Patents by Inventor W. Brinkerhoff

W. Brinkerhoff 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).

  • Precise breeding - simultaneous silencing
    Publication number: 20070226841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Caius Rommens, Jingsong Ye, Jaime Menendez-Humara, Hua Yan, Craig Richael, W. Brinkerhoff, Kathy Swords
  • Precise breeding-marker-free transformation
    Publication number: 20070226838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Caius Rommens, Jingsong Ye, Jaime Menendez-Humara, Hua Yan, Craig Richael, W. Brinkerhoff, Kathy Swords
  • Precise breeding
    Publication number: 20060156443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Caius Rommens, Jingsong Ye, Jaime Menendez-Humara, Hua Yan, Craig Richael, W. Brinkerhoff, Kathy Swords