Patents Issued in April 25, 2017
  • Patent number: PP27949
    Abstract: A new, distinct Andropogon gerardii plant as shown and described, characterized by a more upright plant with a height of 150 cm or less, dark green colored foliage with purple-red tips and joints, and purple fall color that turns deep purple, compared to parent plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Brent Arpad Horvath
  • Patent number: PP27950
    Abstract: ‘Siberia’ is a new variety of calla lily having inflorescences with a white-colored spathe that produces 4-18 inflorescences per tuber. The inflorescence stems are about 60 cm in height, and the leaves are green with whitish spots and have a leathery texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Sande B.V.
    Inventor: Cecilius Jan-Jochem Randag
  • Patent number: PP27951
    Abstract: ‘Forever’ is a new variety of calla lily having inflorescences with a pink-colored spathe that produces 5-20 inflorescences per tuber. The inflorescence stems are about 30 cm in height. The leaves are green without whitish spots and have a leathery texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Sande B.V.
    Inventor: Cecilius Jan-Jochem Randag
  • Patent number: RE46371
    Abstract: A bone fixation assembly and method of fixing bones including a fixation element having a head portion, a unitary coupling element and at least one locking element. The unitary coupling element includes a first bore adapted to slidably receive the head portion of the fixation element. A first locking element is adapted to secure the head portion in the first bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Jérôme David, Clifford B. Tribus
  • Patent number: RE46372
    Abstract: A method of treating hearing loss includes the step administering a composition to the mammal, wherein the composition consists essentially of a biologically effective amount of vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, a vasodilator comprising magnesium, and, optionally, a withanolide, and/or resveratrol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Josef M. Miller, Glenn E. Green, Colleen G. LePrell
  • Patent number: RE46373
    Abstract: Diagnosing or treating a human ear includes transporting a conjugated nanoparticle or a magnetically responsive nanoparticle into a human's middle or inner ear. Otologic nanophoresis includes electrically, magnetically or electromagnetically driving a nanoparticle through a membrane of the ear, including a tympanic membrane, a round window membrane, an oval window membrane, or a circulatory membrane. An otologic diagnostic device includes a nanoparticle conjugated with a material selected from the group consisting of lipids, proteins, growth factors, growth hormones, antioxidants, free radical scavengers, steroid preparations, and metabolically active substances; an otologic therapeutic device includes the same categories of substances and chemotherapeutic drugs. Another otologic composition includes a nanoparticle conjugated with a substance perceptible to magnetic resonance imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HOUGH EAR INSTITUTE
    Inventors: R. Kent Dyer, Jr., Jack V. D. Hough
  • Patent number: RE46374
    Abstract: Process for preparing primary amines which have at least one functional group of the formula (—CH2—NH2) and at least one further primary amino group by alcohol amination of starting materials having at least one functional group of the formula (—CH2—OH) and at least one further functional group (—X), where (—X) is selected from among hydroxyl groups and primary amino groups, by means of ammonia with elimination of water, wherein the reaction is carried out homogeneously catalyzed in the presence of at least one complex catalyst comprising at least one element selected from groups 8, 9 and 10 of the Periodic Table and also at least one donor ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schaub, Boris Buschhaus, Marion Kristina Da Silva, Mathias Schelwies, Rocco Paciello, Johann-Peter Melder, Martin Merger
  • Patent number: RE46375
    Abstract: A novel compound which is useful as an agent for treating and/or preventing emesis, vomiting and/or constipation. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted lower alkenyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl etc., R3 is hydrogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted lower alkenyl, optionally substituted lower alkynyl, optionally substituted lower alkoxy etc., R4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R5 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl lower alkyl or lower alkenyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptably acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanao Inagaki, Shin-ichiro Hara, Nobuhiro Haga, Yoshinori Tamura, Yoshihisa Goto, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: RE46376
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to an immunogenic composition that includes a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin A and/or a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin B. Each mutant toxin includes a glucosyltransferase domain having at least one mutation and a cysteine protease domain having at least one mutation, relative to the corresponding wild-type C. difficile toxin. The mutant toxins may further include at least one amino acid that is chemically crosslinked. In another aspect, the invention relates to antibodies or binding fragments thereof that binds to said immunogenic compositions. In further aspects, the invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences that encode any of the foregoing, and methods of use of any of the foregoing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Annaliesa Sybil Anderson, Robert G. K. Donald, Kathrin Ute Jansen, Michael James Flint
  • Patent number: RE46377
    Abstract: Disclosed are fast-curing, inexpensive corn-gluten resin compositions, methods for making them, methods for forming them into solid articles. In some embodiments, the resin composition includes corn meal gluten and a non-toxic organic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: GREEN MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventors: Dara L. Woerdeman, Odelia Maron
  • Patent number: RE46378
    Abstract: An assembly for insertion of an object into a pipeline comprises a base, a connector, and a set of pins. The base has a cylindrical passage and is connected to a mechanism for configured to drive the object into an inlet in the pipeline. The connector includes a head and a cylinder with a threaded internal surface and a an external surface having a groove spanning a extending around the circumference of the external surface. The connector is rotatable within the cylindrical passage in the base in a first direction and is held substantially axially stationary within the cylindrical passage in the base in a second direction by the set of pins in cooperation with the groove. The base is rotatable in the first direction and held substantially stationary in the second direction while connected to the inlet in the pipeline by the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SENTRY EQUIPMENT CORP.
    Inventors: Wilie V. Evans, Gary K. Evans
  • Patent number: RE46379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining the presence of a retinoblastoma protein (Rb)-mediated cancerous or pre-cancerous condition in a sample of fixed cells that involves exposing the sample to an antibody that recognizes phosphorylation of serine on the retinoblastoma protein (pS-Rb), and identifying cells in the sample that are recognized by the antibody to pS-Rb, where the recognition of pS-Rb in the sample determines the presence of an Rb-mediated cancerous or pre-cancerous condition. The method also involves identifying the presence of specific cell cycle markers and positive and negative cell cycle regulators to assess the stage of disease progression in a cancer patient having an (Rb)-mediated cancer. The present invention also relates to methods of assessing the efficacy of cancer therapy for an Rb-mediated cancer, determining the mechanism of cell cycle progression in an Rb-mediated cancer, and identifying cells predisposed to developing an Rb-mediated cancerous condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Selina Chen-Kiang, Scott A. Ely, Maurizio DiLiberto
  • Patent number: RE46380
    Abstract: What is disclosed are a novel system and method for inferring types of database queries. In one embodiment a program and associated database schema that includes a type hierarchy is accessed. The program includes query operations to a database that contains relations described by a database schema. Types are inferred from definitions in the program by replacing each database relationship in the program by the types in the database schema. A new program is generated with the types that have been inferred with the new program only accessing unary relations in the database. In another embodiment, testing of each of the types that have been inferred is performed for type emptiness. In response to type emptiness being found for a type that have been inferred, a variety of different operations are performing including removing the type, providing a notification regarding the emptiness found for the type, and more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Semmle Limited
    Inventors: Max Schaefer, Oege de Moor
  • Patent number: 9629296
    Abstract: A chop mechanism for a sod harvester can include a motor for rotating a cam to lift a chop frame. The cam can include a ready position in which it remains until a chopping action is started. The cam can be rotated from the ready position to a drop position in which the cam no longer supports a follower mounted to the chop frame. After the cam reaches the drop position, the rotation of the cam can be stopped to position the cam in a safe position to prevent the follower from striking the cam as the chop frame descends. Then, rotation of the cam can be resumed to return the cam to the ready position to await the next chopping action. The rotation of the cam from the ready position to the safe position and from the safe position to the ready position can be performed at different rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Firefly Automatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Aposhian, Eric E. Aston, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake
  • Patent number: 9629298
    Abstract: A zeroing adjustment for a depth control system of an agricultural seed planting implement has an adjustable link to compensate for the variable effects of tolerance stack-up and wear, so that all planting units of the implement can be adjusted to a common zero ground penetration setting from which depth settings can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Johnathon R. Dienst
  • Patent number: 9629299
    Abstract: A front attachment control system includes a selective control valve controlled by a joystick in a utility vehicle operator station, a diverter valve connected to the selective control valve and having a diverter switch that switches the diverter valve between a first position for an attachment tilt function and a second position for an attachment angling function controlled by the joystick. A front attachment with an angling cylinder includes a pair of hydraulic lines connectable to the diverter valve, and an actuator that engages the diverter switch as the hydraulic lines are connected to the diverter valve to switch the diverter valve to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Larry D. Swanson, Daniel Knight
  • Patent number: 9629300
    Abstract: A tracking adjustment arrangement for an agricultural tillage implement includes a main frame section, a pull hitch coupled with and extending forward from the main frame section, and a pair of wing sections respectively pivotally coupled with opposite lateral sides of the main frame section. The tracking adjustment arrangement includes a pair of draft members and a pair of turnbuckles. Each draft member is configured for coupling between the pull hitch and a respective one of the wing sections. Each turnbuckle is coupled with an end of a respective draft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Zemenchik, Matthew R. Sudbrink, Dean A. Knobloch
  • Patent number: 9629301
    Abstract: A direct drive seed metering device for a row crop sowing machine with a seed metering disc rotatable about a central shaft having a plurality of seed capturing and retaining holes for capturing and retaining the seeds and laying them in a controlled manner in a furrow. The seed disc has a flexible sealing member attached to an inner wall of the housing and sealingly pressed against a face of the metering disc thereby forming a vacuum chamber by a the vacuum generator that lowers the air pressure on a face of the metering disc so as to capture and retain the seeds. The vacuum chamber is created by the vacuum generator being fluidly connected to the chamber through a hollow shaft of a drive motor and through a perforated hollow hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Jorge Alberto Gentili
  • Patent number: 9629302
    Abstract: A direct drive seed metering device for a sowing machines with a rotatable vacuum chamber operated by vacuum and driven by a coaxial electric motor. The rotatable vacuum chamber has a seed metering disc for capturing seeds from a reservoir and laying them in a controlled manner in a furrow in the soil. The rotatable vacuum chamber is created by a concave plate located within the housing and sealingly attached to a face of the seed metering disc that is supplied a vacuum by a non-rotatable tube having a protruding hollow member, a flange and an of extraction outlet attached to a vacuum generator. A motor with an annular hollow-shaft is coupled to the concave plate wherein the vacuum generator lowers the air pressure on a face of the metering disc so as to capture and retain the seeds within the seed capturing and retaining holes arranged on another face of the metering disc opposite the rotatable vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Jorge Alberto Gentili
  • Patent number: 9629303
    Abstract: A pneumatic system of an agricultural implement includes a radial fan coupled with a plenum. The plenum contains outlets which distribute the airflow into a plurality of product distribution lines for application to a field. An airflow deflector plate has a back face fixed on a sidewall of a region interconnecting the fan outlet and plenum inlet to modify the airflow pattern and obtain an airflow that is at a uniform pressure and flow rate for each product distribution line. The deflector plate is tapered with a narrow edge pointed upstream and includes front face having at least one generally rectangular groove with a bottom surface extending generally parallel to the deflector back face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin J. Roberge, Ka Po Catherine Hui
  • Patent number: 9629304
    Abstract: An on-the-go monitor and control means and method for an agriculture machines includes on-the-go soil sensors that can be used to control tillage and seeding depth. On seeder implements, the sensors provide information that affects uniform plant emergence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Ag Leader Technology
    Inventor: Roger R. Zielke
  • Patent number: 9629305
    Abstract: A method and system for planting one of a plurality of seed types, hybrids and/or varieties is provided. A planter is provided with a plurality of row units. The row units include metering systems, which can include multiple seed meters at a particular row unit, as well as a queuing system. The metering systems including more than one seed meters are configured such that the seed meters will plant a different seed types or varieties. The operation of one or more of the seed meters at a time will provide for the planting of a particular seed variety. The invention provides for on-the-go changing of a seed being planted by changing the operation of one or more of the seed meters at each of the row units and provides for almost infinite variation among the row units for planting particular seed varieties or not planting at all.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Kinzenbaw, Merlan J. Rolffs, Matthew J. Wilhelmi, Dustan Hahn, Derrick Becker
  • Patent number: 9629306
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a plot in a field based on the location of a marker placed in an application prescription map prior to a crop input application operation. The plot defines a plot region. The plot region is defined during the crop input application operation based on the marker location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Climate Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Sauder, Doug Sauder, Phil Baurer, Timothy Sauder
  • Patent number: 9629307
    Abstract: A mower deck includes at least one cutting chamber with a spindle-mounted rotary cutting blade. The cutting chamber includes an upper wall and a sidewall. The sidewall presents a discharge opening. A cut-off baffle extends between the spindle and the sidewall discharge opening. The cut-off baffle adjusts between an open position in which the discharge opening is at least partially unobstructed and a closed position in which more of the discharge opening is obstructed. A spreader plate lies over the upper corner of the cutting chamber near the discharge opening opposite the cut-off baffle. The spreader plate adjusts between a first retracted position spaced away from the discharge opening and a second extended position closer to the discharge opening. The cut-off baffle and the spreader plate may be adjusted to control the discharge of grass clippings from the cutting chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: EXCEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas James Gaeddert, Derek Jordan Christophel
  • Patent number: 9629308
    Abstract: A harvesting machine capable of automatic adjustment, comprising a plurality of acoustic material flow sensors, a control system, a processor, and application software, wherein the plurality of acoustic material flow sensors are mounted internal to the harvesting machine at points of crop material flow and are capable of sensing an amount of crop material passing by them, wherein the control system is capable of adjusting a plurality of internal elements of the harvesting machine, wherein the software is hosted on the processor, and the processor is operatively coupled to the control system and the acoustic material flow sensors, wherein the software uses information sensed by the acoustic material flow sensors to determine if the internal elements of the harvesting machine are set for optimal machine performance, and the software sends commands to the internal elements of the harvesting machine in order to improve the machine performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Flemming Schøler, Barry D. Batcheller, Marshall T. Bremer, Nicholas L. Butts, Paul A. Nystuen, Adam A. Reich, Bradley K. Schleusner, Bradley R Thurow
  • Patent number: 9629309
    Abstract: A mower may have a removable mower deck and a removable attachment which includes a hopper and conveyor assembly for discharging particulate material from the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Green Industry Innovators, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Steffon Hoppel
  • Patent number: 9629310
    Abstract: A combine harvester (10) comprising axial separating apparatus (24, 5) is provided. The axial separating apparatus comprises at least one rotor (28) mounted for rotation in a rotor cage (30) and is arranged to convey crop material in a spiral path from a front end to a rear end. The rotors (28) may also serve to thresh the crop material before separation. The rotor cage (30) includes a grate (34) for allowing separated grain to fall there through under gravity. Two return conveyors (42, 44) are positioned below the grate (34), one behind the other. A first return conveyor (42) disposed under a front portion of the separating apparatus is arranged to catch a portion of said separated grain and convey the caught grain forwardly to a first front edge (46) from where the grain falls under gravity onto a first region of an underlying grain pan (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO A/S
    Inventor: Morten Leth Bilde
  • Patent number: 9629311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic injection syringe for plants, and in one aspect, the present invention provides an automatic injection syringe for plants, including: a main body which stores therein an injection solution; a needle which is inserted into a plant body and configured to allow the injection solution in the main body to flow out to the outside; an injection unit which is disposed in the main body and defines a storage space for storing the injection solution; an elastic member which is configured to move the injection unit inside the main body toward the needle when the elastic member is released from a compressed state; and a releasing unit which releases the elastic member from the compressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Hyun Jun Park
  • Patent number: 9629312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a marking device (10) for applying a marking on an object. The marking device comprises a striking arm (11), which is provided with a striking head (12) at its outer free end, and actuating means (30) for actuating the striking arm (11). The striking arm is movably connected to a base (7) through a link arrangement (30). The striking arm is pivotable about a pivot axis (V1) under the effect of the actuating means and the link arrangement from a resting position to a striking position so as to thereby allow the striking head to hit against an object in order to apply a marking on the object. The link arrangement is arranged to move the pivot axis of the striking arm outwards so that the distance between this pivot axis and the base increases when the striking arm is pivoted from the resting position to the striking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Bengt Sörvik
    Inventors: Bengt Sörvik, Peter Camitz
  • Patent number: 9629313
    Abstract: A system for growing plants, the system may include a substrate having one or more weakened areas or openings: one or more grow portions coupled to the substrate and situated at the one or more weakened areas or openings and having at least one seed or plant; and/or a fluid distribution portion coupled to the substrate and configured to provide fluid to the one or more grow portions. The system may further include a method of operation including one or more acts of: obtaining a weather forecast for a future time period; determining whether rain is expected during the future time period; and preventing, terminating, or restricting an irrigation cycle when it is determined that rain is expected during the fare time period. The restricting may restrict a flow of liquid during the irrigation cycle or shorten the irrigation interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Victor A. Grossman
  • Patent number: 9629314
    Abstract: A holder for producing a plant of any one of lettuce, sprout and herbs, having a container and a semi-permeable filter, for defining a closed space for wholly accommodating the plant; a reservoir for holding an amount of liquid in the close space; and a passage which is open during use for supplying the liquid to the plant, wherein the reservoir, the container and the semi-permeable filter are arranged to allow the whole plant to grow in the closed space, wherein the semi-permeable filter has a vapor permeation capacity related to a type of the plant and the content of the reservoir, and wherein the amount of liquid is pre-determined corresponding to the vapor permeation capacity, such that the amount of liquid is sufficient for the plant to be isolated in the closed space from cultivation through to offering for sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Vivi B.V.
    Inventors: Jacob Johannes Bijl, Cornelis Frans Taco Visser
  • Patent number: 9629315
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV044513. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV044513, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV044513 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV044513 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV044513.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Peter Guzman, Clinton J. Turnbull
  • Patent number: 9629316
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV048912. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV048912, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV048912 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV048912 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV048912.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Connie Davis, David W. Peters
  • Patent number: 9629317
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV056579. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV056579, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV056579 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV056579 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV056579.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yongliang Zhao, Sandeep Bhatnagar, Carlos Harjes
  • Patent number: 9629318
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV057074. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV057074, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV057074 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV057074 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV057074.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yongliang Zhao, Sandeep Bhatnagar, Carlos Harjes
  • Patent number: 9629319
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH016815. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH016815, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH016815 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH016815.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Buffard, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 9629320
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH048988. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH048988, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH048988 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH048988.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Mike Claywell, Kevin D. Eichelberger, Magen Starr Eller, Rebecca Corn Eller, Sarah Gehlhar, Gregory J. Holland, Daniel J. Lubich, Jeffrey L. McElroy, Brett A. Ochs, Laron L. Peters, Duane A. Potrzeba, Louis R. Reeder, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 9629321
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SV1893GH. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SV1893GH, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SV1893GH with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SV1893GH, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Kmiecik
  • Patent number: 9629322
    Abstract: Provided is a canola variety designated 45CS40 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 45CS40 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 45CS40 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety 45CS40, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 45CS40 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jayantilal Devabhai Patel, Igor Falak, Scott McClinchey
  • Patent number: 9629323
    Abstract: Provided is a canola variety designated 46M34 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 46M34 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 46M34 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety 46M34, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 46M34 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jayantilal Devabhai Patel, Ferdinand Thoonen, Igor Falak
  • Patent number: 9629324
    Abstract: A rice cultivar designated Calmochi-203 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar Calmochi-203, to the plants of rice Calmochi-203 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar Calmochi-203 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar Calmochi-203 with another rice cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE RICE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Stanley Omar P.B. Samonte, Virgilio Cedro Andaya, Kent Scheidel McKenzie, Farman Jodari
  • Patent number: 9629325
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01057518. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01057518. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01057518 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01057518 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Heinrich S. Wohleser
  • Patent number: 9629326
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated H4N12-0061. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar H4N12-0061. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar H4N12-0061 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar H4N12-0061 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Sid Perry
  • Patent number: 9629327
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated H4N12-0067. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar H4N12-0067. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar H4N12-0067 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar H4N12-0067 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Sid Perry
  • Patent number: 9629328
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated LA7W10-153. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar LA7W10-153. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar LA7W10-153 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar LA7W10-153 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Moreno-Sevilla
  • Patent number: 9629329
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB19W15R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB19W15R, cells from soybean variety XB19W15R, plants of soybean XB19W15R, and plant parts of soybean variety XB19W15R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB19W15R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB19W15R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB19W15R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB19W15R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB19W15R are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Martin A Fabrizius, Michael Thomas Roach
  • Patent number: 9629330
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB27AS15R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB27AS15R, cells from soybean variety XB27AS15R, plants of soybean XB27AS15R, and plant parts of soybean variety XB27AS15R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB27AS15R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB27AS15R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB27AS15R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB27AS15R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB27AS15R are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jessie Lynn Alt, Martin A Fabrizius, Randy Leroy Kallem
  • Patent number: 9629331
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH2DPT and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2DPT with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2DPT through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2DPT or a locus conversion of PH2DPT with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Scott Riedeman
  • Patent number: 9629332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) plants being resistant against the lettuce aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri (Mosley). The invention further relates to parts of the plants, in particular to the seeds and to other propagation material, and to progeny of the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Arnaud Paul Pierre Thabuis, Korstiaan Cornelis Teekens, Zeger Otto van Herwijnen
  • Patent number: 9629333
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV5777VA and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV5777VA and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach 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 leaf and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus Baerends