Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Masek

Timothy J. Masek 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: 8383911
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13A467 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13A467 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13A467 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13A467, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13A467. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13A467.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Barker, Timothy J. Masek, Geoffrey Ian Graham, Gary Edward Henke
  • Patent number: 7994405
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PHVP4 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHVP4 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHVP4 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHVP4 or a locus conversion of PHVP4 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Barker, Timothy J. Masek