Patents by Inventor Robert Martin Benson

Robert Martin Benson 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).

  • Patent number: 10045503
    Abstract: Provided are sunflowers, parts thereof, cultures of, and seeds that are capable of producing sunflower oil that is low in saturated fat as well as associated methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: James Todd Gerdes, Charles James Kahl, Angela Lee Erickson, Robert Martin Benson
  • Publication number: 20170156281
    Abstract: Provided are sunflowers, parts thereof, cultures of, and seeds that are capable of producing sunflower oil that is low in saturated fat as well as associated methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: James Todd Gerdes, Charles James Kahl, Angela Lee Erickson, Robert Martin Benson
  • Publication number: 20130298280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an inbred sunflower line, designated OIN807A/B. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred sunflower line OIN807A/B, to the plants of inbred sunflower line OIN807A/B and to the methods for producing a sunflower plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line OIN807A/B with itself or another sunflower line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a sunflower plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred sunflower lines derived from the inbred OIN807A/B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Martin Benson, James Todd Gerdes
  • Patent number: 7923614
    Abstract: An inbred sunflower line, designated CN1703, the plants and seeds of the inbred sunflower line CN1703, methods for producing a sunflower plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred sunflower line CN1703 with itself or with another sunflower plant, and hybrid sunflower seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line CN1703 with another sunflower line or plant and to methods for producing a sunflower plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic sunflower plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred sunflower lines derived from inbred sunflower line CN1703, to methods for producing other inbred sunflower lines derived from inbred sunflower line CN1703 and to the inbred sunflower lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventor: Robert Martin Benson