Patents Issued in May 22, 2018
  • Patent number: 9974264
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01057212. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01057212. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01057212 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01057212 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Hicks, Catherine N. Nyinyi Hatcher
  • Patent number: 9974265
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01057517. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01057517. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01057517 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01057517 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Heinrich S. Wohleser
  • Patent number: 9974266
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01059566. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01059566. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01059566 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01059566 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Hall
  • Patent number: 9974267
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01057526. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01057526. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01057526 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01057526 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Carrin Carlson
  • Patent number: 9974268
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051074. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051074. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051074 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051074 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Thomas L. Floyd
  • Patent number: 9974269
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058766. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058766. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058766 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058766 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Tyler
  • Patent number: 9974270
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SV9203GV. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SV9203GV, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SV9203GV 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 SV9203GV, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Kmiecik
  • Patent number: 9974271
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH25V7 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH25V7 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH25V7 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 PH25V7 or a locus conversion of PH25V7 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Martin Arbelbide
  • Patent number: 9974272
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00K404 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00K404 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00K404 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00K404, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00K404. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00K404.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Lori Lisa Carrigan, Michael Adam Chandler, Thomas Craig Kevern, Dina Elijah Severns, Matthew David Smalley, Matthew David Walch, Julia Xiuling Zhang
  • Patent number: 9974273
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH286684. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH286684, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH286684 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 CH286684.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Clinton J. Turnbull
  • Patent number: 9974274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Spinacia oleracea seed designated 51-710 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including medium-late bolting, a semi-erect to horizontal plant habit, a smooth to semi-savoy leaf surface and resistance to downy mildew (P. farinosa f. sp. spinaciae) races Pfs1 to Pfs15. The present invention also relates to a Spinacia oleracea plant produced by growing the 51-710 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the spinach cultivar, represented by spinach variety 51-710 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Petrus Antonius Jansen
  • Patent number: 9974275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Spinacia oleracea seed designated 51-341 RZ and 51-342 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including very late bolting, slow growing, a semi-erect plant habit, a small leaf blade size and resistance to downy mildew (P. farinosa f. sp. spinaciae) races Pfs1 to 15. The present invention also relates to a Spinacia oleracea plant produced by growing the 51-341 RZ or 51-342 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the spinach cultivar, represented by spinach variety 51-341 RZ and 51-342 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Petrus Antonius Jansen
  • Patent number: 9974276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spinach plant which may comprise an allele conferring resistance to downy mildew, propagation material of said spinach plant, a cell of said spinach plant, seed of said spinach plant, and to harvested leaves of said spinach plant. The invention further relates to use of a spinach plant in breeding to confer resistance against downy mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Geert Jan Feitsma, Vincent Laurens Adrianus Kock
  • Patent number: 9974277
    Abstract: Novel lettuce, such as lettuce designated PYTHON is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of lettuce PYTHON, to the plants and plant parts of lettuce PYTHON, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce PYTHON with itself or another lettuce plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce plants derived from the lettuce PYTHON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Shamrock Seed Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry Knerr
  • Patent number: 9974278
    Abstract: A system that includes a laser, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a teat position associated with an unknown teat, determine a first position distance between the teat position and a first teat, determine a second position distance between the teat position and a second teat, determine a third position distance between the teat position and a third teat, and determine a fourth position distance between the teat position and a fourth teat. The processor is further configured to compare the first position distance, the second position distance, the third position distance, and the fourth position distance to determine a smallest position distance from the unknown teat, identify a teat of the dairy livestock corresponding with the smallest position distance, associate a teat identifier for the unknown teat with the identified teat, and store the association in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Mark A. Foresman, Bradley J. Prevost, Marinus P. Van Aart
  • Patent number: 9974279
    Abstract: A nutrient dispensing device for animals includes an access basin and a support portion attached to the access basin. The dispensing device includes a ramp spanning between the access basin and the support portion. A storage tank is disposed on the support portion, and a first end of the ramp is located partially beneath an open end of the storage tank. The ramp also includes at least one shield attached along a portion of the ramp, and the shield resists contents stored in the storage tank from entering a region of the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Melaney Northrop, Michael D. Harper, David R. Veness
  • Patent number: 9974280
    Abstract: An animal feeding vehicle includes a movement control system, a GPS receiver for generating a first set of parameters including location information, a proximity sensor for generating a second set of parameters including spatial information, a position sensor for generating a third set of parameters including motion information, a feeding system including a feeding control system for feeding animals based on a fourth set of parameters. A control unit receives the first, second, third, and fourth sets of parameters, and defines a first mode in which the user controls the movement control system and the feeding control system, and in which the control unit records data representing the first, second, third, and fourth sets of parameters; and a second mode in which the control unit controls the movement control system and the feeding system by comparing recorded data with the first, second, third, and fourth sets of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Dansk Mink Papir A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Palsgaard, Johnny Mollerup Larsen, Rudi Pedersen
  • Patent number: 9974281
    Abstract: A starch-based flying pet treat comprising, compositionally, a starch-based edible material. The treat has an overall circular shape formed by a center ring providing a first surface area and at least one wing integrally extending from the center ring and providing a second surface. Apertures are positioned in the surface areas to provide a high glide ratio such that the treat is configured to fly through the air when thrown. The treat is throwable for exercising a pet such that the pet chases or retrieves the flying pet treat and is rewarded with an edible pet treat for chewing and consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Royal Pet Incorporated
    Inventor: Troy Petersen
  • Patent number: 9974282
    Abstract: A pet waste collection device for collecting and discarding animal waste is provided. The device comprises a shaft with a vacuum head mounted to the shaft. A vacuum motor is mounted within the vacuum head. A nozzle is connected to the shaft and the vacuum motor provides a suction to the second end of the nozzle. A retractable claw member having a plurality of extendable claw fingers extends from the nozzle. A waste bag is positioned within the claw member. An access port is formed in the vacuum handle. Upon collection of the pet waste in the waste bag, the claw fingers close as the claw member retracts into the nozzle, the open end of the waste bag closing shut. The bagged pet waste is suctioned by the vacuum motor through the shaft to a waste bag receptacle within the vacuum handle and removable from the receptacle through the access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Carlos Castano
  • Patent number: 9974283
    Abstract: A security system configured to be attached about the neck of a dog, includes a collar having opposed ends, each end having a fastener such that the belt is configured to be selectively coupled about the dog's neck. A monitoring assembly is mounted to the collar, the monitoring assembly including a microphone and a processor in data communication with the microphone. A transmitter is operatively connected to the processor. A response assembly is displaced from the monitoring assembly that includes a speaker in data communication with the processor, the processor configured to selectively actuate the speaker when the processor determines that the microphone has detected a predetermined sound, such as the bark of an intruding dog. The displaced speaker may then emit the sound of a menacing guard dog until the sound of an intruding dog is no longer detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventors: Margaret A. Hord, Benjamin F. Hord
  • Patent number: 9974284
    Abstract: An electronic monitoring device (20) for attaching to an animal (21) for determining a plurality of states of an animal (21). The monitoring device (20) comprises an NFC module (31) which facilitates wireless communication between a smart phone (32) and the monitoring device (20). The monitoring device (20) comprises an accelerometer (27) for monitoring acceleration of the head (25) of the animal (21). A microprocessor (28) determines various states of the animal from signals received from the accelerometer (27). The smart phone (32) is programmed by a software application which allows an identifying code of the monitoring device (20) to be read from the memory chip (36) and cross-referenced in the smart phone (32) with the identity of an animal, which can be inputted into the smart phone (32). Data relating to the state or states of the animal can be read from the microprocessor (28) through the NFC module (31) wirelessly into the smart phone (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: DAIRYMASTER
    Inventors: Edmond Patrick Harty, Liam Eoghan Mullane, John Gerard Daly
  • Patent number: 9974285
    Abstract: Self-dispensing poultry and small animal feeder dispenses feed from a hopper into a catch dish on demand by action of the bird pecking at the feed in the catch dish or small animal feeding at the catch dish. Interchangeable regulating disks have respective different size center apertures, and a groove seating a cross-bar of a trigger rod on which the catch dish is supported. A spade or paddle at the upper end of the trigger rod moves when the trigger rod wiggles or shifts, and this causes feed to fall through the regulator disk center aperture to replenish the feed in the catch dish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Francis J. Kunnumpurath
  • Patent number: 9974286
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tray for containing a number of eggs in an incubation chamber, the tray comprising a number of egg accommodation spaces in which space an egg is able to be hatched, and at least one passage for a chicken through which passage a chicken hatched from said egg may pass through the tray and enter a chicken accommodation space located below the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HatchTech Group B.V.
    Inventor: Tjitze Meter
  • Patent number: 9974287
    Abstract: A fish stringer has a locking body, an insert received in the locking body and a loop connected to the locking body and the insert. An insert-receiving cavity traverses into the locking body. The insert has a handle portion to be manipulated and a tongue portion within the insert-receiving cavity. A latching mechanism on the insert engages a latch receptacle on the locking body. The latching mechanism is a flexible arm with a tab. The flexible arm is deformed from an equilibrium position as the tab engages with the latch receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: NELSON DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Jason Nelson
  • Patent number: 9974288
    Abstract: The present invention provides to a polyethylene glycol-modified feline-derived protein which is obtained by chemically modifying a feline-derived protein with polyethylene glycol. The feline-derived protein is produced by a method comprising any or a combination of extracting the protein from somatic cells of a transgenic bird and/or an egg laid thereby, purifying and activating the same. The transgenic bird has a foreign gene containing a sequence encoding a feline-derived protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nakaishi, Takuya Shindo, Tomoko Awa
  • Patent number: 9974289
    Abstract: The present invention features a knock-in mouse comprising a mutation in an endogenous CRBN locus and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Levine Ebert, Jan Krönke, Steven A. Carr, Namrata D. Udeshi, Emma Fink
  • Patent number: 9974290
    Abstract: The invention concerns a non-human animal model useful for sensitively studying gene-gene interactions over a wide genetic background; methods for producing the animal model; and methods for studying gene-gene interactions using an animal model of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: Jia-Wang Wang, Richard F. Lockey
  • Patent number: 9974291
    Abstract: Genetically modified non-human animals comprising a human or humanized interleukin-7 (IL-7) gene. Cells, embryos, and non-human animals comprising a human or humanized IL-7 gene. Rodents that express human or humanized IL-7 protein. Genetically modified mice that comprise a human or humanized IL-7-encoding gene in their germline, wherein the human or humanized IL-7-encoding gene is under control of endogenous mouse IL-7 regulatory sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 9974292
    Abstract: A tool for making the task of tying a hook or bait onto a fishing line easy. The device includes a magnet to hold the hook or bait, holders for each end of the line on either side of the hook, a neck around which to wrap the line and a notch through which the line can be inserted and pulled back under and through the wraps to complete the knot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Phyllis D. O'Neal
  • Patent number: 9974293
    Abstract: A fishing bobber may include an elongate shaft having a first end, an opposing second end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, a line retainer disposed at the first end, a counterweight float disposed proximate the second end, and an axially movable primary float disposed on the elongate shaft between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: James Calvin Miller
    Inventor: James Calvin Miller
  • Patent number: 9974294
    Abstract: A simple triggering tip-up device, for use with a conventional ice fishing rod and reel, includes a base, a rod holder, an indicator flag, and a trigger mechanism. The base provides a stable platform for the rod holder and indicator flag to be removably attached to one end and a U-shaped trigger mechanism is rotatably mounted at the other end. The trigger mechanism has a long leg on one end and a short leg on the opposite end. The long leg secures a fishing line being fed from a reel with an open bail while the short leg holds the indicator flag in the “set” position. The action of a fish pulling the line raises the legs of the trigger mechanism causing stored energy from the flag shaft to be released resulting in the release of both the indicator flag and the fishing line. Although the present invention primarily relates to ice fishing it would not be unreasonable to apply this invention to open water fishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas John Reiter
  • Patent number: 9974295
    Abstract: A system and method of monitoring and controlling cellulose-consuming pests in a predetermined location, providing for the use of an assembly that has a main body with a cylindrical upper portion and a lower portion continuously co-axially formed with the upper portion. The lower portion is formed as blades meeting at a lowermost point and defining a sharp bottom point that helps penetrate the soil in the selected location. A plurality of cellulose-containing bait units are detachably fitted in the lower portion and the upper portion. The bait units fitted in the lower portion are retained by the blade portions, which engage radial slots of the bait units. A moisture-retaining member is positioned in the upper portion above an uppermost of the bait units. A removable cap frictionally fittingly engages with the upper portion. The cap has an opening allowing water to be poured into the main body to moisten the bait units and make them more attractive to foraging insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventors: Marcus Azzarello, Joseph Azzarello
  • Patent number: 9974296
    Abstract: The application is generally directed towards an airfoil for a fluid delivery tube. The airfoil includes a securing member operably connecting the airfoil to the tube, a fin extending downward and outward from the securing member and terminating in a tip, a shield extending inward and downward from the tip of the fin, and an air guide extending from a first end of the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: WINFIELD SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joe V. Gednalske, William Thomas Hambleton, Eric P. Spandl, Lillian C. Magidow, Gregory Dahl, Laura J. Hennemann
  • Patent number: 9974297
    Abstract: The foot snare triggering device of the present invention is designed to be used with a foot snare, and comprises a trigger plate assembly, having a tension adjustment means which allows the trigger plate assembly to pivotally yield to vertical pressure. A trigger mechanism has a trigger end set within said plate assembly and is attached to an extension mechanism providing a tandem extension spring configuration attached to a pair of pulleys, and a snare attachment port located within the trigger mechanism for releasably securing a foot snare by moving longitudinally when the trigger mechanism is engaged by pressure to said plate assembly allowing a foot snare to be released from the snare attachment port after triggering said device. A pan, pivotally connected to the plate underside distal to the pan tension adjustment means, has a trigger mount to engagingly receive the trigger mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Michael S. DeMers
  • Patent number: 9974298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bird protection device and to a bird protection device. According to the invention, a method for producing a bird protection device is proposed, wherein the bird protection device is made of an at least partially transparent material and contains an optical structure visible to a bird's eye. Here, the method comprises a radiation input, wherein the radiation input is implemented on and/or in the partially transparent material for forming the optical structure. The radiation input is preferably laser radiation. Suitable lasers for the radiation input are, for example, CO2 lasers with a wavelength of 1064 nm, picosecond lasers with a wavelength of 532 nm or nanosecond lasers with a wavelength of 532 nm. In one embodiment of the invention, the bird protection device furthermore comprises an element for increasing the contrast, wherein, for forming the optical structure, the radiation input is implemented on and/or in the element for increasing the contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: BORAIDENT GMBH, HUNSRUECKER GLASVEREDELUNG WAGENER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Arnold, Robert Bischoff, Steffen Kuerbitz, Andreas Luster, Thomas Rainer
  • Patent number: 9974299
    Abstract: A bird nest prevention device for use in a building structure includes a mounting face for connecting to a face of a truss by a connector, a first angled portion having a lower edge connecting to an upper edge of the mounting face and being inclined upward therefrom, a second angled portion having a lower edge opposing the lower edge of the first inclined portion and being inclined upward therefrom, an upward extending portion connecting at a lower portion thereof to the first angled portion and the second angled portion and wherein the lower edges form a stand to rest on top of the truss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: STURDI-BUILT BUILDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Dustin Duane Ingram
  • Patent number: 9974300
    Abstract: This invention is based on the use of cyclopropene to stabilize/enhance yield/seed production for corn inbred lines known to be stress-susceptible. Inbred corn lines are especially susceptible to environmental and mechanical stresses. Provided are methods and use of cyclopropene to enhance production of inbred seed from inbreds especially susceptible to stress. Also provided are methods and use of cyclopropene to enhance production of hybrid seed from inbreds susceptible to environmental stress. Also provided are methods and use of cyclopropene to enhance production of hybrid seed from inbreds susceptible to mechanical stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Agrofresh Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Ward Green
  • Patent number: 9974301
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fungicidal composition for controlling phytopathogenic diseases, comprising a mixture of volatile compounds: 14-17% v/v ethanol, 28-33% v/v 3-methylbutanol, 18-21% v/v isobutyl acetate, 17-20% v/v isoamyl acetate, and 13-16% v/v alpha-bisabolol, relative to the total volume of the composition. The invention also relates to the use of the fungicidal composition in order to inhibit the growth of the pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA
    Inventors: Andres Quiroz, Heidi Schalchli, Emilio Hormazabal
  • Patent number: 9974302
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel insecticidal proteins active against a Coleopteran and/or Hemipteran species pest, which include, but are not limited to, TIC3131, TIC3400 and TIC3407 proteins. The present invention also provides a DNA construct comprising operably linked to a heterologous promoter a polynucleotide that encodes the novel insecticidal protein or an insecticidal fragment thereof. The present invention further provides transgenic plants/plant cells/plant parts expressing the insecticidal proteins, methods for detecting the presence of the polynucleotide or the protein in a biological sample, and methods of controlling a Coleopteran and/or Hemipteran species pest using the insecticidal proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Heather M. Anderson, David J. Bowen, Catherine A. Chay, Stanislaw Flasinski, Uma R. Kesanapalli, Jason S. Milligan, Rachael N. Slightom, Yong Yin
  • Patent number: 9974303
    Abstract: A cationic star polymer is disclosed of the general formula (1): wherein w? is a positive number greater than or equal to 3, I? is a dendritic polyester core covalently linked to w? independent peripheral linear cationic polymer chains P?. Each of the chains P? comprises a cationic repeat unit comprising i) a backbone functional group selected from the group consisting of aliphatic carbonates, aliphatic esters, aliphatic carbamates, aliphatic ureas, aliphatic thiocarbamates, aliphatic dithiocarbonates, and combinations thereof, and ii) a side chain comprising a quaternary amine group. The quaternary amine group comprises a divalent methylene group directly covalently linked to i) a positive charged nitrogen and ii) an aromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Agency For Science, Technology And Research
    Inventors: Daniel J. Coady, Amanda C. Engler, Kazuki Fukushima, James L. Hedrick, Jeremy P. K. Tan, Yi Yan Yang
  • Patent number: 9974304
    Abstract: The invention relates to macrocyclic picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kyle A. DeKorver, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Kevin G. Meyer, Chenglin Yao, Ronald J. Heemstra, William H. Dent, III
  • Patent number: 9974305
    Abstract: To provide a novel pesticidal composition, particularly a composition for a fungicide. A fungicidal or bactericidal composition comprising one or more compounds selected from oxime-substituted amide compounds represented by the formula (I), or their N-oxides or salts, and one or more compounds selected from known fungicidal or bactericidal compounds: wherein G1 represents a structure of G1-1, G1-27, etc., G2 represents a structure of G2-2, etc., W represents an oxygen atom, etc., X1 represents difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, etc., X2, X3, X4 and X5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, etc., Y1 represents a halogen atom, etc., Y2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, etc., Y3 represents a halogen atom, trifluoromethyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, etc., Y4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc., R1 represents C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, etc., R2 and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, methyl, etc., R4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc., and R5 represents methyl, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehito Kuwahara, Nakako Hasunuma, Yasuhiro Fukami
  • Patent number: 9974306
    Abstract: The invention is in the field of the crop protection products which can be employed against harmful plants in tolerant crops of soybeans and which comprise, as herbicidally active substances, a combination of two or more herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Elmar Gatzweiler, Klaus Trabold, Ralph Dale Bagwell, Christian Waldraff, Fabien Poree
  • Patent number: 9974307
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for controlling pests having an excellent control efficacy on pests. A composition for controlling pests comprising a compound represented by the formula (1): wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description, or N-oxide thereof; and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a group of azole-type compound, a group of strobilurin-type compound, a group of phenylamido-type compound, a group of a compound for controlling rice blast, a group of a compound for controlling sheath blight of rice, and a group of fungicidal compound selected from fludioxonil, ethaboxam, tolclofos-methyl, and captan; shows an excellent controlling efficacy on pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Chie Shimizu, Masashi Kamezaki, Yoshihiko Nokura
  • Patent number: 9974308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid termiticide compositions comprising a pyrethroid and a neonicotinoid selected from the group consisting of imidacloprid, nithiazine, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, thiacloprid and clothianadin, these compositions result in an increase in termite mortality at low application rates and a continuous chemical barrier of a termiticide in soil surrounding and beneath a structure in a locus where termites are suspected or known to exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: James B. Ballard, Cristi L. Palmer, Kim Watson
  • Patent number: 9974309
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preserving one or more cut flowers with the use of a sulphur dioxide (SO2) generating device. The method further relates to an SO2 generating device for the preservation of one or more cut flowers. The device may be in the form of a strip for attachment to a flower sleeve or in the form of an article of any shape for placement inter-bunch and above the flower heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Tessara (Pty) Ltd
    Inventor: Alwyn Jacobus Van Jaarsveld
  • Patent number: 9974310
    Abstract: A method of making a ceramic glaze formulation having an antimicrobial property for use with a ceramic article. The method comprises fritting an antimicrobial formulation in a flux frit, providing least one unfritted antimicrobial component, providing a silver carrier in a glass matrix, and combining the flux frit, the at least one unfritted component, and the silver carrier in the glass matrix to form the ceramic glaze formulation. The silver carrier is combined at an addition rate based on a dry weight basis of the ceramic glaze formulation. A ceramic glaze additive formulation and ceramic glazed article are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Microban Products Company
    Inventors: Alvin Lamar Campbell, Jr., Nathan L. Fields
  • Patent number: 9974311
    Abstract: A product capable of controlling odors arising from organic matter, and a method of making the product. The product comprises an admixture of a moldable thermoplastic and a benign dormant bacteria in a sporulated form, which admixture is formed by mixing the benign dormant bacteria into the moldable thermoplastic when the moldable thermoplastic is melted, and molding the admixture into a molded product. The benign dormant bacteria are embedded throughout the molded product, including being buried within a body of the molded product and being presented on a surface of the molded product. The benign dormant bacteria presented on the surface of the molded product are activatable upon exposure of the surface of the molded product to the organic matter, and the benign activated bacteria digest the organic matter to control production of offensive odors. Abrasive wear of the surface of the molded product exposes fresh benign dormant bacteria buried in the body to the surface for additional odor control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: STEWART GROUP TRADING INC.
    Inventors: Philip P. Chow, Catherine Ciupa
  • Patent number: 9974312
    Abstract: An oven comprising a housing, a cavity located within the housing, and a rotator having a first food loading section and a second food loading section is disclosed. The cavity includes a single opening for loading a food item into the cavity. If one of the first food loading section and the second food loading section is located outside of said cavity, then the other of the first food loading section and the second food loading section is located within said cavity. A first cook setting of the oven when the first food loading section is within the cavity and a second cook setting of the oven when the second food loading section is within the cavity are independently controllable. The first food loading section and the second food loading section may be separated by a divider, which prevents heat from escaping from the cavity through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Ovention, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Alex Wayne Johnson
  • Patent number: 9974313
    Abstract: A baking mold consists of a first exterior element having at least one first baking cavity, a second exterior element having at least one second baking cavity, and an intermediate supportive element having at least one operational channel. The intermediate supportive element is disposed between the first and second exterior elements in such a manner that the first and second baking cavities and the operational channel form a continuous baking chamber adapted to accommodate a baked product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Francis X. Brandt