Patents Issued in November 27, 2018
  • Patent number: PP29925
    Abstract: The new hybrid X Heucherella plant named ‘Pumpkin Spice’ with deeply-incised, palmately lobed foliage of variable coloration starting in the spring as bright orange with deep blood-red veins, transitioning to deep burgundy surrounding veins during flowering and burnt orange between the veins and in winter becoming deep green with black mahogany surrounding veins. The new plant begins flowering in late spring with a near white flowers on dark red stems. ‘Pumpkin Spice’ is suitable for landscaping en masse, as a specimen accent or as a container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Patent number: PP29926
    Abstract: A new and distinct x Heucherella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by leaves dark red brown in spring to almost black for the rest of the year, glossy, palmately cut leaves that are sometimes puckered, a medium mounding habit with an excellent crown count, and excellent vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Janet N. Egger
  • Patent number: RE47139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Juniwati Katopo, Ava K. Wilson, Brian Palmer, Emily Somers
  • Patent number: RE47140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TESA SA
    Inventors: Frédéric Biselx, Stéphane Karawa
  • Patent number: RE47141
    Abstract: This invention relates to use of inhibitors of the transforming growth factor-? (TGF-?) type I receptor (ALK5) and/or the activin type I receptor (ALK4) in treating, preventing, or reducing fibrosis, cancer, and vascular injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: EWHA UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Dae-Kee Kim, Yhun Yhong Sheen, Chenghua Jin, Chul-Yong Park, Sreenu Domalapally, Sudhakar Rao Kota, Krishnaiah Maddeboina, Subrahmanyam Vura Bala
  • Patent number: RE47142
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods for treating inflammatory and fibrotic disorders, including methods of modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system with an active compound, wherein the active compound exhibits low potency for inhibition of the p38 MAPK; and wherein the contacting is conducted at a SAPK-modulating concentration that is at a low percentage inhibitory concentration for inhibition of the p38 MAPK by the compound. Also disclosed are derivatives and analogs of pirfenidone, useful for modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system. Mederski et al., Tetrahedron (1999), 55(44), 12757-12770.* Azuma et al., “A placebo control and double blind phase II clinical study of pirfenidone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Japan”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med., 165:A729 (2002). Badger, et al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: InterMune, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Kossen, Scott D. Seiwert, Vladimir Serebryany, Donald Ruhrmund, Leonid Beigelman, Luca Francesco Mario Raveglia, Stefania Vallese, Ivana Bianchi, Tao Hu
  • Patent number: RE47143
    Abstract: A decoupler assembly that includes a hub, a pulley and a mechanism for transmitting rotary power between the hub and the pulley. The mechanism includes a torsion spring and a one-way clutch. The torsion spring is configured to dampen vibration in the rotary power that is transmitted from the pulley to the hub. The one-way clutch has a wrap spring that is smaller in diameter than the torsion spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Pierre A. Mevissen, Warren J. Williams
  • Patent number: RE47144
    Abstract: Patrons at a restaurant or bar can pay at their table using credit cards, without involving the restaurant or bar cashier and/or wait staff. Patrons are assisted using this system in dividing the bill by displaying the amount due (including tax) and allowing each patron to enter the amount they wish to pay. When the initial bill is presented, a balance due will be displayed and the indication will be provided that the bill has yet to be paid in full. As each transaction is entered, a running total will be displayed indicating the remaining balance due. When the running total reaches zero, the bill is paid in full, and an indication will be provided, such as by illuminating a green indicator light or by displaying a balance due of $0.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Rodney Charles Dunsmore, Steven Lee Harrington, Mark Christan Speich
  • Patent number: RE47145
    Abstract: A wafer transfer apparatus is provided. In a minimum transformed state where a robot arm is transformed such that a distance defined from a pivot axis to an arm portion, which is farthest in a radial direction relative to the pivot axis, is minimum, a minimum rotation radius R, is set to exceed ½ of a length B in the forward and backward directions of an interface space, the length B corresponding to a length between the front wall and the rear wall of the interface space forming portion, and is further set to be equal to or less than a subtracted value obtained by subtracting a distance L0 in the forward and backward directions from the rear wall of the interface space forming portion to the pivot axis, from the length B in the forward and backward directions of the interface space (i.e., B/2<R?B?L0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Hashimoto
  • Patent number: RE47146
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus, including: a housing; an image recording portion held by the housing; a control board having a mounting face and disposed in the housing such that the mounting face extends along a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a height direction, a control circuit for controlling the image recording portion being provided on the control board; and a communication board having a mounting face and disposed in the housing such that the mounting face extends along the perpendicular plane, such that the communication board is distant from the control board in a direction along the perpendicular plane, and such that the communication board is located within a height range ranging to the control board from a distal end of a highest one of mounted components mounted on the control board, an interface circuit to be connected to a telephone line being provided on the communication board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Motohito Muraki
  • Patent number: RE47147
    Abstract: An ESD protection device is provided which experiences only small increases in discharge start voltage and discharge protection voltage and relatively free of scorching or peeling at the ends of the discharge electrodes thereof even if a discharge repeatedly occurs. The ESD protection device has an insulating substrate with a cavity, and in the cavity first and second discharge electrodes are so disposed that the ends thereof face each other with a gap therebetween. A first outer electrode is on the outer surface of the insulating substrate and electrically connected to the first discharge electrode, and a second outer electrode is on the outer surface of the insulating substrate and electrically connected to the second discharge electrode. The ends of the first and second discharge electrodes are thicker than any other portion of the first and second discharge electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihito Otsubo
  • Patent number: 10136571
    Abstract: Land cultivating systems and methods utilizing high-pressure fluid jet cutting techniques are disclosed. An example system includes a mobile unit, a traveler arrangement operably coupled to the mobile unit to ride on the surface of stubble residues as the mobile unit moves across land to be cultivated, and a fluid jet cutting head supported by the traveler arrangement. The cutting head is configured to selectively discharge a high-pressure fluid jet to make a cut through the stubble residues and underlying soil as the mobile unit moves across the land. A soil opening device is provided to form a furrow in the ground in line with the cut made by the high-pressure fluid jet, and a liquid injector nozzle is provided to discharge fertilizer or other chemical(s) into the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Flow International Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Butler, Jeffrey Evan Martel, Mohamed A. Hashish, Jean-Christophe Vidil
  • Patent number: 10136572
    Abstract: A wear extender is presented for use with planters, air seeders and drills that utilize the engagement of a flexible wheel with a disc to scrape mud from the side of the disc. The wear extender is formed of an ultra-high molecular weight plastic that is compression molded. The wear extender is generally cylindrical in shape and when installed covers the interior edge of the tire. Installation of the wear extender extends the life of the tire and reduces the need to replace the tire. In addition, due to the more-rigid nature of the wear extender as compared to the more-flexible nature of the tire, the wear extender does a better job of scraping mud than the tire. As such, use of the wear extender reduces the number amount of downtime that occurs due to poor scraping and reduces the amount and cost of maintenance due to tire wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: Robin A. Weisz, Ted Juhl
  • Patent number: 10136573
    Abstract: A seed meter comprising a housing including one or more air inlets for receiving pressurized air into the housing. The seed meter additionally includes a first metering disc and a second metering disc, each rotatably received in the housing. Each of the first and second metering discs comprises seed pockets for receiving seeds therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Arnett, Paul Galle
  • Patent number: 10136574
    Abstract: A suspension system for a row cleaner used with an agricultural row unit. A base is connectable with the agricultural row unit and a support is provided for journaling row cleaner sweeper blades. Links pivotally connect the base and the support for up and down movement of the sweeper blades towards the ground. A pair of coil springs have one end connected to the upper links and the other a free end. A series of holes in the base receive an adjustment pin to provide preselected levels of downward force towards the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Michael G. Kovach, Nowell Moore, David Long
  • Patent number: 10136575
    Abstract: An agricultural spreader has a hopper containing a granular product and a boom arm supporting a plurality of product delivery conduits supplying a plurality of row banding assemblies configured to disperse the product. The spreader has a pneumatic supply to propel the granular product through the product delivery conduits to the row banding assemblies. Each of the plurality of row banding assemblies includes a cyclone separator having an inlet connected to the product delivery conduit, a product outlet at a bottom end of the cyclone separator, an air outlet at a top end of the cyclone separator. The row banding assembly has a product placement tube connected to the product outlet, and an air exhaust tube connected to the air outlet. The air exhaust tube extends downward and surrounds the product placement tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Todd B. Snyder
  • Patent number: 10136576
    Abstract: A robotic work tool system (200) comprising a charging station (210) and a robotic work tool (100), said robotic work tool (100) comprising a position determining device (190) for determining a current position and at least one deduced reckoning navigation sensor (195), the robotic work tool (100) being configured to determine that a reliable current position is possible to determine and in response thereto calibrate at least one of the at least one deduced reckoning navigation sensor (195).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventor: Peter Reigo
  • Patent number: 10136577
    Abstract: Fixed-line trimmer heads for rotary trimmer devices and associated methods are provided. A fixed-line trimmer head for a rotary trimmer device includes a housing operatively attachable to the rotary trimmer device. The housing is rotatable when in use around a central axis of rotation and has a top surface extending outwardly from the central axis and facing upward when in use, a bottom surface extending outwardly from the central axis and facing the ground when in use, and a periphery connecting the top surface to the bottom surface. At least one line channel is defined within the housing of the trimmer head having an entrance recessed within the periphery and an exit disposed on one of the top and bottom surfaces, wherein the entrance and exit are each located an equal distance from the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Shakespeare Company, LLC
    Inventor: David B. Skinner
  • Patent number: 10136578
    Abstract: A spreading arrangement adapted to be arranged after a straw chopper of a combine harvester is described that includes two spreader fans and a spreading assembly, including two spreading surfaces and two shafts. The two spreading surfaces are arranged to swing in tandem. One of the two spreading surfaces is pivotally suspended about one of the two shafts, and the other spreading surface is pivotally suspended about the other shaft. The spreading assembly is disposed downstream of the two spreader fans such that the spreading assembly controls the spreading of straws after the straws have left the two spreader fans, and the spreading assembly moves in an oscillating frequency so as to spread at least a part of the chopped straws at suitable frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Rekordeverken Sweden AB
    Inventor: Bengt Holmén
  • Patent number: 10136579
    Abstract: A mower for attachment to an agricultural vehicle, the mower incorporating an “E” bracket including a column, a lower arm, an upper arm, and a medial arm, wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms has a proximal end fixedly attached to the column, and wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms is adapted for plant cutting; the mower further incorporating hitch arms for mounting the “E” bracket upon the rear end or front end of the agricultural vehicle; wherein each “E” bracket arm includes a downwardly opening housing within which a plurality of motor driven rotary blades are operatively mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: David D. Button, Barbara J. Button
  • Patent number: 10136580
    Abstract: A forward support rotating assembly of a combine harvesting machine is provided that has a frontally open axial seat provided in a snapping roll with an inner circumferential abutment edge, a cylindrical support pin extending axially in the seat and being integral with a support bracket for fixing the assembly to a snapping unit, a sliding element interposed between the support pin and the seat, a labyrinth seal element comprising a cylindrical ferrule, which has a labyrinth cross-section and in which there is defined an inner annular seat, and an annular packing seal received in the annular seat and radially contacting the outer surface of the cylindrical support pin. The labyrinth seal element frontally seals the seat with respect to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CAPELLO S.R.L.
    Inventor: Andrea Capello
  • Patent number: 10136581
    Abstract: An improved stack bed wagon is provided for pickup of one or more mid-size or big bales in an agricultural field for transport that simultaneously tilts and rotates a longitudinal bale 90 degrees upwardly and transversely over, adjacent, and along the forward upper edge of a stack bed for pushback onto the stack bed for transport or for consolidation with one or more similar bales in a single layer stack load on the stack bed that can be offloaded from the wagon to the field for later pickup and movement or that can be used for transport of the stack load for deposit in a different place or that can be used for the retrieval of a stack load from a field, ground, or storage surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Leland K. Millsap
  • Patent number: 10136582
    Abstract: A bale loading trailer has a bale supporting frame mounted on wheels. A fork assembly is pivotally mounted beside a front end of the frame configured to engage a bale when in a lowered position, and to disengage the bale when in a raised position such that the bale moves onto the front end of the bale supporting frame. A hydraulic cylinder moves the fork assembly between positions. A hydraulic motor driven conveyor chain assembly extends along the bale supporting frame, and loaded bales rest on, and move along the frame in concert with, the conveyor chain. A valve circuit connects the hydraulic cylinder and the hydraulic motor drive such that as the fork assembly moves from the raised position to the lowered position, hydraulic fluid flows from the hydraulic cylinder through the hydraulic motor drive and causes the conveyor chain assembly to move a bale length rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Highline Manufacturing Limited
    Inventors: Blake Neudorf, Justin Regier
  • Patent number: 10136583
    Abstract: A hand tool includes a first jaw; a first handle coupled to a second jaw, the second jaw pivotably coupled to the first jaw and having a first geared structure, the first geared structure including a first plurality of teeth and a first bearing surface; and, a second handle coupled to a lever, the lever pivotably coupled to the first jaw and including a second geared structure, the second geared structure including a second plurality of teeth and a second bearing surface, wherein the first and second handles are movable between a full open position and a full close position such that during movement from the full open position to the full close position, the first plurality of teeth are at least partially engaged with the second plurality of teeth and the first and second bearing surfaces are in rolling contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Fiskars Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Dechant, Steven Stokes
  • Patent number: 10136584
    Abstract: A dual reciprocating blade landscape saw is operably connected to a rotatable shaft of an input device. The landscape saw includes a worm assembly having a lower housing and a worm disposed therein, the worm operably connected to the rotatable shaft of the input device and having a spiral thread, a worm gear assembly having an upper housing and a worm gear disposed therein, the worm gear having a disk comprising a cutout and a plurality of outer teeth engaged with the spiral thread of the worm, and a pair of blades coupled to opposing sides of the worm gear. The rotatable shaft of the input device drives the worm of the worm assembly. Rotational motion of the worm transfers to the worm gear to permit the pair of blades coupled thereon to move linearly in a reciprocating sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: George Larry Cours, John Smircic
  • Patent number: 10136585
    Abstract: A device for promoting plant seedling growth and increasing the germination rate of planted seeds provides for a growing medium, such as potting soil, to be introduced to the device and retained therein. The seeds can then be positioned within the device which is configured to prevent loss of the seeds (due to washout) and promote the germination rate of the seeds. Once the seedlings have achieved a requisite height and root structure, the device can be removed leaving behind a portion of the device forming a labeling tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: Courtney Ahlers, Doreen Catena
  • Patent number: 10136586
    Abstract: There is provided a seedbed holding unit capable of reliably and firmly holding a seedbed with a simple structure, causing no damage to a plant. A seedbed holding unit 160 that holds a seedbed B used in plant cultivation includes a first holding member 170 and a second holding member 180 that are rotatable relative to each other about a predetermined rotation axis A, the first holding member 170 is provided with a first claw part 173 in a fixed state, the second holding member 180 is provided with a second claw part 183 in a fixed state, and the seedbed B is held between the first claw part 173 and the second claw part 183 by rotating the first holding member 170 and the second holding member 180 relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsutsumi, Go Ito
  • Patent number: 10136587
    Abstract: A conveyor system (4, 5) moves vertical poles (2) in an agricultural facility between a growing area (20) and a workstation (W). Each pole carries plant growing containers (3) at multiple levels (H1-H9). An irrigation reservoir (30) may be mounted atop each pole. Irrigation lines (31-33) from the reservoir may be individually metered (35) at each level to compensate for differing water pressure with height. Sensors (40) in the reservoir and at each level of the poles may provide a controller (36) with data input. The controller may impose different growing conditions in different areas of the facility, including vertically different grow areas (20A, 20B), and controls pole movements and locations selectively to provide a sequence of poles at the workstation ready to harvest on a demand schedule. The workstation may have multiple heights (W1, W2, W3) for tall poles that increase plant density per facility footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Lind Johnson, Kirk David Johnson
  • Patent number: 10136588
    Abstract: Described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) in which longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material are stronger than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material. Also described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) having longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material of lower porosity than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NINE IP LIMITED
    Inventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
  • Patent number: 10136589
    Abstract: A device for fastening and adjusting the carrying wires on a row of plants, such as a vineyard, and in particular to support and manage the row of plants, so as to make both manual and mechanized operations simpler and more functional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: Claudio Bortolussi, Franco Bortolussi
  • Patent number: 10136590
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting trees, stumps, posts and similar structures from the ground is attached to a 3-point hitch tractor accessory. The apparatus comprises a base frame and a lifting frame. The base frame includes a pair of vertical guides for confining a corresponding pair of vertical rails on the lift frame. A piston/cylinder type of linear motor is connected between the base frame and lifting frame to translate the lifting frame relative to the base frame. A pair of independently controlled gripping cylinders that are connected to respective gripping cams are mounted on the lifting frame. A tree is extracted by engaging the gripping cams against the tree and translating the lifting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Christian Lane Maxwell
  • Patent number: 10136591
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for the lateral levelling equipment of a timber working head at a forestry machine with a hydraulic system for the driving and regulation of the functions of the forestry machine, which forestry machine comprises a chassis with a driver's cabin and an arm to which a timber working head is fixed jointed and in a manner that allows rotation, the working head comprising levelling equipment and a regulator for the control and regulation of the lateral angle of the working head relative to the vertical direction, an arrangement for the execution of the method, and a forestry machine for the use of the arrangement during the execution of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Forest AB
    Inventors: Daniel Linder, Erik Nilsson
  • Patent number: 10136592
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for a hybrid distributed hydroculture system. A set of growing profiles is stored, wherein each growing profile defines a set of growing parameters for a type of plant. Data is received that is indicative of a growing profile being associated with a plant growing unit in communication with the computing device. A set of growing parameters is transmitted from the growing profile to the plant growing unit so that the plant growing unit can execute the growing parameters to grow a plant that is planted in the plant growing unit. Sensor data is received from the plant growing unit indicative of data from one or more sensors locally installed at the plant growing unit. The set of growing parameters is customized based on the sensor data from the plant growing unit to customize the parameters for the plant environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SproutsIO, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Broutin Farah, Kamal Farah
  • Patent number: 10136593
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus that is utilized as a hydroponic growth conduit located around the perimeter of a building roof, where the plant media growth extends over the roof providing shade and a form of insulation for the building. The system serves as a form of green roofing that does not require a soil medium to grow the plants and therefore does not require the related additional structural components or costs. Existing roofs can easily be modified to accommodate this proposed apparatus. Said apparatus retains a designed volume of water to provide a growth medium for the plant's root systems. The apparatus continues to function similarly to a traditional roof gutter, collecting, conveying and discharging accumulated rain water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Christopher Kyle Watson
  • Patent number: 10136594
    Abstract: An aeroponic growing system and method is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system includes at least one vertical column of interconnected growing pots and an overhead support to suspend the vertical column of interconnected growing pots. The system also includes a supply conduit that is in fluid communication with a top of the vertical column of interconnected growing pots and a return conduit in fluid communication with a bottom of the vertical column of interconnected growing pots. In addition, the system includes a reservoir in fluid communication with the supply conduit and the return conduit. A turning mechanism may also be used for rotating the column to achieve uniformity of illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TOWER GARDEN, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy A. Blank
  • Patent number: 10136595
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Klessig, Frank Schroeder, Patricia Manosalva
  • Patent number: 10136596
    Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated KW6D1334, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KW6D1334, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KW6D1334 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KW6D1334 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KW6D1334 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn 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 inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line KW6D1334.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KWS SAAT SE
    Inventor: Carsten Grohn
  • Patent number: 10136597
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH288975. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH288975, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH288975 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 CH288975.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Franco G. Asoro, Michael Dragonuk, Magen Starr Eller, Sarah Gehlhar, Daniel J. Lubich, Jeffrey L. McElroy, Laron L. Peters, Duane A. Potrzeba, Louis R. Reeder, Jeffrey M. Sernett
  • Patent number: 10136598
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH887497. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH887497, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH887497 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 CH887497.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Holland, Brett A. Ochs, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 10136599
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 15R535B2XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 15R535B2XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 15R535B2XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 15R535B2XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Dawn E. Fraser
  • Patent number: 10136600
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated FA9S10-0038R. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar FA9S10-0038R. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar FA9S10-0038R and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar FA9S10-0038R with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: John Davies, Mark Newell
  • Patent number: 10136601
    Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated Y9A12-0004. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar Y9A12-0004. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar Y9A12-0004 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar Y9A12-0004 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mark Newell
  • Patent number: 10136602
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068087. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068087. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068087 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068087 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Roger L. Lussenden
  • Patent number: 10136603
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067535. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067535. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067535 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067535 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: David R. Wooten, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10136604
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH42YN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH42YN with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH42YN 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 PH42YN or a locus conversion of PH42YN with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Edwin Michael Grote
  • Patent number: 10136605
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH41JG and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41JG with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41JG 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 PH41JG or a locus conversion of PH41JG with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Patent number: 10136606
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH471G and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH471G with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH471G 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 PH471G or a locus conversion of PH471G with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Craig Kevern
  • Patent number: 10136607
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH432T and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH432T with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH432T 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 PH432T or a locus conversion of PH432T with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Kelvin Grandy Grant
  • Patent number: 10136608
    Abstract: The present invention discloses genetically modified tobacco plants, and tobacco products derived from such plants, comprising a decrease in at least one amino acid such that upon heating and/or burning, the tobacco plant or a portion thereof generates reduced levels of a compound derived from the at least one amino acid as compared to an unmodified parent tobacco plant or a portion thereof. In an embodiment, the tobacco generates reduced levels of acrylamide and/or acrylonitrile upon heating and/or burning of the tobacco as compared to an unmodified parent tobacco line. These plants are useful for improving tobacco products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Reynolds Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patsy Elizabeth Elliott Brown, Darlene Madeline Lawson, Serban C. Moldoveanu
  • Patent number: 10136609
    Abstract: Novel Brassica rapa var. nipposinica, such as Brassica rapa var. nipposinica designated ORIGAMI is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI, to the plants and plant parts of Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI, and to methods for producing a Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plant by crossing the Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI with itself or another Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing other Brassica rapa var. nipposinica plants derived from the Brassica rapa var. nipposinica ORIGAMI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHAMROCK SEED COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Courtney