Patents Issued in June 20, 2017
  • Pepper plant named ‘E20B3751’
    Patent number: PP28123
    Abstract: A new and distinctive variety of pepper (Capsicum annuum) plant named ‘E20B3751’ that is distinguished by its red and yellow striped color and square shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
    Inventors: Wouter Lindeman, Willem Dirk Van Den Berg
  • Artichoke plant named ‘PIETRO #3’
    Patent number: PP28124
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Cynara named ‘PIETRO #3’ that is distinguishable by high yield of immature edible flower buds that are tight, globe-shaped, and dark red in color. In combination these traits set ‘PIETRO #3’ apart from all other existing varieties of Cynara known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Pietro Papalini
  • plant named ‘Tesvalen imp.’
    Patent number: PP28125
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Tesvalen imp.’, characterized by its broadly upright plant habit; relatively short flowering stems; sturdy and strong plants; moderately vigorous growth habit; numerous large dark red-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: VOF Hortipartners
    Inventor: Arthur N. J. Koekkoek
  • plant named ‘TESINDIG imp’
    Patent number: PP28126
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Tesindig imp.’, characterized by its broadly upright plant habit; relatively short flowering stems; sturdy and strong plants; moderately vigorous growth habit; numerous large purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Vof Hortipartners
    Inventor: Arthur N. J. Koekkoek
  • plant named ‘DPHLOX911’
    Patent number: PP28127
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘DPHKOX911’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full appearance; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and red-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Danziger “DAN” Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gavriel Danziger
  • plant named ‘Smokey’
    Patent number: PP28128
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Smokey’, characterized by its broadly upright and relatively compact plant habit; freely flowering habit; large inflorescences with bright purple-colored flowers; long flowering period; good garden performance; and tolerance to Powdery Mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Adrianus Verschoor
  • plant named ‘Pacsteffi’
    Patent number: PP28129
    Abstract: A new and distinct Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Pacsteffi’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniformly rounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and salmon-colored semi-double flowers held above the foliar plane on strong peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR
    Inventor: Martin Geibel
  • plant named ‘Campeacl’
    Patent number: PP28130
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Regal Geranium plant named ‘Campeacl’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; red and light pink bi-colored flowers; and no requirement for a cooling treatment for flower initiation and development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR
    Inventor: Martin Geibel
  • plant named ‘SUN 500’
    Patent number: PP28131
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘SUN 500’, characterized by its uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; single-type inflorescences with white-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Josef Heuger
  • plant named ‘SUN 400’
    Patent number: PP28132
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘SUN 400’, characterized by its uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with yellow-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Josef Heuger
  • plant named ‘PTW1300101’
    Patent number: PP28133
    Abstract: A new and distinct Campanula plant named ‘PTW1300101’, characterized by its compact, upright to spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely flowering habit; white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Genius Genes Production Facilities B.V.
    Inventor: Peter van de Pol
  • plant named ‘Allhy1236’
    Patent number: PP28134
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant named ‘Allhy1236’, characterized by its broadly upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit and high fruit density; glossy white-colored fruits; and suitability as a cut flower plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Allplants Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus T. J. van den Hoogen
  • Circulation of components during homogenization of emulsions
    Patent number: RE46441
    Abstract: An improved method for the manufacture of an oil-in-water emulsion involves circulation of emulsion components between a first container and a second container via a homogenizer and/or via a microfluidization device. Usefully, all of the emulsion components from the first container are emptied before being returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Harald Rueckl, Hanno Scheffczik, Barbara Santry
  • Catheter winder/unwinder and an arteriography system provided with such a winder/unwinder
    Patent number: RE46442
    Abstract: A catheter winder/unwinder comprising at least a first system and a second system is disclosed wherein, the first system comprises a first receptacle that receives a catheter and a first drive mechanism that applies movement to the catheter, the second system comprising a second receptacle that receives a guide and including an outlet, said second receptacle being rotatable relative to the first receptacle, and a second drive mechanism that applies movement to the guide. The outlet includes a fastener device for fastening to the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Philippe Bencteux
  • Flash fire and chemical resistant fabric and garments
    Patent number: RE46443
    Abstract: A flash fire and chemical barrier composite fabric, comprising a flame resistant fibrous basic layer; a radiant heat and chemical permeation barrier, the barrier including a metalized polymeric chemical permeation resistant layer film; and a clear heat sealable outer film layer overlying the radiant barrier and forming a heat sealable outer surface of the composite fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: KAPPLER, INC.
    Inventor: Adam J. Terrell
  • Nitride semiconductor device
    Patent number: RE46444
    Abstract: An nitride semiconductor device for the improvement of lower operational voltage or increased emitting output, comprises an active layer comprising quantum well layer or layers and barrier layer or layers between n-type nitride. semiconductor layers and p-type nitride semiconductor layers, wherein said quantum layer in said active layer comprises InxGa1?xN (0<x<1) having a peak wavelength of 450 to 540 nm and said active layer comprises laminating layers of 9 to 13, in which at most 3 layers from the side of said n-type nitride semiconductor layers are doped with an n-type impurity selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge and Sn in a range of 5×1016 to 2×1018/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Tanizawa
  • NBT based lead-free piezoelectric materials for high power applications
    Patent number: RE46445
    Abstract: Piezoelectric compounds of the formula xNamBinTiO3-yKmBinTiO3-zLimBinTiO3-pBaTiO3 where (0<x?1), (0?y?1), (0?z?1), (0.3?m?0.7), (0.3?n?0.7), (0<p?1) (0.9?m/n?1.1) as well as to doped variations thereof are disclosed. The material is suitable for high power applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shujun Zhang, Hyeong Jae Lee, Thomas R Shrout
  • Method and system for facilitating fast wake-up of a flash memory system
    Patent number: RE46446
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-readable code for maintaining flash data structures in accordance with events of a flash memory system are disclosed. Both an events log as well as at least one flash management table are maintained in flash memory. For at least one point in time, a most recently stored flash memory table is indicative of an earlier state of the flash memory system, while at least one event that is more recent than the earlier state is stored in the events log. During power-up, the flash management table is retrieved from flash memory. If the most recent event of the flash memory table is earlier than the most recent event of the events log, events are retrieved from the events log in order to update the flash memory table. Optionally, the updated flash memory table is saved to flash memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Menahem Lasser
  • RFID mutual authentication verification session
    Patent number: RE46447
    Abstract: In a protocol for preserving the privacy of communications between a RFID reader and a RFID tag, two distinct actions are taken. First, the reader and the tag must be mutually authenticated as being authorized participants in the communications. After that process is successfully completed, the authenticity of each authorized participant must be validated prior to each subsequent communication between reader and tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Amtech Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Kelly Gravelle, Dale L. Scott, Zhenping Tan
  • Isolation region fabrication for replacement gate processing
    Patent number: RE46448
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, the SOI substrate comprising a bottom silicon layer, a buried oxide (BOX) layer, and a top silicon layer; a plurality of active devices formed on the top silicon layer; and an isolation region located between two of the active devices, wherein at least two of the plurality of active devices are electrically isolated from each other by the isolation region, and wherein the isolation region extends through the top silicon layer to the BOX layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Brent A. Anderson, Edward J. Nowak
  • Electromagnetic machine with independent removable coils, modular parts and self sustained passive magnetic bearing
    Patent number: RE46449
    Abstract: A rotating electromagnetic machine has a tubular axle with mounting rings, a common ring, a coil input ring, and at least one bearing set mounted on it. A fitting is secured at a distal end of the tubular axle, and a commutator is secured at the proximal end. A housing is mounted on the bearing sets through adaptors. Connecting bars extend axially within the axle with lateral rods joined to the connecting bars at their distal ends, the bars commuting between segments of the commutator electromagnetic coils. A plurality of the electromagnetic coils are secured to the coil input ring. The coils are formed of spiral turns of a single flat strip electrically conductive material. A plurality of peripheral and sector magnets are mounted adjacent to the electromagnetic coils with electromagnetic interaction when relative motion occurs between the coils and the magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: ClearWater Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dumitru Bojiuc
  • Efficient CQI signaling in MIMO systems with variable numbers of beams
    Patent number: RE46450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the signaling of channel quality information in a multi-beam transmission system, wherein a plurality of sets of channel quality information are transmitted for controlling the transmission rate on one of the beams, wherein each set of channel quality information is derived dependent on an assumed parameter of at least one other beam which could be transmitted, comprising selecting a parameter of the transmission of each of the sets of channel quality information dependent on the assumed parameter of the at least one other beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Peter John Baker, Timothy James Moulsley
  • Program information broadcasting system, broadcasting device, and receiving terminal unit
    Patent number: RE46451
    Abstract: In a program information broadcasting system, it is aimed to minimize time for retrieval of program by viewers in operating an electronic program guide or time for waiting when applying for subscription. As a program information broadcasting system, program elements constituting a broadcasting program are divided into a plurality of items and are turned to data at a center, and a master data 21 of a program information to recognize the program is prepared. From the data constituting the master data, minimal necessary items for preparation of a program table are extracted, and a program basic information 22 is prepared. Said master data and said program basic information are transmitted simultaneously with the broadcasting, and said program basic information is received, reproduced and displayed before receiving of the master data at a receiving terminal unit 31 is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Tsukidate, Kenichi Fujita, Shigeki Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Takeuchi
  • Row making tool
    Patent number: 9681596
    Abstract: A hand-pulled garden row making tool includes a set of blades that are attached to a rail. The rail is attached to an elongated shaft coupled to a pull handle. The wide pull handle allows the tool to be easily pulled and turned to give the tool a continuous, rapid movement capability. The blades enable the user to create multiple sets of deep, straight, and evenly spaced rows of furrows with corresponding rows of mounds, each row of proportional depth, height, and width. The tool facilitates the design of a garden layout plan, the seeding process, the harvesting process, and the conservation of irrigation water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Adalberto Ramirez, Jr.
  • Weed-pulling tool
    Patent number: 9681597
    Abstract: A weed-pulling tool including a rectangular blade with a V-shaped notch at one end thereof and a handle connected to the blade via a tubular extension member extending from a second end thereof. The handle forms approximately a 50° angle with the level ground when the blade is laid flat against the ground. Such a configuration provides suitable leverage whereby a user may: (i) slide the blade into position with stems from one or more weeds in the V-shaped notch and (ii) push down on the handle thereby causing rotation about a support point such that the V-shaped notch portion of the blade pulls the one or more weeds, including root systems, out of the ground. One or more stiffening ribs runs along the perimeter of the V-shaped notch. The stiffening rib helps prevent the blade portions adjacent to the V-shaped notch from bending or failing while weeds are being pulled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Timothy M. Henshaw
  • Bellcrank activated wheel caster
    Patent number: 9681598
    Abstract: An agricultural planter has at least one wing section that can rotate forward to a transport configuration and can also rotate outward to a working configuration. The at least one wing section has a caster assembly attached to a strut pivotable between a raised position forward of the at least one wing section and a lowered position beneath the at least one wing section. At least one wing section lift cylinder is located above and horizontally rearward of the at least one wing section, and is connected to the at least one wing section using a rearward extending wing section lift cylinder mounting bracket. The at least one wing section lift cylinder is connected to at least one bell crank, which is connected to at least one drop link, which is connected to the strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Anderson, William L. Schroeder, Marvin A. Prickel
  • Paddle closing wheel
    Patent number: 9681599
    Abstract: A pair of paddle closing wheels are adapted to be coupled to a frame structure that is coupled to a planter unit pulled by a motive power source. The paddle closing wheels are rotatably attached to the frame structure and are adapted to engage the soil. Fingers extend from the paddle closing wheel in a radial direction and include paddles that are coupled to the fingers. Once the seed is deposited in the soil the paddle closing wheels move the soil to cover up the seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: YETTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick T. Whalen, James D. Lascelles, Carl A. Woodside
  • Selective fan shaped material distributor
    Patent number: 9681600
    Abstract: A material distribution system includes: a chassis; a material tank carried by the chassis and configured to hold a material; and a header configured to receive and distribute material from the material tank entrained in an air flow. The header includes: a header body having a pair of sidewalls, an inlet configured to receive entrained material from the material tank and a plurality of outlets, the sidewalls defining a width therebetween that increases from the inlet toward the plurality of outlets; a valve associated with an outlet that is configured to switch between a distributing position and a purging position, the valve blocking its outlet in the purging position; and a plenum having a volume of air that is selectively in fluid communication with the plurality of outlets to provide a purging air flow to the outlet with the associated valve when the valve is in the purging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: James W. Henry, Joel Gervais, Brennan Crooymans, Joshua Cote, Joel Denis, Jonathan Schuba
  • Hydraulic cylinder for an agricultural row unit having an uplift accumulator and a down pressure accumulator
    Patent number: 9681601
    Abstract: An agricultural row unit includes a gauge wheel that engages the soil to control the elevation of the row unit; a soil-engaging tool mounted to permit vertical movement of the tool relative to the row unit; a hydraulic cylinder having a movable rod and containing a pressurized hydraulic fluid for applying a down force to the the tool to urge the tool into the soil; an uplift accumulator housed within the rod and exposed to the hydraulic fluid to permit upward movement of the tool in response to increased resistance by the soil to downward movement of the tool, while applying a force resisting upward movement of the tool; and a down pressure accumulator coupled to the hydraulic cylinder to permit downward movement of the tool in response to decreased resistance by the soil to downward movement of the tool, while applying a force resisting downward movement of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Dawn Equipment Company
    Inventor: Joseph D. Bassett
  • Single particulate metering system with variable rate controls
    Patent number: 9681602
    Abstract: An improved particulate metering system is provided. The system includes an air flow origin and a plurality of particulate accelerators. A single particulate source is in communication with the particulate accelerators. Each of a plurality of operated conveyances can be in operable communication with the single particulate source and one of the particulate accelerators. The system includes a confluence of the air flow and the particulate within the mixing area of each of the particulate accelerators. Each of a plurality of discharges can be associated with the particulate accelerators. The operated conveyances can operate at different rates. The system can include one or more gearboxes adapted to be inverted and controlled by a second drive system. The improved system and controls provide variable application rates of particulate across rows in a field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: MONTAG INVESTMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Montag, Isaac Mogler, Jason Fehr
  • Cam action windguard
    Patent number: 9681603
    Abstract: A windguard is provided that may be used with an agricultural harvester, such as around baler, waste baler, combine, sugarcane harvester or cotton harvester. More particularly, the windguard utilizes at least a first and a second pivot tab, each comprising a cam that is adapted for alignment into a slot along a first and second side arms of the windguard and that allows a upward or downward movement of the pivot tabs in the slot. The sliding motion of the cam in the slot allows the windguard to automatically adjust during operation without manual adjustment or pre-adjustment prior to operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling
  • Operating control mechanism for garden tool
    Patent number: 9681604
    Abstract: An operating control mechanism for a garden tool comprises a control button and a pair of handles located at both sides of the control button. Triggers are arranged on the handles. The operating control mechanism further comprises stop components which are movable relative to the handles. The handles can rotate around axes by moving the stop components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SUZHOU CLEVA ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoxian Bian, Juan Wei, Juan Gu, Yongping Sun
  • Harvester feed rate control
    Patent number: 9681605
    Abstract: A harvester having a harvesting structure, an accumulator, and a module builder having a throat. A plurality of meter rollers are positioned to receive crop and transfer crop at a feed rate in cooperation with a beater roller. A feeder belt receives crop from the meter rollers and the beater roller and transfers the crop to the throat. A feed rate control system comprises at least one crop mass flow feedback device providing a crop mass flow feedback signal indicative of crop mass flow. A controller is provided that is in communication with the at least one crop mass flow feedback device and configured to operate in a first mode by lowering the feed rate when the crop mass flow feedback signal indicates a threshold has been reached and by raising the feed rate when the crop mass flow feedback signal indicates the threshold has not been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: James T. Noonan, Kevin J. Goering, Steven D. Wallestad, Mark A. Cracraft, Jerry B. Hall, Nile T. Ackerman
  • Beet crop heap divider apparatus
    Patent number: 9681606
    Abstract: The pick-up apparatus (2) for picking up harvested root crop, in particular sugar beets, from a root crop heap, comprises a pick-up section (8) which defines a pick-up direction PD a pick-up plane PL and a first lateral outward direction LOD1, comprises a pick-up member (24), and a pick-up frame (20), the pick-up frame (20) having a first lateral side (36), a second lateral side (38) and forming a pick-up opening (42), the pick-up opening (42) and the pick-up direction PD defining a pick-up area PA on the pick-up plane PL. The pick-up apparatus (2) comprises a heap divider (10) adapted for dividing the root crop heap and comprising a mobile heap dividing member (100), the mobile heap dividing member is adapted to convey root crop which is situated outside the pick-up area PA into the pick-up area PA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Exel Industries
    Inventor: Leo Mastalir
  • Twin axial-flow crop processor in a combine harvester
    Patent number: 9681607
    Abstract: A combine harvester including a frame and a twin rotor crop processor mounted to the frame. The processor comprises a pair of axial-flow crop processing rotors arranged side-by-side and each being mounted for rotation inside a generally cylindrical rotor housing. Each rotor housing includes a curved cover plate. Each cover plate has a structure that includes a flange along a longitudinal edge for securing the plate to a central frame member between the rotor housings. Both flanges intersect a hypothetical vertical plane aligned with the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Mygind Bojsen
  • Non-invasive sprinkler
    Patent number: 9681608
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for an in-ground sprinkler to controller a liquid flow rate through a chamber, while reducing or eliminating leakage. Embodiments may utilize a flat, external surface that is configured to be flush with a ground surface to control the liquid flow rate through the in-ground sprinkler. In embodiments, a permanent magnet may be positioned on the flat, external surface to control an internal patch system. Responsive to the permanent magnet controlling the internal patch, liquid flowing through the chamber may be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Hebison
  • Garden plot watering enclosure
    Patent number: 9681609
    Abstract: The application discloses a unique technique for watering a garden. This technique involves application of a watering system. This system provides an enclosure about the garden plot that includes a barrier permissive of light and air to the garden plot and at least partly preventing entry of land animals of interest to the garden plot. The garden plot is watered through a number of misting nozzles connected to the enclosure and held above the garden plot. Water is distributed to the misting nozzles with a conduit loop. Multiple conduit loops may be included to disburse the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Kaminski
  • Integrated control circuitry and coil assembly for irrigation control
    Patent number: 9681610
    Abstract: An integrated irrigation valve control device has a coil adapted to develop an electromagnetic flux sufficient to cause actuation of irrigation equipment. Control circuitry is electrically coupled to the coil to control the flux at the coil. A housing covers at least a portion of the coil and at least a portion of the control circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Crist, Matthew S. Prucinsky, Michael A. Lorenz
  • Automated gravimetric screening platform system and method
    Patent number: 9681611
    Abstract: A pot for use with system for controlling soil moisture in a plurality of potted plants to perform water deficit experiments includes a body portion having an open top end and a bottom end, and a flange coupled to the body portion adjacent the top end. The flange is configured to engage a platform to hold the body portion within an opening of the platform. The pot also includes a fluid reservoir having a bottom portion located adjacent the bottom end of the body portion, a plurality of vertically extending fluid channels extending upwardly toward the top end of the body portion, a fill opening located at the bottom end of the body portion in communication with the bottom portion of the fluid reservoir, and a check valve coupled to the fill opening to permit fluid to be supplied to the fluid reservoir from the bottom end of the body portion through fill opening and the check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kirsti A. Golgotiu, Philippe Herve, Douglas Keller, Troy M. Swartwood, Jeffrey D. Donaldson
  • Watering system for plants
    Patent number: 9681612
    Abstract: A watering system includes a bottle unit or a water level control unit which has a float member to control the water level of the tank in a planting hole. The float member controls the operation of the water inlet valve and the water level in the bottle unit so as to control the amount of water that the planting hole provides to the soil outside the planting hole without using electricity. The plants are properly watered automatically all day long. The water permeates into the soil outside the planting hole to water the plants that are planted in a larger area. The watering system is suitable for watering the plants in a large area or in pots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Yi-Hsi Li
  • Water-level indicator and wide-mouth re-fill apparatus for sub-irrigated, containerized plants that attaches to a plant's growpot
    Patent number: 9681613
    Abstract: A water-level indicator and re-fill apparatus for the sub-irrigation of potted plants. The indicator uses a float and shaft placed inside an outer tube attached to a potted plant as a way to visually indicate to the user when the reservoir of the sub-irrigation system is running low. While attached to the plant, the user may conveniently re-fill the apparatus after being notified of the water level without disassembling the apparatus or removing it from a decorative planter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Steven C. Stanford
  • Closterovirus-resistant melon plants
    Patent number: 9681614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plant of the species Cucumis melo, said plant comprising a genetic element derived from a plant of the species Cucumis melo var. agrestis, which genetic element comprises a closterovirus-resistance-conferring QTL or a closterovirus-resistance-conferring part thereof linked to at least one marker located on the chromosome equivalent to linkage group (LG) 6 of melon accession PI 313970, wherein said plant is not melon accession PI 313970.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Invest B.V.
    Inventors: René Johannes Maria Hofstede, Petrus Jacobus Kraakman, Jeroen Sebastiaan De Vries
  • Rapid breeding of plants
    Patent number: 9681615
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and products by process for Rapid-breeding of plants. In certain embodiments, the systems and/or methods are at least partially automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera, Philip A. Eckhoff, Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K. Y. Jung, Wayne R. Kindsvogel, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Method to identify asian soybean rust resistance quantitative trait loci in soybean and compositions thereof
    Patent number: 9681616
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding soybean plants containing quantitative trait loci that are associated with resistance to Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), a fungal disease associated with Phakopsora spp. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring disease resistance for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program for resistance to ASR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: George J. Baley, Vergel C. Concibido, Bradley J. La Vallee
  • Tomato line CHI-XF-PIAS
    Patent number: 9681617
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI-XF-PIAS. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI-XF-PIAS, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato 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: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Johannes Hendrikus Maria Barten
  • Tomato line FDR-9Q09166
    Patent number: 9681618
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FDR-9Q09166 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-9Q09166 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato 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: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seads, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Frantz
  • Wheat cultivar TW300-001 and compositions and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 9681619
    Abstract: A wheat cultivar designated TW300-001 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of wheat cultivar TW300-001, and to methods for producing wheat seeds and plants by crossing wheat cultivar TW300-001 with itself or another wheat cultivar or wheat plant not designated a cultivar. The invention also relates to methods for producing seeds and plants of wheat cultivar TW300-001 containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic wheat plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to methods for producing seeds and plants by mutagenesis of wheat cultivar TW300-001. The invention also relates to hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing wheat cultivar TW300-001 with another wheat cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Etienne
  • Barley mutant lines having grain with ultra-high beta glucan content
    Patent number: 9681620
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to barley plants having grain with ultra-high beta-glucan content, methods for constructing said barley plants, grain therefrom and uses thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, present disclosure provides a barley plant having grain with ultra-high beta-glucan content known as CM1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Gongshe Hu
  • Maize inbred PH1DG1
    Patent number: 9681621
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1DG1 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1DG1 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1DG1 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 PH1DG1 or a locus conversion of PH1DG1 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Gustavo Marcelo Garcia
  • Maize inbred PH25KR
    Patent number: 9681622
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH25KR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH25KR with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH25KR 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 PH25KR or a locus conversion of PH25KR with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Johann Fangl