Patents by Inventor Van Leonard Ripley

Van Leonard Ripley 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).

  • Publication number: 20220000053
    Abstract: The invention relates to improved Brassica species, including Brassica juncea, improved oil and meal from Brassica juncea, methods for generation of such improved Brassica species, and methods for selection of Brassica lines. Further embodiments relate to seeds of Brassica juncea comprising an endogenous oil having increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content relative to presently existing commercial cultivars of Brassica juncea, seeds of Brassica juncea having traits for increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content in seed oil stably incorporated therein, and one or more generations of progeny plants produced from said seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Steven A. Thompson, Zoë Christina Ehlert
  • Patent number: 10709086
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a canola germplasm comprising at least 45% crude protein and not more than 18% acid detergent fiber content on an oil-free, dry matter basis. Certain embodiments further comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content. In particular embodiments, the invention concerns canola plants comprising such germplasm and plant commodity products (e.g., seeds) produced therefrom. Canola plants comprising a germplasm of the invention may exhibit favorable seed composition characteristics that make them particularly valuable as a source for canola meal, and for methods of introducing at least one trait selected from the group consisting of high protein content, low fiber content, reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content into a canola variety in a seed coat color-independent manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas James Kubik, Gregory R. Gingera, Van Leonard Ripley, Michelle Beaith, Thomas G. Patterson
  • Patent number: 9750206
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns a plant of the genus, Brassica, or parts thereof, which comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of high oleic acid content, low linolenic acid content, increased herbicide resistance, restorer of cytoplasmic male sterility, and increased clubroot disease (Plasmodiophora brassicae) resistance, compared to a wild-type plant of the same species. This disclosure further relates to wild-type and mutant alleles of genes involved in these traits, molecular markers linked thereto, and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Gregory R. Gingera, Jianwei Zhao, Van Leonard Ripley, Lasantha Ubayasena
  • Publication number: 20170181397
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a canola germplasm comprising at least 45% crude protein and not more than 18% acid detergent fiber content on an oil-free, dry matter basis. Certain embodiments further comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content. In particular embodiments, the invention concerns canola plants comprising such germplasm and plant commodity products (e.g., seeds) produced therefrom. Canola plants comprising a germplasm of the invention may exhibit favorable seed composition characteristics that make them particularly valuable as a source for canola meal, and for methods of introducing at least one trait selected from the group consisting of high protein content, low fiber content, reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content into a canola variety in a seed coat color-independent manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas James Kubik, Gregory R. Gingera, Van Leonard Ripley, Michelle Beaith, Thomas G. Patterson
  • Publication number: 20170105380
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns a plant of the genus, Brassica, or parts thereof, which comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of high oleic acid content, low linolenic acid content, increased herbicide resistance, restorer of cytoplasmic male sterility, and increased clubroot disease (Plasmodiophora brassicae) resistance, compared to a wild-type plant of the same species. This disclosure further relates to wild-type and mutant alleles of genes involved in these traits, molecular markers linked thereto, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory R. Gingera, Jianwei Zhao, Van Leonard Ripley, Lasantha Ubayasena
  • Publication number: 20160295882
    Abstract: A canola germplasm confers on a canola seed the traits of high protein content and low fiber content, wherein the canola plant produces a seed having, on average, at least 68% oleic acid (C18:1) and less than 3% linolenic acid (C18:3). The canola seed traits may also include at least 45% crude protein and not more than 18% acid detergent fiber content on an oil-free, dry matter basis. Certain embodiments further comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content. In particular embodiments, the invention concerns canola plants comprising such germplasm and plant commodity products (e.g., seeds) produced therefrom. Canola plants comprising a germplasm of the invention may exhibit favorable seed composition characteristics that make them particularly valuable as a source for canola meal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Gregory R. Gingera, Thomas James Kubik, Michelle E. Beaith, Thomas G. Patterson
  • Patent number: 9210857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated CL102407R. Also included are seeds of canola inbred CL102407R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL102407R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL102407R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL102407R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Thomas J. Kubik, Michelle Erin Beaith
  • Patent number: 9204601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL60855R. Also included are seeds of canola CL60855R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL60855R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL60855R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL60855R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Thomas J. Kubik, Michelle Erin Beaith
  • Patent number: 9204602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL77606R. Also included are seeds of canola CL77606R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL77606R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL77606R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL77606R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Thomas J. Kubik, Michelle Erin Beaith
  • Patent number: 8754290
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns a plant of the genus, Brassica, or parts thereof, which comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of high oleic acid content, low linolenic acid content, increased herbicide resistance, restorer of cytoplasmic male sterility, and increased clubroot disease (Plasmodiophora brassicae) resistance, compared to a wild-type plant of the same species. This disclosure further relates to wild-type and mutant alleles of genes involved in these traits, molecular markers linked thereto, and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory R. Gingera, Jianwei Zhao, Van Leonard Ripley, Lasantha Ubayasena
  • Publication number: 20140090100
    Abstract: The invention relates to improved Brassica species, including Brassica juncea, improved oil and meal from Brassica juncea, methods for generation of such improved Brassica species, and methods for selection of Brassica lines. Further embodiments relate to seeds of Brassica juncea comprising an endogenous oil having increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content relative to presently existing commercial cultivars of Brassica juncea, seeds of Brassica juncea having traits for increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content in seed oil stably incorporated therein, and one or more generations of progeny plants produced from said seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Steven Arnold Thompson, Zoë Christina Ehlert
  • Patent number: 8637740
    Abstract: The invention relates to improved Brassica species, including Brassica juncea, improved oil and meal from Brassica juncea, methods for generation of such improved Brassica species, and methods for selection of Brassica lines. Further embodiments relate to seeds of Brassica juncea comprising an endogenous oil having increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content relative to presently existing commercial cultivars of Brassica juncea, seeds of Brassica juncea having traits for increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content in seed oil stably incorporated therein, and one or more generations of progeny plants produced from said seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC.
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Steven Arnold Thompson, Zoe Christina Ehlert
  • Publication number: 20130310589
    Abstract: The invention relates to improved Brassica species, including Brassica juncea, improved oil and meal from Brassica juncea, methods for generation of such improved Brassica species, and methods for selection of Brassica lines. Further embodiments relate to seeds of Brassica juncea comprising an endogenous oil having increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content relative to presently existing commercial cultivars of Brassica juncea, seeds of Brassica juncea having traits for increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content in seed oil stably incorporated therein, and one or more generations of progeny plants produced from said seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Steven Arnold Thompson, Zoé Christina Ehlert
  • Publication number: 20120204286
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns a plant of the genus, Brassica, or parts thereof, which comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of high oleic acid content, low linolenic acid content, increased herbicide resistance, restorer of cytoplasmic male sterility, and increased clubroot disease (Plasmodiophora brassicae) resistance, compared to a wild-type plant of the same species. This disclosure further relates to wild-type and mutant alleles of genes involved in these traits, molecular markers linked thereto, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Gregory R. Gingera, Jianwei Zhao, Van Leonard Ripley, Lasantha Ubayasena
  • Publication number: 20100143570
    Abstract: The invention relates to improved Brassica species, including Brassica juncea, improved oil and meal from Brassica juncea, methods for generation of such improved Brassica species, and methods for selection of Brassica lines. Further embodiments relate to seeds of Brassica juncea comprising an endogenous oil having increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content relative to presently existing commercial cultivars of Brassica juncea, seeds of Brassica juncea having traits for increased oleic acid content and decreased linolenic acid content in seed oil stably incorporated therein, and one or more generations of progeny plants produced from said seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Van Leonard Ripley, Steven Arnold Thompson, Zoe Christina Ehlert