Patents Issued in March 1, 2022
  • Patent number: RE48949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a force transmission device for power transmission between an input and an output, comprising at least an input and an output, and a vibration damping device disposed in a cavity that can be filled at least partially with an operating medium, in particular oil, the vibration damping device coupled with a rotational speed adaptive absorber, wherein the rotational speed adaptive absorber is tuned as a function of an oil influence to an effective order qeff, which is greater by an order shift value qF than an order q of an exciting vibration of a drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Dominique Engelmann
  • Patent number: RE48950
    Abstract: When an IC card is passed over an external card reading and writing apparatus, the IC card starts communication with the card reading and writing apparatus via a wireless interface, so that a change in the internal state of the IC card is reported to an external device via an external wired interface or a dedicated control signal line, thus allowing a specific application to be enabled on the external device or allowing a controller to be powered on and activated. Alternatively, the controller is powered off and deactivated. Accordingly, processing according to the communication state between the IC card and the card reading and writing apparatus or the internal state of the IC card can be smoothly initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Arisawa, Akihiko Yamagata
  • Patent number: RE48951
    Abstract: A system and associated processes monitor hand hygiene compliance. The system includes hand hygiene product dispensers positioned within areas of concern (AOC) in a facility in which hand hygiene events are to be monitored. The dispensers detect dispense events initiated at the dispenser and transmit a dispense event signal indicative that a dispense event occurred along with dispenser identification information. The system also includes a plurality of compliance badges, each worn by a different person in the facility. Each compliance badge receives dispense event signals corresponding dispenser identification information associated with dispense events initiated by the wearer of the compliance badge. The badges store dispense event records associated with each dispense event initiated by the wearer and thus keep track of all dispense events initiated by the wearer of the compliance badge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Tokhtuev, Christopher J. Owen, Paul S. Schilling, Anatoly Skirda, Viktor Slobodyan, Joseph P. Erickson, Cheryl A. Littau, Christopher A. Buck
  • Patent number: RE48952
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a recording medium controller includes a recording medium, an input module, a reading module, and a writing module. The recording medium includes a write area and an escape area. The write area includes track groups. Each of the track groups is a unit for writing data and includes tracks. The input module receives a write command for data. The reading module reads data stored in the escape area and data from a first track group of the track groups. The writing module writes data received for the write command to the escape area, and writes merged data obtained by merging the data read from the escape area and the data read from the first track group to each track of a second track group of the track groups by using a shingle recording technique in which adjacent tracks are partly overlapped with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Haga, Hideaki Tanaka, Tatsuo Nitta, Tadashi Hongawa, Takahiro Shinbori
  • Patent number: RE48953
    Abstract: A hypothetical reference decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: RE48954
    Abstract: A control information interpretation method of a terminal and a base station in a mobile communication system, and a terminal and a base station concerning the same, respectively, are provided. The control information interpretation method of a terminal includes receiving, by the terminal, control information including transport block information and antenna port related information; identifying whether a codeword 0 is enabled and a codeword 1 is disabled, or both the codeword 0 and the codeword 1 are enabled based on the transport block information; and interpreting the antenna port related information according to a result of the identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Youn Sun Kim, Jin Kyu Han, Sung Tae Kim, Myung Hoon Yeon, Cheng Shan, In Ho Lee
  • Patent number: RE48955
    Abstract: A method and light emitting diode (LED) illumination device comprising multiple emitter modules are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes bringing to a level insufficient to produce illumination the respective drive currents of all except one of multiple emission LED elements within respective first and second emitter modules for the duration of a measurement interval within respective first and second series of measurement intervals. The measurement intervals are interspersed with periods of illumination, and the first and second series of measurement intervals are separated by respective first and second offsets from a timing reference. An embodiment of an illumination device includes multiple emitter modules, where each emitter module includes multiple emission LED elements and one or more photodetectors. The illumination device further includes a lamp control circuit adapted to perform steps of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Horace C. Ho, Rebecca Frank
  • Patent number: RE48956
    Abstract: A method and illumination device are provided for interference-resistant compensation in light emitting diode (LED) illumination devices. In one embodiment, the method includes bringing to a level insufficient to produce illumination the respective drive current of all except one of multiple emission LED elements for the duration of a first measurement interval and a later-occurring second measurement interval. The first and second measurement intervals are within respective first and second series of measurement intervals interspersed with periods of illumination, and the first and second series of measurement intervals are separated by respective first and second offsets from a timing reference. An embodiment of an illumination device includes multiple emission LED elements, one or more photodetectors, and a lamp control circuit, where the lamp control circuit is adapted to perform steps of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Horace C. Ho, Rebecca Frank
  • Patent number: 11259452
    Abstract: A housing (100) for housing hydraulic components, wherein the hydraulic components are configured for operating a hitch mechanism of a tractor, is a single-body component that is configured to house a plurality of valve mechanism and a reciprocating piston therein. The housing (100) comprises cavities for locating valve mechanisms therein and a cylinder (110) for accommodating a reciprocating piston (210). The housing (100) together with a plurality of valve mechanisms (122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132) disposed in corresponding cavities, forms a predetermined hydraulic circuit (1000). The hydraulic circuit (1000) has minimum number of leakage joints, minimizes number of components and therefore assembly and machining operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Maxson Gomes, Anil Hirgude, Mahendra Jaware, Savant Kedarnath, Rajendra N. Yedekar
  • Patent number: 11259453
    Abstract: A power hoist equipment crane system to be used with a tractor roll bar, the system including a pivotable support bar configured to be substantially U-shaped having two side portions and a middle portion connecting the two side portions, a cable support member provided to the pivotable support bar and configured to support a cable from a hoist, and bracket assemblies provided respectively proximate each end of the pivotable support bar and configured to couple the pivotable support bar to the tractor roll bar in a pivoting arrangement, the bracket assemblies configured such that the pivotable support bar is pivotable between a substantially vertical stowed position when not in use, and a substantially horizontal use position in which the cable support member is positioned at a point spaced back from the tractor so as to be located over an implement that is attachable to the tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Michael S. Kelly
  • Patent number: 11259454
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for detecting ground engaging tool float for an agricultural implement may include an implement having a ground engaging tool pivotally coupled to a frame and a biasing element coupled between the frame and the ground engaging tool. The biasing element may be configured to bias the ground engaging tool to a predetermined ground engaging tool position relative to the frame. The system may also include a sensor configured to detect a parameter indicative of a current position of the ground engaging tool relative to the frame. Additionally, the system may include a controller configured to monitor the current position of the ground engaging tool based on measurement signals received from the sensor and identify a time period across which the ground engaging tool is displaced from the predetermined ground engaging tool position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Michael G. Kovach, Christopher Barrick, John C. Endsley, James W. Henry, Tracey D. Meiners, Klint J. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11259455
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of a residue removal device of a seed-planting implement may include a residue removal device configured to remove residue from a path of the seed-planting implement. The system may also include a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a residue characteristic associated with a portion of the field within a detection zone positioned forward of the residue removal device relative to a direction of travel of the seed-planting implement. Furthermore, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. As such, the controller may be configured to monitor the residue characteristic associated with the portion of the field within the detection zone based on data received from the sensor. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to control the operation of the residue removal device based on the monitored residue characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Chad M. Johnson, Trevor Stanhope, Christopher Schoeny
  • Patent number: 11259456
    Abstract: An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator includes a supply compartment to hold the product, a pneumatic conveying system, a metering system, and a controller. The pneumatic conveying system includes first delivery line operably connected to an airflow source and to the supply compartment, and a second delivery line operably connected to the airflow source and to the supply compartment. The metering system includes a first metering device associated with the first delivery line and a second metering device associate with the second delivery line. The controller controls the air flow source, the first metering device to meter product to result in a first mixed flow of airflow and product for the first delivery line, and the second metering device to meter product with the airflow to result in a second mixed flow of airflow and product for the second delivery line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Tollefsrud, Sunil Vetal, Rex LeRoy Ruppert, Lyle Mangen
  • Patent number: 11259457
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a motor configured to drive a seeding system that is, itself, configured to meter and deliver seed from the agricultural machine. The agricultural machine also includes a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the seeding system and a skip detector component, that receives the sensor signal and detects a seed skip in the seeding system. Based on the detected seed skip, a processing system generates an operating parameter of the motor, and controls the motor based on the operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Matt D. Bartelson, Todd N. Signer
  • Patent number: 11259458
    Abstract: An automatic picking and launching seedling device for a transplanting machine is provided, as well as methods of using the same. The device includes a seedling picking mechanism, seedling guiding devices, a box shifting mechanism and seedling separating mechanisms. The seedling picking mechanism is mounted on the box shifting mechanism, the two sets of seedling separating mechanisms are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the box shifting mechanism, and the seedling guiding device is arranged on the top of the seedling separating mechanism. The box shifting mechanism transports the disc to the seedling picking point, and the seedling picking mechanism moves the picking seedling claws to the seedling picking point to take the seedlings and moves to the seedling launching point to launch the seedlings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianping Hu, Jie Pan, Weizheng Fei, Lvhua Han
  • Patent number: 11259459
    Abstract: An agricultural product delivery applicator for delivering particulate product to a field. The applicator includes a supply compartment to hold the product and a pneumatic conveying system. The system includes an airflow source to provide an airflow, and a delivery line operably connected to the airflow source and to the supply compartment. The delivery line includes a supply line and a plurality of distribution lines. The system further includes a distributor coupling the supply line with the plurality of distribution lines, a motor disposed on the distribution lines side of the distributor, a shaft assembly rotatable by the motor, and a bearing supporting the shaft assembly on the supply line side of the distributor. The applicator further includes a metering system operably connected between the supply compartment and the pneumatic conveying system. The metering system meters product with the airflow to result in a mixed flow of airflow and product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Rex LeRoy Ruppert, Nicholas R. Pederson, Charles O'Connell, Jeffrey Scot Martin, John Paul Honermann
  • Patent number: 11259460
    Abstract: The cutter bar of a header including two sickle bars is driven by a center drive system including a rotary input drive member driven by a motor, first and second rotary members each driven by the drive member about a generally upstanding first rotational axis. Each of the rotary members has an eccentric drive system for driving a respective sickle bar. A flywheel is driven by the rotary input drive member for common rotation therewith and the first and second rotary members are driven by a common drive sprocket to rotate in the same direction about the first and second rotary axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MacDon Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenneth Parson, Don MacGregor
  • Patent number: 11259461
    Abstract: A riding lawn care vehicle may include a frame to which a mobility assembly is operably coupled, an equipment frame operably coupled to the frame forward of the mobility assembly, a steering assembly operably coupled to the mobility assembly to enable an operator seated on the riding lawn care vehicle to provide steering control of the riding lawn care vehicle, a removable cutting in deck and a belt positioning system. The cutting deck includes a rotatable blade and is configured to receive power for turning the blade from an equipment drive belt of the vehicle when the equipment drive belt is operably coupled with the cutting deck. The belt positioning system is configured to enable the equipment drive belt to be automatically operably coupled between the cutting deck and the riding lawn care vehicle in response to the cutting deck being docked with the equipment frame in an operational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Husqvarna AB
    Inventors: Johan Bengtzohn, Mats Axelsson
  • Patent number: 11259462
    Abstract: Systems and methods for geospatial yield mapping by managing and modeling a system-based delay between crop location and crop sensing. The system stores a plurality of yield rate values indicative of crop yield detected by a sensor and a plurality of geospatial location values as time sequence data sets. The system then maps a yield rate value to a geospatial location value by determining an offset indicative of a total delay time from when the crop is cut from the field to when the crop is detected by the yield sensor. In some implementations, the delay value is determined as an integer multiple of a defined sampling frequency and is determined as a sum of a plurality of delay component values each indicative of a portion of the total delay time associated with a different one of a plurality of component systems of the crop harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Sebastian Blank
  • Patent number: 11259463
    Abstract: A slope mower includes a mower body, drive wheels, left and right mower decks and left and right support wheels mounted on support arms pivotally mounted to the mower body with hydraulic actuators acting on the left and right support arms to maintain the mower body vertical. An inclinometer measures the tilt angle of the mower body and a controller reads the angle and controls a leveling valve to supply hydraulic fluid from a supply line to the leveling actuator toward which the inclinometer indicates the mower body is leaning to move the mower body back to vertical. The system can be programmed to actuate a leveling actuator only when the detected tilt angle exceeds a minimum angle. Lockout valves can be actuated by the controller to block the flow of hydraulic fluid to or from both actuators if a maximum allowed tilt angle is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Harper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey A. Leis, Cole J. Howard, Mark Kiner
  • Patent number: 11259464
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a first frame member and a second frame member pivotally connected to each other and an actuating assembly configured to rotate the second frame member. The actuating assembly includes a first link pivotally connected to the first frame member, a second link pivotally connected to the second frame member, and a third link attached to an actuator. Two of the first, second, and third links are pivotally connected by a connecting pin, which is received in a slot formed in the third one of the links. The actuating assembly is configured to prevent the pin from moving along the slot and to allow rotation of the second link relative to the third link, when the second frame member is arranged between a retracted position and an expanded position, and to allow the pin to move along the slot, when the second frame member is arranged in the expanded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Bart van der Lelij
  • Patent number: 11259465
    Abstract: A harvesting header of an agricultural machine includes a frame, a cutting mechanism coupled to the frame and configured to cut crop, an auger rotatably coupled to the frame at a location rearward of the cutting mechanism, and an impeller rotatably coupled to the frame at a location rearward of the auger. The impeller is configured to receive crop from the auger and condition the cut crop. The crop is projected by the auger in a rearward and upward direction relative to the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas A. Nichols, Lance Frahm, Charles S. Sloan
  • Patent number: 11259466
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a chassis, a cleaning system carried by the chassis, and a crop material elevator for receiving crop material that has passed through the cleaning system. The crop material elevator has a top-most end, a bottom-most end, a first inlet between the top-most end and the bottom-most end, and a second inlet between the top-most end and the first inlet. The agricultural harvester also includes an auger system for supplying crop material from the cleaning system to the crop material elevator. The auger system includes a first auger defining an auger axis for supplying crop material to the first inlet, a second auger defining a second auger axis, and a crop material conveyor for supplying crop material from the second auger to the second inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Herbert M. Farley, Cale N. Boriack, William M. McCully, Denver R. Yoder, Pieter Vandevelde, Clayton E. Banks, Eric E. Veikle
  • Patent number: 11259467
    Abstract: A continuous baler having a movable section having an open mode and a closed mode. In the closed mode, the movable section is joined to a baling half chamber and a tying half chamber to form a baling chamber and a tying chamber, respectively. In the open mode, the movable section is moved away from the baling half chamber and tying half chamber, in order to allow passage of a bale formed in the baling chamber from the baling half chamber to the tying half chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Perinchery Narayanankutty Pramod
  • Patent number: 11259468
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for harvesting cotton including a cotton accumulator configured to accumulate cotton removed from cotton plants. A feeder system of a cotton harvester is configured to move independently of the cotton accumulator and along a longitudinal direction. A round module builder system is configured to move along the longitudinal direction toward the feeder system, wherein the round module builder includes a contact member adapted to contact the feeder system to establish a working gap between the feeder system and the round module builder. A wrap floor is moved toward and into contact with the feeder system, which is spring biased to maintain a substantially consistent gap between the between the feeder system and round module builder. Cotton is directed toward the round module builder and a directing mechanism directs a wrap for wrapping the directed cotton into a round module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan A. Hackert, Kevin J. Goering, Scott D. Weber
  • Patent number: 11259469
    Abstract: A grinding device and a grinding method for grinding at least one knife. The grinding device includes a frame with a knife holder and a grinding unit comprising a grinding head, a grinding head holder, and a grinding head drive assembly. The grinding unit can selectively be connected with the frame or can be disconnected from the frame and can be placed on a cutting assembly with knives to be ground. In both operating modes the grinding head drive assembly rotates the grinding head and moves the rotating grinding head with respect to the grinding head holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Forage Company B.V.
    Inventor: Thomas Dreier
  • Patent number: 11259470
    Abstract: In order to reduce a possibility of damaging a seedling in the event of transplant of unit nursery beds when the seedlings are replanted from a seedling tray that supports unit nursery beds individually planted with seedlings germinated from seeds to a hydroponic panel capable of securing a longer seedling-to-seedling distance, a seedling transplanter (1) includes: a seedling tray (3) supported by a frame (2) and configured to support a nursery bed (7) having unit nursery beds (71) separable from each other and arranged in two directions on a plane; a hydroponic panel (4) supported by the frame (2) and provided with holes (41) for storing the unit nursery beds (71), the hydroponic panel (4) serving as a transplant destination of the unit nursery beds (71) on the seedling tray (3); and a holding member (5) supported by the frame (2) pivotally around a vertical axis and vertically movably to separate the unit nursery bed (71) from the nursery bed (7) by holding any one or a plurality of the unit nursery beds (7
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: IMA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Imaguchi
  • Patent number: 11259471
    Abstract: A cover member for an in-store greenhouse is disclosed, with which radiation exiting the in-store greenhouse can be influenced or modified, so that outgoing total radiation has a white color on the Planck curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Angenendt, Timo Bongartz, Norbert Haas
  • Patent number: 11259472
    Abstract: A rotating disc assembly for use on a stump grinder that can include: a rotating disc member having a peripheral edge and defining a central axis and a radial direction; a bit securing sub-assembly comprising a bit holder member mechanically connected to the rotating disc member and having a first portion extending in a first direction, and a second portion extending from said first portion along a second direction that is not parallel to said first direction; a bit mechanically connected to the bit holder member by a fastening hardware; and a first portion of the peripheral edge extending a further distance in the radial direction than a second portion of the peripheral edge; wherein the bit and the bit securing sub-assembly are sized, shaped, located and/or connected so that the first bit is at least partially shielded by a footprint of the first portion of the peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Leonardi Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Leonardi, Bruce C. Jordan
  • Patent number: 11259473
    Abstract: A TMV resistant tobacco plant containing a short N introgressed segment and a method for breeding the same. A homozygous tobacco plant containing an N introgressed segment is hybridized with a tobacco plant of genotype nn to obtain an F1 progeny tobacco plant of genotype Nn. The F1 progeny tobacco plant is hybridized with the tobacco plant of genotype nn, to obtain population materials for screening to obtain the short N introgressed segment. TMV is inoculated at a seedling stage, and Nn genotype plants showing necrotic lesion are obtained by screening the population materials. The Nn genotype plants are genotyped using a molecular marker TN5.51 primer pair and an N gene-specific molecular marker N1N2 at the right end of the N introgressed segment. A plant found to be negative when tested by the TN5.51 primer pair and to be positive when tested by the N1N2 molecular marker is a plant comprising the short N introgressed segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: YUNNAN ACADEMY OF TOBACCO AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Changjun Huang, Yongping Li, Haiqin Yu
  • Patent number: 11259474
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM1082 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM1082 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: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Seminis Vegatable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Kramer
  • Patent number: 11259475
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PHVN18 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PHVN18, cells from soybean variety 5PHVN18, plants of soybean 5PHVN18, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PHVN18. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PHVN18 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PHVN18, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PHVN18, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PHVN18. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PHVN18 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea Beth Kalvig, Leon George Streit
  • Patent number: 11259476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-952 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-952 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-952 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Daniël Floris Wander de Jong, Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Patent number: 11259477
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PVML12B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PVML12B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PVML12B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PVML12B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PVML12B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PVML12B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall
  • Patent number: 11259478
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PELS91B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PELS91B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PELS91B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PELS91B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PELS91B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PELS91B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall
  • Patent number: 11259479
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated MDS3501, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MDS3501, to the plants of inbred corn line MDS3501 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line MDS3501 with itself or with another corn line. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from the inbred MDS3501.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: L & P Consulting
    Inventor: Cullen Johnson
  • Patent number: 11259480
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated MDS2713, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MDS2713, to the plants of inbred corn line MDS2713 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line MDS2713 with itself or with another corn line. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from the inbred MDS2713.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: L & P Consulting
    Inventor: Cullen Johnson
  • Patent number: 11259481
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated MDS9820, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MDS9820, to the plants of inbred corn line MDS9820 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line MDS9820 with itself or with another corn line. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from the inbred MDS9820.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: L & P Consulting
    Inventor: Cullen Johnson
  • Patent number: 11259482
    Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated KW4FP1690, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KW4FP1690, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KW4FP1690 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KW4FP1690 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KW4FP1690 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 corn lines derived from inbred corn line KW4FP1690.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Nicolas Couteau
  • Patent number: 11259483
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13R249 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13R249 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13R249 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13R249, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13R249 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13R249 and methods of using maize variety X13R249 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: David Uhr
  • Patent number: 11259484
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18R897 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18R897 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18R897 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18R897, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18R897 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18R897 and methods of using maize variety X18R897 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas J Barker, Matthew David Smalley
  • Patent number: 11259485
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV480092. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV480092, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV480092 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 CV480092 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 CV480092.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Devin Michael Nichols
  • Patent number: 11259486
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011079. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011079, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011079 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 CH011079.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Marvin L. Boerboom
  • Patent number: 11259487
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4D9Y and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4D9Y with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4D9Y 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 PH4D9Y or a locus conversion of PH4D9Y with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Benoit Revol
  • Patent number: 11259488
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a rosemary plant and, more specifically, to a proprietary clonal plant line KI937 that hyper-accumulates carnosic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KEMIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brindha Narasimhamoorthy, John A. Greaves, Liuqing Zhao, Zhiqiang Qiu, Justin Cox, John Baker
  • Patent number: 11259489
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PYJK64 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PYJK64, cells from soybean variety 5PYJK64, plants of soybean 5PYJK64, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PYJK64. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PYJK64 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PYJK64, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PYJK64, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PYJK64. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PYJK64 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: William K. Rhodes, Walter Daniel Santone
  • Patent number: 11259490
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 99250287 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 99250287, to the plants of soybean cultivar 99250287, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 99250287, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 99250287. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 99250287. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 99250287, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 99250287 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11259491
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 80540918 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 80540918, to the plants of soybean cultivar 80540918, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 80540918, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 80540918. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80540918. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80540918, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 80540918 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11259492
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 94041029 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 94041029, to the plants of soybean cultivar 94041029, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 94041029, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 94041029. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 94041029. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 94041029, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 94041029 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11259493
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077341. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077341. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077341 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077341 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Philip A. Owen