Patents by Inventor Terry Berke

Terry Berke 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: 11930778
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHE8261. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVHE8261 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Publication number: 20240016110
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Publication number: 20230247960
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHJ5816, pepper line SJRFD13-T125, and pepper line HJA-FD18-4956V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ5816, pepper line SJRFD13-T125, and pepper line HJA-FD18-4956V and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVHJ5816, pepper line SJRFD13-T125, and pepper line HJA-FD18-4956V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Patent number: 11692201
    Abstract: Pepper plants exhibiting resistance to root knot nematode species are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a root knot nematode resistance phenotype. Such plants include pepper plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring pest resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers for detecting plants comprising introgressed pest resistance alleles, are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Pieter Allersma, Diane Kerr Avner, Terry Berke, Jonathan Tyler Eckard, Brian J. Just
  • Publication number: 20230144998
    Abstract: Pepper plants exhibiting resistance to root knot nematode species are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a root knot nematode resistance phenotype. Such plants include pepper plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring pest resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers for detecting plants comprising introgressed pest resistance alleles, are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Anton Pieter Allersma, Diane Kerr Avner, Terry Berke, Jonathan Tyler Eckard, Brian J. Just
  • Patent number: 11641840
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper line HAP-FD16-1384. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line HAP-FD16-1384 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line HAP-FD16-1384 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Patent number: 11479789
    Abstract: Pepper plants exhibiting resistance to root knot nematode species are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a root knot nematode resistance phenotype. Such plants include pepper plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring pest resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers for detecting plants comprising introgressed pest resistance alleles, are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC
    Inventors: Anton Pieter Allersma, Diane Kerr Avner, Terry Berke, Jonathan Tyler Eckard, Brian J. Just
  • Patent number: 11259496
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Publication number: 20210115466
    Abstract: Pepper plants exhibiting resistance to root knot nematode species are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a root knot nematode resistance phenotype. Such plants include pepper plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring pest resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers for detecting plants comprising introgressed pest resistance alleles, are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Anton P. Allersma, Diane Kerr Avner, Terry Berke, Jonnathan Tyler Eckard, Brian J. Just
  • Patent number: 10959392
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPP8114, pepper line SHY-FD-1254, and pepper line HHY-114-1178. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPP8114, pepper line SHY-FD-1254, and pepper line HHY-114-1178 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPP8114, pepper line SHY-FD-1254, and pepper line HHY-114-1178 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Publication number: 20210015067
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Publication number: 20200367459
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPP8114, pepper line SHY-FD-1254, and pepper line HHY-114-1178. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPP8114, pepper line SHY-FD-1254, and pepper line HHY-114-1178 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPP8114, pepper line SHY-FD-1254, and pepper line HHY-114-1178 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Patent number: 10750694
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SV2752HC, pepper line HCY-114-1091S, and pepper line HCY-114-1146. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV2752HC, pepper line HCY-114-1091S, and pepper line HCY-114-1146 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SV2752HC, pepper line HCY-114-1091S, and pepper line HCY-114-1146 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Patent number: 10638717
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHJ4350 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1368. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ4350 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1368 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ4350 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1368 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Patent number: 10575482
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHJ5553 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1350. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ5553 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1350 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ5553 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1350 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Patent number: 10544469
    Abstract: The invention relates to pepper plants and lines having resistance to Powdery Mildew, caused by the fungus Leveillula taurica. The invention also relates to parts of pepper plants from lines having Powdery Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing pepper plants with Powdery Mildew resistance, and fruit. Methods for the identification, use and breeding of Powdery Mildew resistant pepper plants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad K. Gabor, Brian J. Just, Caicheng Huang, Carl M. Jones, Dirk Vreugdenhil, Joel M. Kniskern, Pablo A. Quijada, Terry Berke, Anton P. Allersma, Wenwen Xiang
  • Publication number: 20200022328
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHJ4350 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1368. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ4350 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1368 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ4350 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1368 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Publication number: 20200015442
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHJ5553 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1350. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ5553 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1350 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHJ5553 and pepper line HJA-FD15-1350 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Patent number: 10321656
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV2496HJ and inbred parent line SJR-FD-1259. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV2496HJ and inbred parent line SJR-FD-1259 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Berke
  • Patent number: 10321655
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SVHW4851 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHW4851 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Berke