelon plants comprising CGMMV resistance due to introgression of QTLs from a CGMMV resistant donor of the species Citrullus colocynthis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Sirizzotti, Daniel Bellon Dona, Richard Bernard Berentsen, Daniel Jimenez Fernandez
  • SEEDLESS WATERMELON PLANTS COMPRISING MODIFICATIONS IN AN ABC TRANSPORTER GENE
    Publication number: 20210267154
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding ABCB transporter proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Alberto SIRIZZOTTI, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Wim VRIEZEN, Lieke MERTENS
  • Parthenocarpic watermelon plants
    Patent number: 11072800
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing watermelon plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Alberto Sirizzotti, Richard Bernard Berentsen, Hendrik Willem Vriezen
  • CGMMV RESISTANT CITRULLUS PLANTS
    Publication number: 20210000047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated watermelon plants comprising CGMMV resistance due to introgression of QTLs from a CGMMV resistant donor of the species Citrullus colocynthis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Alberto SIRIZZOTTI, Daniel BELLON DONA, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Daniel JIMENEZ FERNANDEZ
  • Watermelon plants with cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV) resistance
    Patent number: 10687494
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are CVYV resistant watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown). Also provided is a QTL for CVYV resistance (cyv_3.1) and markers and methods for screening plants for the presence of the QTL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Erik De Groot, Marion Van De Wal, Richard Bernard Berentsen, Elena Chiapparino, Ebenezer Ogundiwin
  • DUAL PURPOSE POLLENIZER WATERMELONS
    Publication number: 20200093086
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are diploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) which produce small, diploid, red watermelon fruits. Also provided are small, diploid watermelon fruits having an average weight of less than 0.9 kg and containing tomato-seed size seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Erik DE GROOT, Elena CHIAPPARINO, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Courtney Alyssa MAGNESS
  • Triploid watermelon plants with a bush growth habit
    Patent number: 10582683
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are bush type, triploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) and seedless watermelon fruits produced by these plants. Also provided are bush type pollenizer plants and bush type tetraploid plants and methods for producing triploid hybrids having a bush growth type, as well as methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits of high quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Erik De Groot, Elena Chiapparino, Richard Bernard Berentsen
  • PARTHENOCARPIC WATERMELON PLANTS
    Publication number: 20190300900
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing watermelon plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alberto SIRIZZOTTI, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Hendrik Willem VRIEZEN
  • SEEDLESS FRUIT PRODUCING PLANTS
    Publication number: 20190194672
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding cyclin SDS like proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Alberto SIRIZZOTTI, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Hendrik Willem VRIEZEN
  • WATERMELON PLANTS WITH CUCUMBER VEIN YELLOWING VIRUS (CVYV) RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20180310514
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are CVYV resistant watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown). Also provided is a QTL for CVYV resistance (cyv_3.1) and markers and methods for screening plants for the presence of the QTL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Erik DE GROOT, Marion VAN DE WAL, Richard Bernard BERENTSEN, Elena CHIAPPARINO, Ebenezer OGUNDIWIN
  • TRIPLOID WATERMELON PLANTS WITH A BUSH GROWTH HABIT
    Publication number: 20170156278
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of plant breeding, in particular watermelon breeding. Provided are bush type, triploid watermelon plants (and seeds from which these plants can be grown) and seedless watermelon fruits produced by these plants. Also provided are bush type pollenizer plants and bush type tetraploid plants and methods for producing triploid hybrids having a bush growth type, as well as methods for producing seedless watermelon fruits of high quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Erik DE GROOT, Elena Chiapparino, Richard Bernard Berentsen