Patents Issued in July 14, 2020
  • Lawn care vehicle with on board battery charging
    Patent number: 10709060
    Abstract: A riding lawn care vehicle (10) may include a power unit (20), a working element (30) configured to perform a work function, a working element driver (40) providing operable coupling between the power unit and the working element to drive the working element based on operation of the power unit, and an external charger (100) operably coupled to the working element driver to charge one or more external batteries of a device other than the riding lawn care vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Gent Simmons, Sean Dwyer
  • Electric power equipment
    Patent number: 10709061
    Abstract: Electric power equipment such as a lawn mower is provided with a travel unit driven by a travel motor for propelling the equipment, a work unit driven by a work motor to perform prescribed work such as cutting grass as the equipment travels, and a control unit configured to decrease a rotational speed of the travel motor in response to an increase in a load applied to the work motor, and to increase the rotational speed of the travel motor in response to a decrease in a load applied to the work motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Fukano, Masato Takeda, Keisuke Muraoka
  • Line trimmer and shredder apparatus
    Patent number: 10709062
    Abstract: The invention is a multi-tiered line trimmer and shredder apparatus using a number of individual pre-molded or pre-cut nail head string lines. Whenever the engine or motor is running, the apparatus rotates the nail head string lines generating cutting power designed to utilize multiple functions, such as trimming grass or weeds, clearing vegetation by shredding or mulching it, or removing snow. The apparatus consists of a base, cylindrical body, nail head string lines, and cover. The base attaches to a drive shaft or directly to an engine or motor. The cylindrical body is hollow, has holes throughout its wall that may be the same or variable sizes. The nail head string lines are inserted into the holes. The cover is used to cover the cylinder body, and to secure the “nail head” portion of the nail head string lines within the cylindrical body while the apparatus is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Ting-Kao Chang
  • Battery-powered working machine
    Patent number: 10709063
    Abstract: Provided is a battery-powered working machine including a protective bracket which is able to be secured to a casing while being in engagement with a battery pack, which is capable of preventing theft of the battery pack, and which separates a casing-side connection terminal from a battery-side connection terminal at a distance to keep the casing-side and battery-side connection terminals and out of contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Momiyama
  • Propulsion control lockout and ground working vehicle incorporating same
    Patent number: 10709064
    Abstract: A control system for a ground working vehicle. The control system may include a handle assembly including a handle member extending upwardly and rearwardly from a chassis of the vehicle. The control system may also include a speed control apparatus including a control grip operably connected to, and translatable along, the handle member. Translation of the control grip may activate a transmission to move the chassis in the forward direction when the control grip is translated downwardly along the handle member towards the chassis. Further, the control system may include a lockout apparatus movably attached to a handle member. The lockout apparatus may be adapted to selectively and physically restrict movement of the control grip relative to the handle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Aaron Y. Curtis, Khari S. Clarke
  • Suspension system for lawnmower
    Patent number: 10709065
    Abstract: In a riding mower having a frame, a mower deck supported beneath the frame, a chair on said frame and a source of motive power also supported on said frame and including two hydraulic transaxles depending beneath the frame to each selectively rotate a drive wheel. The frame is supported on forward and rear wheel assemblies with a supporting wheel. The transaxles are supported beneath the frame and pivotally secured thereto by a flange captivating vibration pillows and proximate the driven wheel and an inner pivot rod secured to the frame by apertures in downwardly depending tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Bad Boy Mowers, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Bradley Covington, Warren Russell Long
  • Device for analyzing the composition of a grain-MOG mixture
    Patent number: 10709066
    Abstract: A method for analyzing the composition of a grain-MOG mixture comprising a kernel fraction and an MOG-fraction. The method includes steps of receiving a grain-MOG mixture, at a thermal excitation location, subjecting a sample volume of the grain-MOG mixture to a thermal excitation using a thermal excitator, generating a thermal image at an imaging location of at least a surface of the sample volume of the grain-MOG mixture that has been subjected to the thermal excitation, processing the thermal image and therewith obtaining data representing the temperature distribution over the thermal image, and relating the temperature distribution to the share of the kernel fraction in the grain-MOG mixture. A device for analyzing the composition of a grain-MOG mixture comprising a kernel fraction and an MOG-fraction is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Bart Lenaerts, Bart M. A. Missotten, Karlien D'huys
  • Safety system for mowers and mower therwith
    Patent number: 10709067
    Abstract: Mowers are provided with a safety system to prevent obstacles, such as animals, located in the field from being hit by cutters of the mower. The safety system includes a control unit and at least one detector to detect the obstacle and then provide a warning signal to the control unit, when the obstacle is detected. The control unit provides a separation signal to at least one safety device in response to receiving the warning signal, and the at least one safety device causes separation between the obstacle and the at least one cutter in response to receiving the separation signal. The safety device may be at least one shield which is movable between a retracted position and a protecting position in which it extends in front of the at least one cutter to prevent contact between the at least one cutter and the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: AGRO INTELLIGENCE APS
    Inventors: Ole Green, Claes Lund Dühring Jæger, Klaus Springer, Kjeld Jensen, Kim Arild Steen, Morten Larsen, Tom Simonsen, Jacob Gad Linding
  • Bagging assembly
    Patent number: 10709068
    Abstract: A bagging assembly for bagging bales of fibrous material is disclosed. The bagging assembly incorporates a chute defining a channel for receiving a bale, which is pushed there between by a stuffing assembly. Aspects of the bagging assembly include raising a bale using a bale elevator to a higher elevation position so that the bale could be stuffed by the stuffing assembly and using a bag retrieving mechanism for retrieving a bag from a bag location for use in bagging the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: H.W.J. DESIGNS FOR AGRIBUSINESS, INC.
    Inventor: Bradley P. Actis
  • Silo for grain
    Patent number: 10709069
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a method of drying a body of grain, comprising storing the body of grain in an elongate bag silo 10, providing at least a first outlet 22 intermediate a first end 16 and a second end 18 of the bag and at least a first and a second inlet (26, 28), situated intermediate the outlet 22 and the first end 16 of the bag. The second inlet 28 is spaced longitudinally further away from the first outlet 22 than the first inlet 26 and the first outlet 22 is the closest outlet to the second inlet 28 in a direction towards the second end 18 of the bag 10. The method further comprises providing a flow of air, between the inlets and the outlet such that a pressure differential between any of the inlets is maintained within a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Casparus Bresler
  • Apparatus for separating plant flower from stalk and method of separating flower from stalk
    Patent number: 10709070
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for separating plant flowers from stalks by means of a lateral rotating tube having a plurality of flexible, elongated members affixed to and extending radially outward from the tube. The apparatus may include a platform and a frame supporting the tube above the platform to accommodate plants held between the platform and the tube so that when the tube is rotating, the elongated members affixed thereto brush against the plants and cause the flowers to brush off at and separate from the stalks. The frame further supports a housing to form a contained space, including a back wall, side walls and a hood to direct the flow of flowers after separation from the stalks. The hood extends above and over the tube, having a front wall extending about or below a central axis of the tube. A power system provides rotational power to the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Randall Hughes Wilkins
  • Luminous flux control member, light-emitting device, and illumination apparatus
    Patent number: 10709071
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus (300) has: a surface (310) to be irradiated; and light-emitting devices (200) that are each obliquely arranged directly above the surface (310). The light-emitting devices (200) each have a light-emitting element (210) and a luminous flux control member (100). The luminous flux control member (100) distributes light emitted from the light-emitting element (210) in directions above and below the optical axis (OA) of the light-emitting element (210). The absolute value of the angle (?1) formed between the optical axis (OA) and the optical axis of the light directed upward is smaller than the absolute value of the angle (?2) formed between the optical axis (OA) and the optical axis of the light directed downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Maryam Husna Yahya
  • Stackable self-watering planter with removable riser
    Patent number: 10709072
    Abstract: A planter and planter stack are described. The planter includes a planter pot configured to be nestable with other such planter pots. The planter pot includes a base, a planter sidewall integrally formed on the base and extending upwards towards a rim, and a hollow support pillar formed on the base and extending substantially vertically upwards with a drain opening at the top of the hollow support pillar in communication with an exterior side of the base. The planter further includes a removable riser configured to be nestable with other such removable risers. The removable riser includes a plate supported by an interior of the planter sidewall by an interference fit, and an aperture configured to accept a corresponding hollow support pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CLASSIC HOME & GARDEN, LLC
    Inventors: Fred Joseph Ryan, Hamilton Scott Team
  • Systems and methods for communicating data via a plurality of grow pods
    Patent number: 10709073
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating communication among grow pods are provided. One embodiment of a system includes a remote computing device that includes a memory component that stores logic. The logic may cause the remote computing device to receive a grow recipe that includes actions for a particular grow pod to grow a plant, implement the grow recipe on the particular grow pod; determine an output of the plant in the particular grow pod using the grow recipe, and determine a random adjustment to the grow recipe. In some embodiments, the logic may cause the computing device to determine an output of the plant in the particular grow pod using the random adjustment to the grow recipe and determine whether the random adjustment to the grow recipe resulted in an improvement in output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Grow Solutions Tech LLC
    Inventor: Gary Bret Millar
  • Reconfigurable solar array and method of managing crop yield using the same
    Patent number: 10709074
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided that combine solar technology and agriculture in a symbiotic relationship that optimizes revenue from both sources. An array of reconfigurable solar collector assemblies is deployed in a crop field. As various crops benefit from varying degrees of shade through their development cycles, and are prone to damage from high winds and hail, the array of adaptable, reconfigurable solar collectors is deployed in the crop field and allows for the easy reconfiguration of each solar collector assembly to vary the amount of shade that is applied to the crops below the assembly, and to provide maximum hail and wind protection when necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew P. Surany
  • Plant collars
    Patent number: 10709075
    Abstract: Hydroponics plant collars including a body defining a thickness, a center, and a periphery, a slot extending from the periphery and generally toward the center, a terminus of the slot and a surface thereof, and two opposing slot surfaces which define smooth plant contact portions thereof and which are spaced apart from one another whereby the body distributes forces acting on the hydroponics plant collar and on a plant to be in the slot, and metallic nanospheres dispersed throughout the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Michael W. Goldsmith
  • Smart cabinet for home gardening
    Patent number: 10709076
    Abstract: A smart home gardening cabinet is disclosed that includes a plurality of plant growing drawers each having a vertical lift door and an automatic precision weather system to grow a specific type of plants, each automatic precision weather system includes an array of lights for photosynthesis, an air circulation system, and a water circulation system that provides nutrient water to the specific plants in each plant growing drawer; each plant growing drawers having a plant growing tray that includes an array of growing holes filled with a sponge materials to absorb and retain nutrients which are misted to the roots of the plants, excess nutrient water being returned to the water circulation system to save water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TREANT PROTECTOR PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Tuan Anh Pham
  • Macroalgae biomass production
    Patent number: 10709077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for the cultivation and processing of high quality macroalgae, particularly for the cultivation of edible seaweed on a commercial scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SEAKURA PRODUCTS FROM NATURE LTD.
    Inventor: Yossi Karta
  • Seaweed farming system
    Patent number: 10709078
    Abstract: A seaweed farming system may include a harvesting unit. The harvesting unit may include a harvest disintegrator. The harvest disintegrator may be configured to receive a plantation substrate having mature seaweed thereon after severing a vegetative portion of seaweed. The harvesting unit may further be configured to disintegrate the mature seaweed to separate the mature seaweed from the plantation substrate, the plantation substrate remaining intact during separation of the mature seaweed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sea6 Energy Private Ltd.
    Inventors: Nitish Kati, Nelson Vadassery, Shrikumar Suryanarayan, Hrishikesh Ranjalkar, Chaitanya Praveen Nandigama, Sowmya Lakshmi Balendiran, Sri Sailaja Nori
  • plants yielding oils with a low total saturated fatty acid content
    Patent number: 10709079
    Abstract: Brassica plants producing oils with a low total saturated fatty acid content and methods for producing such plants are described. The oils have a low total saturated fatty acid in combination with a low, mid, or high oleic acid content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Honggang Zheng, Kevin Brandt, Richard Fletcher, Daren Coonrod
  • Maize inbred PH48RS
    Patent number: 10709080
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48RS and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48RS with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48RS 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 PH48RS or a locus conversion of PH48RS with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Julia Xiuling Zhang
  • Maize inbred PH48MF
    Patent number: 10709081
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48MF and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48MF with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48MF 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 PH48MF or a locus conversion of PH48MF with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Martin Arbelbide
  • Maize inbred PH40W4
    Patent number: 10709082
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH40W4 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH40W4 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH40W4 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 PH40W4 or a locus conversion of PH40W4 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph D Anderson, Mark Jacob Gadlage
  • Maize inbred PH48J7
    Patent number: 10709083
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48J7 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48J7 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48J7 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 PH48J7 or a locus conversion of PH48J7 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Edwin Michael Grote
  • Maize inbred PH2T8W
    Patent number: 10709084
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH2T8W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2T8W with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2T8W 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 PH2T8W or a locus conversion of PH2T8W with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Benoit Revol
  • Lettuce variety ‘80020-0911-007’
    Patent number: 10709085
    Abstract: Provided herein is a lettuce variety, ‘80020-09I1-007’, including seeds thereof and methods of generating additional lettuce varieties using variety ‘80020-09I1-007’. Lettuce variety ‘80020-09I1-007’ is characterized by its size, long leaf stalk, color, and resistance to Bremia lactucae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Bejo Zaden BV
    Inventors: Teunis Scheurwater, Roelof Marinus Veenstra, Albertus Johannes Maria Schrijver
  • Canola germplasm exhibiting seed compositional attributes that deliver enhanced canola meal nutritional value
    Patent number: 10709086
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a canola germplasm comprising at least 45% crude protein and not more than 18% acid detergent fiber content on an oil-free, dry matter basis. Certain embodiments further comprise one or more traits selected from the group consisting of reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content. In particular embodiments, the invention concerns canola plants comprising such germplasm and plant commodity products (e.g., seeds) produced therefrom. Canola plants comprising a germplasm of the invention may exhibit favorable seed composition characteristics that make them particularly valuable as a source for canola meal, and for methods of introducing at least one trait selected from the group consisting of high protein content, low fiber content, reduced polyphenolic content and increased phosphorous content into a canola variety in a seed coat color-independent manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas James Kubik, Gregory R. Gingera, Van Leonard Ripley, Michelle Beaith, Thomas G. Patterson
  • Wild rocket variety ‘jolizia’
    Patent number: 10709087
    Abstract: New wild rocket variety designated ‘Jolizia’ is described. ‘Jolizia’ is a wild rocket variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
    Inventor: Olaf Kunzemann
  • Hemp cultivar TM1
    Patent number: 10709088
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to seed and plants of hemp cultivar TM1. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of hemp cultivar TM1, and to methods for producing a hemp plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another hemp plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, and products produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Todd Muck
  • Introgression of two yield QTLs in plants
    Patent number: 10709089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cultivated cucumber plants comprising a yield QTL on chromosome 2 and/or a yield QTL on chromosome 6 of their genome, and to methods for generating such plants, and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Arnold Gijsbert Kraan, Frank Beenders, Marion Van de Wal, Freddy Willem Karel Hermans, Hans-Peter Koelewijn, Gerhard T. M. Reuling, Alexandra M. Casa, Steven D. Tanksley, Gulay Cangal
  • Wheat variety YW17M
    Patent number: 10709090
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated YW17M, the plants and seeds of wheat variety YW17M, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety YW17M with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety YW17M with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety YW17M are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety YW17M and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall
  • Wheat variety YW17P
    Patent number: 10709091
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated YW17P, the plants and seeds of wheat variety YW17P, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety YW17P with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety YW17P with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety YW17P are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety YW17P and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall, Samuel Abraham Tragesser
  • Wheat variety W082574K1
    Patent number: 10709092
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated W082574K1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W082574K1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W082574K1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W082574K1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W082574K1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W082574K1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall
  • Wheat variety W090428N1
    Patent number: 10709093
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated W090428N1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W090428N1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W090428N1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W090428N1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W090428N1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W090428N1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Lewis Clarkson, William Joseph Laskar, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall
  • Plants and seeds of corn variety CV793768
    Patent number: 10709094
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV793768. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV793768, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV793768 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 CV793768 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 CV793768.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Paul T. Nelson
  • Maize inbred PH46AR
    Patent number: 10709095
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH46AR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH46AR with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH46AR 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 PH46AR or a locus conversion of PH46AR with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER Hl-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Cunnyngham
  • Maize inbred PH48ZZ
    Patent number: 10709096
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48ZZ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48ZZ with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48ZZ 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 PH48ZZ or a locus conversion of PH48ZZ with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Montpetit
  • Maize inbred PH48G8
    Patent number: 10709097
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48G8 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48G8 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48G8 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 PH48G8 or a locus conversion of PH48G8 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Martin A Fabrizius, Stephen Joseph Szalma
  • Maize inbred PH2SSR
    Patent number: 10709098
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH2SSR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2SSR with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2SSR 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 PH2SSR or a locus conversion of PH2SSR with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Julie Ho, Matthew David Smalley
  • Maize inbred PH2TRF
    Patent number: 10709099
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH2TRF and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2TRF with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2TRF 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 PH2TRF or a locus conversion of PH2TRF with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Goran Drinic, Julia Xiuling Zhang
  • Maize inbred PH41YN
    Patent number: 10709100
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH41YN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41YN with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41YN 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 PH41YN or a locus conversion of PH41YN with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Susanne Groh
  • Garden bean variety greenback
    Patent number: 10709101
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar Greenback and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plants of the invention with themselves or another bean plant. The invention also provides bean plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Daniel James Wahlquist
  • Tomato variety NUN 09194 TOF
    Patent number: 10709102
    Abstract: The disclosure provides hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 09194 TOF as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Bernard Catharina Hubert Silvertand
  • Animal crate cooling system
    Patent number: 10709103
    Abstract: The animal crate cooling system comprises a thermal cover for an animal crate and a cold air unit The cold air unit generates and circulates cool air through the crate. The thermal cover comprises a plurality of thermally insulated panels that surround the sides and top of the crate. One or more apertures in the top of the thermal cover allow air to enter and/or exit the crate. The cold air unit utilizes carbon dioxide gas from an attached CO2 cylinder to make dry ice by blowing the CO2 into a mesh basket within the cold air unit. One or more air moving devices may circulate cool air from the cold air unit over the dry ice and through the crate. The air moving devices may be powered by a battery, which may be recharged using a solar panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Erick Kinsey
  • Barn floor cleaner
    Patent number: 10709104
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for cleaning a floor, and in particular a barn floor having a lower portion and an elevated portion that intersect to form a curb. The apparatus is attached to a vehicle that travels in a longitudinal direction. The apparatus includes a scraper for scraping the lower portion of the floor. The scraper is pivotally attached to the vehicle for adjusting a transverse position of an end of the scraper into abutment with the curb. The apparatus also includes a cleaning head for moving material from the elevated portion of the floor. The cleaning head is attached to an arm. The arm is pivotally attached to the scraper for adjusting a transverse position of the cleaning head into alignment with the elevated portion of the floor. The cleaning head is actuated to sweep material transversely into the path of the scraper as the vehicle moves in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Berend Hindrik Ter Borgh
  • Animal enclosure
    Patent number: 10709105
    Abstract: A portable animal enclosure apparatus includes a kennel body including an upper housing member and a lower housing member. The upper and lower housing members each include a double-walled construction including an inner wall forming a portion of the enclosure shaped to house the animal and an outer wall at least partially surrounding the inner wall, with a gap defined between the inner and outer wall. A door opening is defined at a first end of the kennel body between the upper and lower housing members, and a rear wall is defined at a second end of the kennel body opposite the door opening. A door frame is disposed on the kennel body at the door opening. A door is disposed on the door frame, and the door is pivotally attached to the door frame and is moveable between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Edmonds Outdoors, LLC
    Inventor: Addison Edmonds
  • Pet vestibule
    Patent number: 10709106
    Abstract: A pet vestibule configured for being attached to a door and to swing open with the door. Vestibule provides a protected shelter area for pets and animals to come and go into a structure without the need for human assistance, while also inhibiting rain, snow, and other inclement weather from entering the structure through the pet door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher J. Dix
  • Elevated pet feeder with slow feed bowl
    Patent number: 10709107
    Abstract: A pet feeder for slowing food consumption with a height adjustable stand. The elevated pet feeder includes a bowl having an inner surface, an outer surface, a sidewall extending from a base of the bowl, and a cavity with an open upper end for receiving contents. The sidewall includes spaced markings each designating a different volume within the cavity. Further, an impediment extends from the center of the base of the bowl with a propeller removably secured to the impediment, such that the impediment and propeller in combination can slow food consumption. The elevated pet feeder includes a receptacle that receives the bowl. A stand extends from the receptacle and can adjust the height of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Susan H. Miller
  • Automated scent training
    Patent number: 10709108
    Abstract: An automated scent training wheel for training animals to detect and respond to target scents. The automated scent training wheel comprises a rotatable carousel and a plurality of scent receptacles coupled to the rotatable carousel, where the scent receptacles are each configured to hold scent source material therein. The automated scent training wheel also comprises a plurality of sensing systems each disposed at one of the plurality of scent receptacles, wherein each sensing system is configured to automatically detect investigation of the associated scent receptacle by an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick L. Nolan, Simon Prins
  • Furniture protecting scratching device
    Patent number: 10709109
    Abstract: A furniture protecting scratching post device. The device includes a base having a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom wherein the sidewalls are oriented perpendicularly to each other. A top portion is disposed on the upper ends of the sidewalls such that the top portion and the pair of sidewalls define an interior channel. The interior channel is sized to receive the front and side portions of a chair or couch, such that the top portion of the device rests on a front portion of the armrest. A carpeting material is disposed on the base, sidewalls, and top portion. The carpeting material is embedded with catnip to encourage cats to scratch the device rather than the furniture which it is secured to. In this way, the furniture protecting scratching device is adapted to protect an object such as a chair or couch from a cat's scratches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Charles O. Stewart