Patents Issued in November 19, 2019
  • Patent number: 10477760
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes a plurality of organic devices for controlling weeds in a planted field, the organic devices being positioned between respective adjacent rows of planted matter in a field. Each the organic devices includes a pivotable shaft having an upper end and a lower end, and a weed-control unit attached to the lower end of the pivotable shaft. The weed-control unit includes a rotatable blade for mowing weeds growing between the adjacent rows of the planted matter. The system further includes at least one motor coupled to one or more of the organic devices for driving the rotatable blade of each weed-control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Underground Agriculture, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph D. Bassett
  • Patent number: 10477761
    Abstract: The adjustable weedeater handle is an over-sized grasping point for a weedeater. The adjustable weedeater handle may be attached to the weedeater by coupling a mount to the shaft of the weedeater such that the proximal handle section extends towards the trimmer motor and the distal handle section extends towards the trimmer head. The distal handle section and/or the proximal handle section may be independently pivoted to desired and comfortable positions. The weedeater may be held by placing the hands on the shaft of the weedeater, on the distal handle section, on the proximal handle section, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Ripling Wrinkle
  • Patent number: 10477762
    Abstract: A residue management system for an agricultural vehicle includes: a straw hood defining a first rear opening and a second rear opening; a windrow chute held adjacent to the first rear opening; a spreader assembly held adjacent to the second rear opening; a conveyor held within the straw hood and defining a conveyor axis of rotation; and a selection door pivotably coupled to the straw hood and defining a pivot axis which is rearward and below the conveyor axis of rotation, the selection door being configured to switch between a first position in which material from the conveyor is directed toward the first rear opening and a second position in which material from the conveyor is directed toward the second rear opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Stefaan Desmet, Nathan E. Isaac, Tim Passchyn, Cooper W. Linde
  • Patent number: 10477763
    Abstract: A dual cut header assembly a header, a chopper suspended from the header, and at least one actuator is provided between the chopper and the header for adapting a distance between the chopper and the header. The dual cut header assembly further includes at least one sensor for measuring a state of the chopper, and an actuator steering module connected to the at least one actuator. The header is provided to be lifted by an agricultural combine to cut crop material from a field at a first height. The chopper is provided to cut the crop material at a second height lower than the first height. The actuator steering module is configured to automatically adapt the distance based on the measured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Marc R.M. Jonckheere, Karel C.F. Pauwels, Koen Teetaert, Erik Vermote
  • Patent number: 10477764
    Abstract: A crop harvesting machine with a cutter bar on a header frame has a height control system which uses depending sensor fingers arranged in contact with the ground so as to measure a height of the cutter bar above the ground. The sensor fingers are controllably retractable under actuation from an operator in the cab or automatically in response to prescribed conditions being met. The actuator used in retracting the sensor fingers can also be used to adjustably control ground pressure of the sensor fingers in the deployed position of the sensor fingers engaging the ground. The header height is adjusted using laterally spaced apart hydraulic linkages which can be operated at different elevations relative to one another responsive to different height signals relating height of opposing ends of the header frame relative to the ground to also control tilt of the header relative to the harvester frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventors: Nolan Lacy, Philip Otto, Neil Barnett
  • Patent number: 10477765
    Abstract: A reel arm for a header of an agricultural harvester comprising a rotatable coupler, a first linkage assembly and a second linkage assembly is disclosed. The rotatable coupler has a central rotational axis and includes a control shaft extending therethrough parallel to the central rotational axis. The first linkage assembly includes a first end connected to the control shaft about a first lateral side of the rotatable coupler and a second end opposite the first end for connection to a reel tine bar of a first reel assembly of the header. The second linkage assembly includes a first end connected to the control shaft about a second lateral side of the rotatable coupler and a second end opposite the first end for connection to a reel tine bar of a second reel assembly of the header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Joel Cook
  • Patent number: 10477766
    Abstract: A basecutter assembly for a sugarcane harvester comprises a first cutter, a second cutter, a first feeder, a second feeder, a cutter drive, and a feed drive. The first and second cutters are adapted to sever sugarcane stalk. The first and second feeders are adapted to feed the severed sugarcane stalk. The cutter drive is coupled to the first cutter and the second cutter to rotate the first cutter and the second cutter respectively about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis. The feed drive is coupled to the first feeder and the second feeder to rotate the first feeder and the second feeder respectively about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis. The basecutter assembly may comprise a variator. According to another aspect, the basecutter assembly may comprise a planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Guy Burch
  • Patent number: 10477767
    Abstract: A draper platform for mounting on a feeder house of an agricultural combine may include a frame, a center belt conveyor to carry cut crop material rearwardly towards a center opening in the frame through which crop may be fed into a feeder house, a left side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, a right side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, at least one elongate reciprocating knife assembly extending along a front edge of each of the center belt conveyor, the left side belt conveyor and the right side belt conveyor, a left side top cross auger above the left side belt conveyor, the left side top cross auger having a right inner end, a right side top cross auger above the right side belt conveyor, the right side top cross auger having a left inner end opposite to and spaced from the right inner end and a conveyor drum above the center belt conveyor below a space between the right inner end and the left inner end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Shreyas P. Modak, Duane M. Bomleny, Daniel S. Hoffman, Bryan R. Yanke
  • Patent number: 10477768
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle including a chassis, a feeder housing carried by the chassis, a header coupled to the feeder housing. The header includes a flexible cutter bar and at least one endless belt positioned rearwardly of the flexible cutter bar and configured to travel in a direction of travel for transporting a crop material to the feeder housing. The at least one endless belt includes a first belt having a first width transverse to the direction of travel and a second belt moveably attached to the first belt and having a second width transverse to the direction of travel and a front edge. The second belt includes a plurality of elongated protrusions transverse to the direction of travel and configured for contacting the crop material, and an engaging feature adjacent to the front edge and configured for moving the second belt in accordance with the flexible cutter bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Joel T. Cook
  • Patent number: 10477769
    Abstract: A drive system for a paddle belt conveyor comprises a drive shaft and a drive roller rotationally driven by the drive shaft about a first axis. The drive roller exerts traction on a belt of the belt conveyor. The belt comprises a plurality of paddles. The drive system includes a pinch roller mounted rotationally about a second axis parallel to the first axis. The pinch roller pinches the belt between the pinch roller and the drive roller to augment the traction of the drive roller on the belt. Either the drive roller or the pinch roller is a bobbin roller to accommodate the paddles on the belt. The drive system may further include a take-up roller rotatable about a third axis parallel to the first axis, and first and second idler rollers rotatable about fourth and fifth axes parallel to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: AG GROWTH INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Zachary Johnson, Ronald Klassen
  • Patent number: 10477770
    Abstract: A draper platform for mounting on a feeder house of an agricultural combine may include a frame, a center belt conveyor to carry cut crop material rearwardly towards a center opening in the frame through which crop may be fed into a feeder house, a left side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, a right side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, at least one elongate reciprocating knife assembly extending along a front edge of each of the center belt conveyor, the left side belt conveyor and the right side belt conveyor, a conveyor drum above the center belt conveyor and a central roller baffle. The central roller baffle may include a rotatable support rotatably supported above the conveyor drum and a crop driver removably mounted to the rotatable support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Shreyas P. Modak, Duane M. Bomleny, Daniel S. Hoffman, Bryan R. Yanke
  • Patent number: 10477771
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester having a combine and a header is provided. The combine includes a primary hydraulic system for use in operations of the combine. The primary hydraulic system includes primary hydraulic fluid. The header is attachable to the combine and includes a header hydraulic system having a header hydraulic fluid and a heat exchanger operatively connected to the primary hydraulic system and the header hydraulic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Joshua Steward Joyce
  • Patent number: 10477772
    Abstract: A gardening tool, such as a mower, has a main body having an accessory, such as a mowing blade, and a motor for driving the accessory. A handle is rotatably connected to the main body. At least one operation assembly is associated with the handle for being operated by a user to control the motor when the handle is located in a predetermined position. A control system prevents the motor from being controlled by the operation assembly and halts the motor when the handle is located out of the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Haishen Xu, Xiandian Shao
  • Patent number: 10477773
    Abstract: A trailer for transporting a crop harvester header, such as a forage harvester header, after it has been separated from a transport vehicle such as a self-propelled crop harvester. The trailer includes an elongated frame having forward and rearward ends. A first wheel assembly is mounted at the forward end of the frame and a rear wheel assembly is mounted at the rearward end of the frame. The forward end of the elongated frame is hingedly secured to the front wheel assembly so as to be selectively movable between an upper transport position to a lower loading position. The rearward end of the elongated frame is hingedly secured to the rear wheel assembly so as to be selectively movable between an upper transport position to a lower loading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: James A. Hellbusch
  • Patent number: 10477774
    Abstract: A mower-conditioner assembly of a self-propelled windrower includes a frame, a cutting mechanism coupled to the frame for cutting crop, a conditioner rotatably coupled to the frame at a location rearward of the cutting mechanism, and a fluffer assembly rotatably coupled to the frame at a location rearward of the conditioner. The fluffer assembly includes at least an elongated roll and a crop moving element. The conditioner crimps the crop after it is cut, and the fluffer assembly fluffs or moves the crop during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Kellen B. Hill, David V. Rotole, Thomas A. Nichols
  • Patent number: 10477775
    Abstract: A crop sensing system for a baler includes a compression system for forming a bale and a feed system for picking up crop from a surface and conveying the crop to the compression system. The crop sensing system includes a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor being coupled to at least one of the compression system or the feed system, wherein the at least one sensor generates a signal corresponding to a crop load on the at least one of the compression system or the feed system. The crop sensing system includes a control unit configured to receive the signal from the sensor arrangement and calculate crop mass data based on at least the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric R. Lang, Jeffrey Askey
  • Patent number: 10477776
    Abstract: An over-the-door hanger for clamping to a top of a door. Opposing wings are spring biased to a base plate. The base plate is located adjacent the outside surface of the door, and includes a hook hanging downwardly from the base plate. The wings span the top edge of the door and have downturned ends. During installation, the downturned ends of each wing are moved against the spring tension so as to be lowered over the top edge of the door in an orientation where the base plate is located on the outside of the door and the downturned ends are located on the inside of the door. The hanger is thus clamped to the top of the door under the spring tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffery J. Kacines
  • Patent number: 10477777
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an agro- or geotextile (1), comprising: i) a carrier (2); and ii) an electric network (3) of one or more lighting units (4, 18), whereby said electric network (3) of one or more lighting units (4, 18) is provided on a surface of said carrier (2). The invention further pertains to a method for producing an agro- or geotextile (1) and to a use of an agro- or geotextile (1) according to the current invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Beaulieu International Group NV
    Inventors: Frans Van Giel, Christophe Dominique René Haegeman, Veronique Caroline Berthe Brossé
  • Patent number: 10477778
    Abstract: A plant tray for receiving and retaining one or more plant pots includes a plant-receiving tray for use in a high-throughput plant infiltration process used to produce recombinant proteins. The plant tray described has a base retaining tray with an upper surface defining cavities for receiving the plant pots, and a top plate displaceably mounted on the base retaining tray and having apertures, the apertures defining a channel with the corresponding cavities of the bottom tray when aligned. The top plate is displaceable between a locked operative position wherein the apertures and the corresponding cavities are partially misaligned, thereby locking the plant pots in between the top plate and the base retaining tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MEDICAGO INC.
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Vezina, Nicole Bechtold, Luc Laurin
  • Patent number: 10477779
    Abstract: A system and process for filtering air by removing pollutants from the air with living plants. The system includes an enclosure, a wall within the enclosure on which living plants are supported and grow in one or more horizontal plant beds defining vertical tiers along the wall, an irrigation system for watering the plants, and a lighting system for simulating sunlight. Air moving through the enclosure flows adjacent leaves of the plants, through a growth media in the plant bed, and then out of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: William Joseph Hutzel
  • Patent number: 10477780
    Abstract: A multiple cell horticulture propagation tray arranged in rows of star-shaped cells forming a substantially rectangular shaped tray having the cells formed therein, combined with inserted cylindrically shaped growing media plugs comprising primarily of peat moss with an amount of biochar, and enveloped to retain moisture within the growing media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: HGCI, Inc.
    Inventor: Rod Davis
  • Patent number: 10477781
    Abstract: A horticulture tray including a plurality of growing cells each configured to accommodate a stabilized growth plug therein. A support peak of each cell is configured to protrude into a center of the stabilized growth plug and force soil of the stabilized growth plug outward and away from the support peak. A sidewall of each cell is angled to force soil of the stabilized growth plug inward and away from the sidewall. The support peak and the sidewall force soil of the stabilized growth plug together between the support peak and the sidewall to compact the soil to form a soil bridge that extends between the support peak and the sidewall, and prevents soil from passing through the growing cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Blackmore Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred N. Blackmore, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10477782
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a support system for temporarily supporting a plant via a fixed structure of vertical poles which support at least one substantially horizontal support cord, the support system comprising: a substantially vertical alignment wire having a top end and a bottom end; a curve greater than 180° in the top end of the vertical alignment wire forming a hanging hook portion configured to be selectively supported by one of the support cords; at least one supporting bracket coupled to one of the substantially horizontal support cords and capturing the alignment wire and the plant; wherein the alignment wire maintains vertical orientation of the plant substantially above the point at which the plane protrudes from the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Rodney Long
  • Patent number: 10477783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the environment controlled multi span structured greenhouses equipped with the modules Z1 to Z7 and plurality of sensors. Z1 comprises a capture manifold, a compressor, tanks T1, T2, Ta, and a release manifold, Z2 comprises an earth tube heat exchanger for very low cost heating and cooling of greenhouses in respective cold and hot locations, substantially reducing fossil fuel use, Z3 maintains greenhouse air relative humidity at a defined set point, Z4 harnesses bio-thermal energy, Z5 reduces global warming by preventing greenhouse carbon dioxide from being released into atmospheres, Z6 uses activated nutrients solutions substantially reducing input cost in drip and foliar dozing, Z7 comprises a film fixed to the greenhouse roof and to the four external sides' and automated 0 to 100% roll on and roll off thermal shading curtains wherein the greenhouse does not comprise gutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Sat Parkash Gupta
  • Patent number: 10477784
    Abstract: A land irrigation system to irrigate farmland. The system includes a water delivery pipe assembly having a plurality of drive motors mounted thereto. The water delivery pipe assembly is configured for one or the other or both of linear-move irrigator travel and center pivot irrigator travel. The water delivery pipe assembly is further configured to stagger the operation of select ones of the drive motors wherein when one or more of the selected drive motors are in operation one or more of the selected drive motors are not in operation. Staggering the operation of select ones of the drive motors can serve to reduce the carbon footprint as well as size footprint of the power supply that powers the drive motors whether that supply be a diesel generator or a water motor driven generator or an inverted battery power supply or a fuel cell or other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Guy Williams
  • Patent number: 10477785
    Abstract: Proactively identifying and interdicting transport of commodities associated with illicit nuclear materials and nuclear weapons shielded by high Z-number materials, such as lead, can help ensure effective nuclear nonproliferation. In an embodiment, a method for imaging an object on a surface includes exciting a surface with ultrasonic excitation from an ultrasonic transmitter having an ultrasonic transducer in contact with the surface. The method further includes imaging, at a processor, a two-dimensional representation of the object acoustically coupled to the surface based on the ultrasonic reflections received at an ultrasonic receiver via a receiving transducer in contact with the surface. This method can complement existing x-ray screening systems to increase the odds of detecting radiological materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Jose A. Martinez-Lorenzo, Yuri Alvarez Lopez
  • Patent number: 10477786
    Abstract: A two-stage aeroponic growing system and method provides a cylindrical container and a sloped container that independently, or in conjunction, work to expose vegetation to nutrients, liquids, and light in two successive stages. A substrate, such as a Grodan® plug, initiates growth of the vegetation. The cylindrical and sloped containers provide a surface for the roots and fibers of the substrate to engage, and also have various apertures on all surfaces that enable 360° exposure to nutrients, liquids, and light. In the second stage of growth, the substrate snugly positions inside the cylindrical container. The sloped container snugly retains the cylindrical container. The sloped container has a sloped lid of about 6° that creates greater space for retaining multiple cylindrical containers. Drain holes and spray nozzles help control moisture exposure in the sloped container to create a controlled environment for the second stage growth of the vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Eric John Wilson
  • Patent number: 10477787
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding soybean plants containing quantitative trait loci that are associated with resistance to Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), a fungal disease associated with Phakopsora spp. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring disease resistance for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program for resistance to ASR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: George J. Baley, Vergel C. Concibido, Bradley J. La Vallee
  • Patent number: 10477788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for identifying sunflower lines having increased resistance to Verticillium wilt, and identification of genetic markers linked to gene(s) conditioning such increased disease resistance. The present invention also relates to methods of breeding sunflower plants from lines having increased Verticillium wilt resistance by marker-assisted selection, compositions including nucleic acid probes or primers which are useful for such marker assisted selection, and plants and plant parts produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajat Aggarwal, Martin Ariel Cantore, Natalia Mercedes Paz
  • Patent number: 10477789
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the detection of genetic differences among soybeans. More particularly, the invention relates to soybean quantitative trait loci (QTL) for tolerance to protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, to soybean plants possessing these QTLs, which map to a novel chromosomal region, and to genetic markers that are indicative of phenotypes associated with protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor tolerance. Methods and compositions for use of these markers in genotyping of soybean and selection are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Donald E Kyle, Mark D Vogt
  • Patent number: 10477790
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated 1EEXI3109, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line 1EEXI3109, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line 1EEXI3109 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line 1EEXI3109 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 1EEXI3109, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 1EEXI3109 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean W. Nordick
  • Patent number: 10477791
    Abstract: A method of producing cannabinoids for use in medical treatments by growing cultured Cannabis sativa plant cells through tissue culture, the method comprising the steps of: selecting Cannabis sativa leaf tissue for culture; and growing a tissue culture from the selected leaf tissue in a liquid based medium whilst controlling the light exposure of the tissue culture to control the cannabinoid content of the tissue culture. Control of the light exposure can enable the phytocannabinoid content of the grown tissue culture to be tailored to the use intended for the tissue culture. For example, the THC content of the tissue culture can be controlled to be maximised or minimised depending on the intended use. Use of tissue culture is beneficial as compared to prior art methods as it allows for genetic consistency and reduces the resources necessary to produce plant cells containing phytocannabinoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CELL SCIENCE HOLDING LTD.
    Inventor: Peter Andrew Whitton
  • Patent number: 10477792
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV0599TM and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV0599TM and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Teresa Beck Bunn
  • Patent number: 10477793
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FIRKL13-4132. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of line FIRKL13-4132 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: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernardus van den Bosch
  • Patent number: 10477794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL6665383H. Also included are seeds of canola CL6665383H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL6665383H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL6665383H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL6665383H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Shaw, Van L. Ripley, Muhammad Tahir, Jianwei Zhao, Sherry Gore, Ushan Alahakoon
  • Patent number: 10477795
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated PX499096W3FE, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety PX499096W3FE, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety PX499096W3FE, with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety PX499096W3FE with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX499096W3FE, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX499096W3FE, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Phytogen Seed Company, LLC
    Inventors: Mustafa G. McPherson, Joel F. Mahill
  • Patent number: 10477796
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated PX8188-60RF, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety PX8188-60RF, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety PX8188-60RF with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety PX8188-60RF with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX8188-60RF, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX8188-60RF, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Phytogen Seed Company, LLC
    Inventor: Joel F. Mahill
  • Patent number: 10477797
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH999869. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH999869, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH999869 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 CH999869.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Buffard, Jeffrey M. Sernett, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 10477798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Latium saliva seed designated 81-04 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca saliva plant produced by growing the 81-04 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 81-04 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Martinus Jozeph Ammerlaan, Christophe Henri Thomas, Anne-Laure Odile Cécilia Girard
  • Patent number: 10477799
    Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP054 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP054, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP054, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP054, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP054 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP054, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP054, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventor: Chihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 10477800
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH665819. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH665819, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH665819 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 CH665819.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Brett A. Ochs, Duane A. Potrzeba
  • Patent number: 10477801
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV375294. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV375294, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV375294 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV375294 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV375294.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Michael Kovach, Jeffrey L. McElroy, Laron L. Peters
  • Patent number: 10477802
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV663768. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV663768, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV663768 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV663768 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV663768.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Paul T. Nelson
  • Patent number: 10477803
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV691303. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV691303, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV691303 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV691303 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV691303.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas B. Carlson, Jeffrey M. Sernett
  • Patent number: 10477804
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV644304. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV644304, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV644304 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV644304 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV644304.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Paul T. Nelson
  • Patent number: 10477805
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated 7DBDD0188, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line 7DBDD0188, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line 7DBDD0188 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line 7DBDD0188 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 7DBDD0188, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 7DBDD0188 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Thorson, Nathan Joel VanOpdorp
  • Patent number: 10477806
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated 2EEXI2053, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line 2EEXI2053, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line 2EEXI2053 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line 2EEXI2053 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 2EEXI2053, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 2EEXI2053 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean W. Nordick
  • Patent number: 10477807
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH814115. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH814115, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH814115 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 CH814115.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 10477808
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH341109. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH341109, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH341109 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 CH341109.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 10477809
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH897928. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH897928, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH897928 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 CH897928.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Gregory J. Holland, Duane A. Potrzeba, Gary R. Stangland