Patents Issued in September 4, 2018
  • Patent number: RE47025
    Abstract: A light source that utilizes light emitting diodes that emit white light is disclosed. The diodes are mounted on an elongate member having at least two surfaces upon which the light emitting diodes are mounted. The elongate member is thermally conductive and is utilized to cool the light emitting diodes. In the illustrative embodiment, the elongate member is a tubular member through which a heat transfer medium flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: OptoLum, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel M. Dry
  • Patent number: RE47026
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system is disclosed. The system includes a transceiver having a multichannel receiver and a multichannel transmitter, where each channel of the transmitter is configured for independent selection of frequency, phase, time, space, and magnitude, and each channel of the receiver is configured for independent selection of space, time, frequency, phase and gain. The system also includes a magnetic resonance coil having a plurality of current elements, with each element coupled in one to one relation with a channel of the receiver and a channel of the transmitter. The system further includes a processor coupled to the transceiver, such that the processor is configured to execute instructions to control a current in each element and to perform a non-linear algorithm to shim the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: J Thomas Vaughan, Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele, Lance DelaBarre, Chris E Olson, Heather Orser, Anand Gopinath, Kamil Ugurbil, Carl Snyder, Gregor Adriany, Can Akgun, Jinfeng Tian, John Strupp, Peter M Andersen
  • Patent number: RE47027
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes: an aperture stop; a biconvex first lens directing convex surfaces toward an object and an image; a second lens directing a convex surface toward the object near the optical axis and having negative refractive power; a biconvex third lens directing convex surfaces toward the object and the image near the optical axis; a fourth lens directing a concave surface toward the object near the optical axis and having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens directing a convex surface toward the object near the optical axis and having negative refractive power. The aperture stop and the first to fifth lenses are arranged in this order from the object side, and a conditional expression 1 being 0.50<f1/f<0.76 is satisfied, where f1 represents the focal length of the first lens and f represents the focal length of the entire imaging lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: RE47028
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an input position acquisition unit, a depressing force acquisition unit and an input control unit. An input position acquisition unit obtains an input position detected with respect to an input operation. A depressing force acquisition unit obtains a depressing force detected with respect to the input operation. An input control unit fixes the input position as a position of an input candidate in response to a timing at which an increase amount of the depressing force has exceeded a first threshold value, at a stage prior to an input candidate determination operation of determining the input candidate as input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Takuro Noda, Tetsuo Ikeda
  • Patent number: RE47029
    Abstract: A messaging system and method with dead man switching providing for hierarchical delivery of messages based on selected message hierarchy levels with controlled delivery/response timing is disclosed. The system and method incorporates a messaging host that communicates with a messaging source client that creates and prioritizes a message and targets address(es) for the message. This message is then transmitted to the target address(es) using a hierarchical transmission thread having set limits on response times for each address within the thread. Reception of the message by each target(s) produces visual and/or auditory notification at the target(s). Messages are automatically forwarded to remaining target(s) within the thread upon expiration of a timer should the target(s) fail to respond to the message within a predetermined time. Failure of the target(s) to respond to the message(s) is reported bi-directionally along the thread and forwarded to remaining target(s) in the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Richard William Hartman, II
  • Patent number: RE47030
    Abstract: A method for tracking prescriptive medications is provided whereby a complete prescriptive medication history including active and inactive prescriptive medications is stored for a plurality of patients utilizing a plurality of pharmacies wherein the pharmacies may be affiliated or unaffiliated. The information may be selectively retrieved through a secure computer connection by entities such as hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, insurance companies, government agencies and the like. The information may be utilized to benefit the patient whereby a doctor is able to obtain an accurate view of the complete prescriptive medication history of the patient including prescriptive medications by other doctors. Hospitals will be able to obtain, in accord with the invention, a prescriptive medication history prior to treatment such as emergency treatment where such information is not normally available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffery Anon, Jesse J. Bornfreund, Ralph B. Lilly
  • Patent number: RE47031
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switched-mode power converter with regulation demand pulses sent across a galvanic isolation barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CogniPower, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Morong, Thomas E. Lawson
  • Patent number: 10064321
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a chassis; a frame carried by the chassis; and a shank pivotably mounted to the frame which is pivotable about a pivot axis to switch between an operating position and a folding position, the shank pivoting at least 70° about the pivot axis to switch between the operating position and the folding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Zemenchik, Matthew R. Sudbrink, Dean A. Knobloch
  • Patent number: 10064322
    Abstract: A compact tillage implement has a frame supported by front and rear frame wheels. A front rank is mounted to the frame between the wheels with respect to a direction of travel to move a front plurality of tools with respect to the frame from a retracted orientation to an extended orientation. A rear rank is mounted to the frame between the wheels with respect to the direction travel to move a rear plurality of tools with respect to the frame from a retracted orientation to an extended orientation. The rear rank is spaced behind the front rank along a reference line. The front and rear plurality of tools are movable with respect to the frame independently of the other of the front and rear plurality of tools while the frame is in working orientation in which the frame is at a substantially fixed pitch with respect to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Luc Janelle, Robert T. Casper
  • Patent number: 10064323
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes the use of one or more electromechanical hydraulic cylinder assembly in place of hydraulic cylinders. The assemblies may take various forms for actuation, and can convert an electric power source to hydraulic power for use on or with the implement. A control system is also provided for connecting to a tractor to provide control information to the assemblies or to a central hydraulic supply via a ISOBUS that rebroadcasts input controls from a source, such as a tractor used in conjunction with the agricultural implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustan Hahn, Merlan Rolffs, John P. Mulherin, Courtney N. Achen, Gary Volz, Steve Nolte, Ryan Legge, Rhett Schildroth
  • Patent number: 10064324
    Abstract: A disc-opener implement for use with an agricultural implement includes a disc configured to form a trench in a surface of a field and a scraper adjacent to the disc. The disc-opener implement also includes a knife that is configured to form a furrow next to or into a sidewall of the trench, wherein the knife comprises a leading edge, and a portion of the leading edge is aligned with a trailing edge of the scraper along a lateral axis of the disc-opener implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventors: Joel John Octave Gervais, Guillaume Cloutier Boily, Martin J. Roberge
  • Patent number: 10064325
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus includes a container defining an interior space for holding a fluid. The container is configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor such that at least a portion of the vapor is disposed above the liquid. The container includes a sidewall and a top wall connected to the sidewall. A fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are disposed in the sidewall. A plurality of vapor valves are releasably connected to the top wall. The top wall includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of passageways connecting the plurality of recesses to at least one outlet in the top wall. Each of the plurality of vapor valves is disposed within one of the plurality of recesses, and the plurality of vapor valves is configured to regulate the flow of fluid through the plurality of passageways and exhaust vapor disposed above the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CAPSTAN AG SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Grimm, Andrew Boyd, Kale Schrader
  • Patent number: 10064326
    Abstract: A plow and fertilizer apparatus includes an elongated main apparatus beam; a plurality of furrow plow assemblies carried by the main apparatus beam, each of the plurality of furrow plow assemblies including a furrow plow arm carried by the main apparatus beam; and a furrow plow blade carried by the furrow plow arm; an elongated coulter assembly mount beam carried by the main apparatus beam; and a plurality of fertilizer coulter assemblies carried by the coulter assembly mount beam in generally aligned or registering relationship to the plurality of furrow plow assemblies, respectively, each of the plurality of fertilizer coulter assemblies including a coulter assembly arm carried by the coulter assembly mount beam; and at least one coulter disk carried by the coulter assembly arm; a plurality of fertilizer discharge tubes carried by the plurality of fertilizer coulter assemblies, respectively; and at least one fertilizer distribution tube disposed in fluid communication with the plurality of fertilizer discha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Samuel D. Ashley
  • Patent number: 10064327
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for minimizing the volume of a liquid carrier used for delivering an agricultural product into a furrow during planting. In one embodiment, a spray nozzle is mounted on a planter row unit so as to dispense a carrier containing an agricultural product along a dispensing pattern in alignment with the pattern width of the spray nozzle, in the direction of the furrow. In one embodiment a seed cover assembly is operatively connected to a seed tube assembly. A seed cover application tube is mounted to the seed cover assembly. A seed cover brush is mounted to the outlet end of the seed cover application tube configured to contact the carrier containing the product during the dispensing thereof and brush the carrier containing the agricultural product onto the seed being dispensed from the seed tube assembly. In another embodiment, a seed firmer application tube assembly is utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Larry M. Conrad
  • Patent number: 10064328
    Abstract: A grass mowing machine for high power applications includes a controller monitoring a total implement load of multiple implements connected to lift arms on a grass mowing machine. The controller determines if the total implement load consistently exceeds available power. If the total implement load consistently exceeds available power, the controller disables at least one but not all of the implements, and provides a signal to at least one but not all of the lift arms to raise the implements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert A. Henson
  • Patent number: 10064329
    Abstract: A grass and weed trimmer head is provided having a trimmer head body wherein the outside surface has a dome-like contour with the drive shaft of the trimmer centrally fixed to the top of the dome. The bottom of the body is a circular opening having an inside diameter large enough to accommodate the outside diameter of a rotatable bottom plate so as to allow sufficient clearance to permit free rotation of the bottom plate while providing insufficient clearance for debris to enter the clearance. The rotatable bottom plate is disposed in a manner so as to redirect cutting debris away from the crevasses in the trimmer. The dome-like contour encourages the redirection of the cutting debris outwards and away from the central shaft thereby significantly reducing the propensity of wrapping and clumping around the central shaft. Easy removal of the cutting strings aids disentanglement of cuttings from the trimmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: August Otto Lovmark
  • Patent number: 10064330
    Abstract: A shield assembly for agricultural equipment. The agricultural equipment can include rotary-power distribution components for distributing rotary power through the agricultural equipment. The shield assembly comprises a sliding shield configured to be selectively positioned in a closed position and an open position. In the closed position the sliding shield is configured to cover at least a portion of the rotary-power distribution components of the agricultural equipment. In the open position the sliding shield is configured to provide access to at least a portion of the rotary-power distribution components of the agricultural equipment. The sliding shield is configured to shift from the closed position to the open position via substantially linear actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Thorsell
  • Patent number: 10064331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical weed seed management system and device for use on a harvester. The device comprises a plate to separate straw waste from chaff waste after their discharge from the harvester; a chute to catch, direct, and deposit the straw waste to the ground; and an annular trough comprising a means for transporting material through its length, for catching, transporting, and depositing the chaff waste on top of the straw waste on the ground, wherein the trough is of a depth greater than 150 mm, and wherein the plate directs the straw waste from the harvester to the chute. The system for the management of weeds in farmable land comprises the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: Bail & Burnit Pty Ltd, HRT Investors Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Phillip Bradley
  • Patent number: 10064332
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting a malfunction in a harvesting machine includes a sensor for mounting to the harvesting machine. The sensor is configured to measure a magnitude of a mechanical wave produced in the harvesting machine, and output a signal based on the magnitude. A controller receives the signal from the sensor. The controller is configured to process the signal and generate an alarm signal when a threshold is exceeded. An alarm unit is configured to receive the alarm signal from the controller when the threshold value is exceeded, and output an alarm to alert the operator of the malfunction. The malfunction can be a slipped clutch caused by a jammed condition, or other anomaly that generates a mechanical wave. The mechanical wave can be a sound wave or mechanical vibration traveling through one or more parts of the harvesting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Travis Ohms, Dan L. Garland, Jonathan Ricketts, Thamilselvan Karuppannan
  • Patent number: 10064333
    Abstract: A method for controlling crop material speed through a rotor/cage assembly of an agricultural combine. The method includes the steps of monitoring a grain loss of the combine; computing an engine power reserve value; and adjusting an orientation of a vane coupled to the cage responsive to the engine power reserve value and to the grain loss, a cleaning system load and/or a straw length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frank R. G. Duquesne, Jonathan E. Ricketts, Herbert M. Farley, Wayne T. Flickinger, Brecht Vanmullem, Arno Leenknegt, Dré Waltherus Joachim Jongmans, Glenn Aesaert
  • Patent number: 10064334
    Abstract: A bag assembly for a utility machine includes a bag for collecting lawn debris and a frame supporting the bag. The frame defines a mouth configured to receive the lawn debris from the utility machine. The frame is expandable to vary a size of the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ariens Company
    Inventors: Anne Jarvey, Alex Huss, Paul Ferrier, Thomas E. Phillip
  • Patent number: 10064335
    Abstract: A controller for an unloading system. The unloading system comprises an unloading vehicle having an unloading apparatus and a collection vehicle having a container. The unloading apparatus is configured to direct material to the container driven in the vicinity of the unloading vehicle. The controller is configured to: receive image data representative of at least a portion of the container; receive a path information signal representative of a path that is to be followed by the unloading vehicle or the collection vehicle; and set an attribute of the unloading apparatus, the unloading vehicle, or the collection vehicle in accordance with the image data and the path information signal in order to direct the material from the unloading apparatus to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Ward M. R. Byttebier, Bernard E. D. Depestel, Pieter Vanysacker, Karel M. C. Viaene
  • Patent number: 10064336
    Abstract: A cleaning system for an agricultural combine harvester includes a sieve having a periphery and an interference member located at the periphery. A chaffer frame carries the sieve, and includes a clamp with a pair of spring fingers positioned on either side of the interference member, thereby retaining the sieve within the chaffer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Clay A. Reinecke, Kevin S. Schwinn, Craig E. Murray, Orlin W. Johnson, Kai Zhao, Jishan Jin
  • Patent number: 10064337
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis; a threshing and separating assembly carried by the chassis; and a cleaning system carried by the chassis and configured to receive crop material that has passed through the threshing and separating assembly. The cleaning system includes a pan configured to receive crop material from the threshing and separating assembly on a pan surface and to shake in a fore-to-aft direction; at least one sieve located below the pan and configured to shake in fore-to-aft and lateral directions, the sieve including a sieve surface configured to receive crop material from the pan; and at least one divider associated with and extending at least 3 centimeters above at least one of the pan surface and the sieve surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Clay A. Reinecke, Craig E. Murray
  • Patent number: 10064338
    Abstract: A baler apparatus includes a baling chamber including at least one adjustable wall for adjusting compression of a body of bale material. A reciprocating plunger is operable to compress the bale material and a binding device binds the compressed material to form a bale by use of twine loops. An adjustment mechanism increases as a length of outer twine loops when binding the bale relative to the inner twine loops, to reduce compression within part of the body of bale material and avoid twine breakage that can otherwise occur as a bale is ejected from the baler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KUHN-GELDROP BV
    Inventor: Dionisius Cornelis Maria Akkermans
  • Patent number: 10064339
    Abstract: A system and method for producing a bale having a target weight set by a user. A processor compares stored actual weights to the target weight, and, based on a difference, adjusts the bale-forming process. The processor may calculate a load value for a connecting rod, measure an actual load value for the rod, and, based on a difference, set a new pressure value for the process, and then repeat these steps until the bale is fully formed. The processor may determine a first line relating a calculated load on the connecting rod to a current pressure, determine a second line relating a measured load on the rod to the current pressure, identify a pressure value at the intersection of the first and the second lines, and make this the new pressure value for the process, and then repeat these steps until the bale is fully formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas G. Schrag, Larry D. Retzlaff
  • Patent number: 10064340
    Abstract: An agricultural baler includes a processing conveyance that is positioned between a pickup roll and a main bale chamber for conveying crop material from the pickup roll to the main bale chamber. The processing conveyance includes at least one of a bottom wall and side wall having at least one sieve with a plurality of openings extending through the sieve. The openings are sized and configured for allowing non-crop material to exit from the at least one processing conveyance through the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Karel Naeyaert, Patrick Staelens, Hans De Gersem
  • Patent number: 10064341
    Abstract: A hedgetrimmer having a blade assembly that converts between a straight blade configuration and a curved blade configuration. The blade assembly includes a support bar for securing a pair of cutting blades. The support bar is made up of a plurality of rotatable support links allowing the support bar to curve. A switch assembly includes a rigid wire fixedly secured to the support bar. The rigid wire extends and retracts, moving the support bar between its straight and curved configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Corey Barnett, Oleksiy Sergyeyenko, Marco A. Mattucci
  • Patent number: 10064342
    Abstract: An electric hedge trimmer is provided, comprising: an elongated frame, comprising: an elongated support bar having first and second ends; first and second brackets extending perpendicularly in a first direction from the first and second ends, respectively; and a top handle extending perpendicularly from the support bar in a second direction. The electric trimmer further comprises: an electric motor secured to the first bracket; a cutting bar having a first end coupled to the electric motor and having a second end coupled to the second bracket; a plurality of cutting blades spaced around to the cutting bar; and a main handle secured to the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Syed Abu Parvez
  • Patent number: 10064343
    Abstract: A submersible foliage planter includes a growing medium; and a container including an inner pouch of fine porous material which encloses the growing medium therein and an outer pouch of course porous material which encloses the inner pouch therein, wherein the coarse porous material has an average pore size larger than that of the fine porous material, the fine porous material and course porous material are permeable by water and by a root system of an aquatic plant, and the course porous material is water insoluble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Mark V. Brown
  • Patent number: 10064344
    Abstract: A modular planting system which includes: an outer planter box having at least one side and being completely open at a top and open at a bottom of the outer planter box; an inner planter box having at least one side and a porous bottom and being completely open at a top of the inner planter box, the inner planter box being sized to fit within the outer planter box such that when the inner planter box is inserted within the outer planter box, a top edge of the at least one side of the inner planter box is at least at a same height as a top edge of the at least one side of the outer planter box; wherein the outer planter box and inner planter box comprise a first module of the modular planting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Scott R. Meyer
  • Patent number: 10064345
    Abstract: There is provided a medium for plant cultivation comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip. An ethylene content of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer included in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip is preferably 20 to 60 mol %. In addition, a water content in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip is preferably 20 to 300 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. As a result, it is possible to provide a medium for plant cultivation, which is capable of being used instead of the soil or rock wools, and with which it is possible to sufficiently grow crop plants, to have excellent recyclability, to facilitate a process for disposal the medium, and to have a small environmental burden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyo Nishimura, Takashi Wakui
  • Patent number: 10064346
    Abstract: A remote site has an associated state monitoring sub-system for monitoring environmental conditions of a remote site. A local site has an associated state generating sub-system for setting environmental conditions for life forms at the local site. A communication link connects the sub-systems. In response, to monitoring the state of an environmental condition at the remote site, a corresponding environmental condition is generated at the local site which depends on the monitored state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventors: Lydia Wilkinson, Kathryn Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 10064347
    Abstract: A plant cultivation system 100 includes a plurality of plant cultivation units 20, and a management apparatus 30 that manages each plant cultivation unit 20. Each plant cultivation unit 20 includes a greenhouse 1 that serves as a space for plant cultivation, an environment control unit 12 that controls an environment in the greenhouse 1, a storage unit 9 that stores setting values that are control targets for the environment control unit 12 for every number of elapsed days since the cultivation initiating day, and an environment setting instructing unit 10 that sets the setting values stored in the storage unit 9 in the environment control unit 12 in accordance with the number of elapsed days since a cultivation initiating day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Shimazu
  • Patent number: 10064348
    Abstract: A landscape bordering system is presented herein. In particular, the system is installed on the border or edges of lawn or grass, next to an adjacent sidewalk, walkway, paver, pavement, driveway, patio, fence, etc. The border includes a body defining a substantially flat top surface and an interior portion. A mounting assembly may be disposed on the interior of the body allowing for additional modules, such as sprinklers or lights, to be selectively installed therein. Additional features include a channel continuously disposed longitudinally along an outer exposed side of the top surface of the body. The channel may be disposed substantially proximate to a front edge of the top surface (e.g., adjacent to the edge of the grass or lawn). In this manner, a user may decide to spray, pour, or dispense an amount of herbicide or other chemical into the channel along the length of the border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Orlando Borras
  • Patent number: 10064349
    Abstract: A stabilizing apparatus for stabilizing a mobile irrigation tower of a pivot irrigation system includes a pair of outrigger arms which extend from opposite sides of the irrigation tower. The outrigger arms are able to move between an extended position and a retracted position. The distal ends of the out rigger arms present ground engaging elements adapted for low friction passage across a farm ground surface. When the outrigger arms are in the extended position, the ground engaging element of each arm is in contact with or at least in close proximity to the farm ground surface at a location which is spaced transversely away from the irrigation tower. If the outrigger arms are in the extended position and if the irrigation system is subjected to a high velocity wind, the ground engaging elements will engage the farm ground surface and resist overturning movement of the irrigation tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Wesley Allen Bainter
  • Patent number: 10064350
    Abstract: To provide a high-shelf hydroponic cultivation system equipped with a solar panel whereby an area under the solar panel can be effectively utilized and plants can be stably grown. In the high-shelf hydroponic cultivation system equipped with a solar panel according to the present invention, a cultivation tank is placed under the solar panel and plants P1 and P2 are hydroponically cultivated. Thus, an area under the solar panel 10 can be effectively utilized. Moreover, since the plants P1 and P2 are hydroponically cultivated in the high-shelf hydroponic cultivation system equipped with the solar panel, the plants P1 and P2 with high quality can be efficiently and stably cultivated. Furthermore, since the cultivation tank is placed at a specific height from the ground surface, a burden on an operator can be reduced, and the productivity of the plants P1 and P2 can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FARM LAND CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Iwai
  • Patent number: 10064351
    Abstract: Methods for conveying Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis (FOM) race 1,2 resistance into non-resistant melon germplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include introgressing FOM race 1,2 resistance into a non-resistant melon using one or more nucleic acid markers for marker-assisted selection among melon lines to be used in a melon breeding program, wherein the markers are linked to FOM race 1,2 resistance. Also provided are quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with resistance to FOM race 1,2; isolated and purified genetic markers associated with FOM race 1,2 resistance; melon plants, seeds, and tissue cultures produced by any of the disclosed methods; fruit and seed produced by the disclosed melon plants; and compositions including amplification primer pairs capable of initiating DNA polymerization by a DNA polymerase on melon nucleic acid templates to generate melon marker amplicons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Bruno Foncelle, Gregori Bonnet, Marc Oliver
  • Patent number: 10064352
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Cucumis sativus, in particular to a new variety of Cucumis sativus designated NUN 53019 CUP plants, seeds and cucumber fruits thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Josephus Suelmann
  • Patent number: 10064353
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV1118YG and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV1118YG and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash 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: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Alessandro Colecchia
  • Patent number: 10064354
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHIHE-13-1060. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato line CHIHE-13-1060 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: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Albertus Cornelis van Spijk
  • Patent number: 10064355
    Abstract: The herbicide-tolerant rice cultivar designated ‘CL271’ and its hybrids and derivatives are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Steven D. Linscombe
  • Patent number: 10064356
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064137. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064137. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064137 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064137 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Roger L. Lussenden, Charlotte A. Sartell
  • Patent number: 10064357
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13K480 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 X13K480 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13K480 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13K480, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13K480. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13K480.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Sara Jane Lira, Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Patent number: 10064358
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 58101437 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 58101437, to the plants of soybean cultivar 58101437, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 58101437, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 58101437. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 58101437. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 58101437, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 58101437 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mertec, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Joseph Arthur Grams
  • Patent number: 10064359
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 56181837 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 56181837, to the plants of soybean cultivar 56181837, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 56181837, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 56181837. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 56181837. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 56181837, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 56181837 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mertec, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Joseph Arthur Grams
  • Patent number: 10064360
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 54011548 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 54011548, to the plants of soybean cultivar 54011548, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 54011548, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 54011548. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 54011548. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 54011548, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 54011548 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mertec, LLC
    Inventor: Jason Aaron Long
  • Patent number: 10064361
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 50272171 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 50272171, to the plants of soybean cultivar 50272171, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 50272171, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 50272171. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 50272171. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 50272171, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 50272171 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mertec, LLC
    Inventor: Jason Aaron Long
  • Patent number: 10064362
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPBF43 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPBF43, cells from soybean variety 5PPBF43, plants of soybean 5PPBF43, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPBF43. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPBF43 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPBF43, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPBF43, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPBF43. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPBF43 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Martin A Fabrizius, Andrea Beth Kalvig, Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik, Michael Thomas Roach
  • Patent number: 10064363
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZCL72 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZCL72, cells from soybean variety 5PZCL72, plants of soybean 5PZCL72, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZCL72. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZCL72 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZCL72, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZCL72, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZCL72. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZCL72 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Corbin, Andrea Beth Kalvig, Leon George Streit