Patents Issued in June 14, 2022
  • Patent number: 11357155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agricultural implement comprising a main frame supporting a plurality of ground engaging tools, the main frame being transferable between a first configuration, in which a first plurality of ground engaging tools are in a working position, and a second configuration, in which a second plurality of ground engaging tools are in a working position. A first depth wheel is connected to the main frame and capable of adjusting a working depth of the first plurality of ground engaging tools, when the main frame is in its first configuration. A second depth wheel connected to the main frame and capable of adjusting a working depth of the second plurality of ground engaging tools, when the main frame is in its second configuration. At least the first depth wheel is pivotable in such a way that the first depth wheel moves with respect to the second depth wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Hertzog
  • Patent number: 11357156
    Abstract: A system for adjusting the spacing between ground engaging tools of an agricultural implement may include a plurality of ground engaging tools including a first end tool, a second end tool, and at least one intermediate tool positioned between the first and second end tools, with an adjustable ground engaging width being defined between the first and second end tools. The system may further include a biasing element positioned between each respective pair of adjacent engaging tools and configured to apply a biasing force against its respective pair of adjacent tools such that an inter-tool spacing between each respective pair of adjacent tools is maintained substantially uniform across the plurality of ground engaging tools as the ground engaging width is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Joshua David Harmon, Trevor Stanhope
  • Patent number: 11357157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and forest work machine (1) making use of it, by means of which the control of the forest work machine is assisted. In the forest work machine, a light source (2) is adapted, which may be directed to one or more different parts of the surroundings around it, forming the working area of the forest work machine. This is adapted to produce at least one specifically defined specified-form light pattern (3) on said working area. With such a light pattern, visual information content may be produced on the working area to support an operator of the forest work machine in their work. As content of such information, it is possible to define control measures for the forest work machine, performed in any working area or their restrictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PONSSE OYJ
    Inventor: Juha Haverinen
  • Patent number: 11357158
    Abstract: Automatic germination equipment for oat grains includes a plurality of germination accelerating tank bodies each of which is of a hollow structure, a first direction and a second direction are self-defined in each germination accelerating tank body, a plurality of leaching layers are fixedly arranged in each germination accelerating tank body in the first direction, and the leaching layers are fixedly installed on an inner side surface of the germination accelerating tank body; and a reciprocating switch valve device which includes a bottom valve and a rotating lead screw fixedly connected to the bottom valve, the bottom valve is fixedly connected to an outer side surface of the germination accelerating tank body in the first direction, and one end of the rotating lead screw away from the bottom valve passes through the leaching layers in the second direction and extends towards the interior of the germination accelerating tank body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: INNER MONGOLIA OATS HOUSE WHOLE GRAIN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiquan Yu, Jingjing Dong, Wenzhong Wang, Xiaodong Fan, Jingwei Xiao, Wenduo Li
  • Patent number: 11357159
    Abstract: An automated method for operating an automated seed sampling system having a seed loading station, a seed transport subsystem, and a seed sampling station generally includes sensing whether individual seeds are successfully isolated from a bulk of seeds at the seed loading station, and sensing whether the isolated seeds are properly positioned by the seed transport subsystem adjacent the seed sampling station in preparation for removing tissue from the isolated seeds. In some aspects, the method further includes analyzing the tissue removed from the seeds for presence or absence of at least one characteristic, and selecting seeds based on presence or absence of the at least one characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Kevin L. Deppermann, Lee Yannakakis, Andrew M. Singleton, Angela R. Cargill, David W. Finley, Brian J. Forinash, Allen N. Ondes, Sam R. Eathington, Heather M. Forbes, Bruce J. Schnicker, Jason K. Bull
  • Patent number: 11357160
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of automatically calibrating a liquid treatment system in a seed treater. The method is performed by pumping a seed treatment liquid using a seed treater pump, receiving the seed treatment liquid in a container, detecting when a predetermined volume of seed treatment liquid has filled the container using a first level sensor and a second level sensor and automatically adjusting a flow rate of the liquid in response to a time required to fill the container. Adjusting the flow rate may be done by adjusting a speed of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AG GROWTH INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Dan Bardi, Michael Dehaan, Jared Marr
  • Patent number: 11357161
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a gauge wheel on a row unit allows for infinite lateral adjustment of the gauge relative to an opening disc on the row unit. The mounting assembly includes an arm with a threaded bore extending through a split end of the arm. A threaded bushing is adjustably mounted in the bore and secured in a desired position with a bolt standing through the split end to clamp bushing in position. The split end mounting arm provides a method of quickly and easily adjusting the lateral position of the gauge wheel on the row unit in infinite increments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Harvest International, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Sivinski
  • Patent number: 11357162
    Abstract: A seed drill having a frame, to which at least one seeding coulter and a fertiliser coulter arranged upstream of the seeding coulter in a working direction are connected. The seeding coulter and the fertiliser coulter are each assigned depth control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LEMKEN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Dennis Bergerfurth, Christian Gotzen, Martin Gebbeken
  • Patent number: 11357163
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an air seeder tower includes a valve with an actuator, and a closed loop feedback control with a sensor to control actuation of the valve to control air flow out of the air seeder vent tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
    Inventors: William Frank, Chad E. Plattner, Trenton Noreen
  • Patent number: 11357164
    Abstract: A multiple variety seed meter for multi-variety row crop planting a segmented feed pipe system that may include a feed pipe with multiple passages that can be rotated to present one of multiple variety openings toward a seed pool in the seed meter to deliver a specific seed variety into the seed meter. The feed pipe may be an inner selector pipe concentrically nested for rotation in an outer sleeve that extends into the seed meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Schoeny, Chad Johnson
  • Patent number: 11357165
    Abstract: A root crop harvester has a lifting device picking up a mixture of crop and admixtures. Screening belts downstream of the lifting device transport the mixture away from the lifting device. A feed belt feeds the mixture to a sorting zone where a separating device is arranged above the feed belt. A sorting belt is arranged downstream of the separating device that has first and second stripper belts circulating in a stripping direction and provided with stripper elements. The stripper elements act on the crop transverse to a feed direction and supply the crop to the sorting belt. The admixtures remain on the feed belt and are discharged in a guiding direction angled to the stripping direction. At least one of the stripper belts has a discharge section with an incline smaller than 55° relative to the stripper plane and has in sections a non-round contour and a constant incline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Niehues, Alfons Pöhlking
  • Patent number: 11357166
    Abstract: A system and method for an autonomous lawn mower comprising a mower body having at least one motor arranged to drive a cutting blade and to propel the mower body on an operating surface via a wheel arrangement, wherein the mower body includes a navigation system arranged to assist a controller to control the operation of the mower body within a predefined operating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Klaus Hahn, Todd Brandon Rickey, Benjamin Edgar Montgomery
  • Patent number: 11357167
    Abstract: A mower can be adaptively controlled to optimize efficiency based on loads experienced by motors that drive the cutting blades and/or based on vertical movement that a mower deck is experiencing. If the load is below a threshold, the ground speed of the mower can be increased. If the vertical movement or load exceeds a threshold, the ground speed can be reduced. The mower's performance can also be monitored to identify characteristics of an area being cut and then such characteristics can be used to further enhance the efficiency of the mower. A density map can be created based on monitored load, vertical movement and possibly other characteristics as a mower is cutting a particular area. The density map can be employed by any mower that is subsequently used to cut the same area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FireFly Automatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Aposhian, Eric E. Aston, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake
  • Patent number: 11357168
    Abstract: A towed agricultural implement including a first headstock element for connection to a towing vehicle, a second headstock element supporting a chassis member provided with a plurality of working implements, a pivot pin for connecting the first headstock member and the second headstock member and defining a horizontal axis of rotation between the first headstock member and the second headstock member, in which the second headstock member has a lateral centre of gravity offset from the axis of rotation. A compensating structure is provided between the first headstock member and the second headstock member to offset the unbalanced loads caused by the lateral centre of gravity being offset from the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Feucht GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Fillep
  • Patent number: 11357169
    Abstract: A height adjustment system for adjusting a cutting deck height of a front mounted cutting deck (50) of a riding lawn care vehicle (10) may include a lever (155) operable by an operator seated on the riding lawn care vehicle, and a height adjustment assembly (150) that is alternately assembled and disassembled during attachment and removal of the cutting deck without any operator interaction other than positioning of the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Husqvarna AB
    Inventor: Johan Bengtzohn
  • Patent number: 11357170
    Abstract: A steering lever pivot assembly may have a two-axis polymer housing pivotally coupled to a terrain working vehicle at opposing bosses and comprising a pair of reciprocal housing portions, a steering lever pivotally coupled to the two-axis polymer housing, the steering lever having a connecting portion for coupling to a first system of the terrain working vehicle, a clasp coupled to the steering lever and the two-axis polymer housing and having a mounting portion for coupling to a first system of the terrain working vehicle, and a pair of bushings that receive one of the opposing bosses therein. In some aspects, the two-axis polymer housing provides a first axis of rotation at the pivotal coupling between the steering lever and the two-axis polymer housing and a second axis of rotation through the opposing bushings, which may be axially aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: EXCEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brian R. Funk, James A. Wright, Tyler A. Yost
  • Patent number: 11357171
    Abstract: A sugarcane harvester for harvesting sugarcane including a cutter configured to cut sugarcane into a sugarcane mat and a primary extractor disposed adjacent to the sugarcane mat configured to remove crop residue from the sugarcane mat. An elevator includes a conveyor to move the sugarcane mat to an end of the conveyor and an extractor is operatively connected to the elevator. The extractor includes a fan housing having an arm extending laterally from a sidewall of the fan housing and toward a center of the fan housing. A fan assembly is supported by the arm and is configured to remove crop residue from the sugarcane mat at the end of the conveyor. A cover assembly is fixedly connected to the support arm and subtends a fan of the fan assembly and a portion of the support arm, wherein the cover assembly directs crop debris away from the fan and the support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Surfraj Fattepur, Matthew J. Hansen, Todd J. Rodrigue
  • Patent number: 11357172
    Abstract: A system and method for remotely managing content levels in one or more defined areas includes a computer system communicatively connected to one or more resident sensor units and controllers linked to devices such as content loading drive mechanisms and/or supply reordering modules. When a sensor reports that a content level is or will be lower or higher than desired, the computer system generates an alert and forwards the alert across a wireless communications network to a user's mobile device. The user may select a user command to send to the computer system, whereupon the computer system may selectively regulate the content levels in accordance with the response action or alternatively override the user command based upon one or more contextual determinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Cell Sign Technologies
    Inventors: Eric Casebolt, Stephen M. Obsharksy
  • Patent number: 11357173
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a horticultural light that projects either a substantially uniform target illuminance onto a flat surface or an increasing target illuminance onto a flat surface. The horticultural light uses a refractor to receive the raw light distribution from one or more LEDs and then distributes an optically varied distribution having a minimized intensity at centerbeam with an increasing beam intensity as the beam width increases. The horticultural light utilizes both ultraviolet (UV) LEDs and non-UV LEDs arranged as an array to produce the optically varied distribution. A lens array is disposed in relation to the LED array and is comprised of UV compatible lenses and non-UV compatible lenses. A device may be disposed in relation to the UV compatible lenses to disallow incidence of UV radiation onto non-UV compatible lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Illum Horticulture LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Adams, Brent R. Perkins, Johnathan J. Heiner
  • Patent number: 11357174
    Abstract: A seed starting tray including at least one cell defining a space, the at least one cell including a rigid upper portion defining an opening of the least one cell, and a flexible lower portion defining a base of the at least one cell, the flexible lower portion being transitionable between a first position in which the space defines a first volume and a first height and a second position in which the space defines a second volume and a second height, the first volume being greater than the second volume and the first height being greater than the second height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: W. ATLEE BURPE COMPANY
    Inventor: Graham Bowe
  • Patent number: 11357175
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of an agile spectrum LED lighting fixture with a control. In one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, wherein each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes includes one or more light emitting diodes. The light emitting device further includes a control device for controlling a light intensity of each set of light emitting diodes of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes. Each set of the plurality of sets is controlled by a driver, such that there are a plurality of drivers, at least one for each set of the plurality of sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ASTRO SPACE, LLC
    Inventor: William F. Probasco
  • Patent number: 11357176
    Abstract: A tree support block that is easy to install and remove, for temporarily supporting a tree and does not impart damage to the tree. A plurality of one-piece molded support blocks which are designed to be strapped to the trunk of a tree encircling the trunk. A pivotal leg adapter allows for angularly adjustable positioning of each support leg thereby maximizing support configurations. Support stress is transferred from the adapter to the support base such that the entire support force is not borne concentrated at the pivot connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TREE HUGGER SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Gerber, Thomas Pascuzzo, Farrell Gerber
  • Patent number: 11357177
    Abstract: Sod harvesters can have hydraulic systems that are configured to actuate components with precise timing. The hydraulic system of a sod harvester can be configured to maintain the temperature of hydraulic fluid both during harvesting and while harvesting is paused to thereby eliminate or minimize the occurrence of periods of variation in the timing of actuation of the components that the hydraulic fluid drives. As a result, these components can be consistently actuated with precise timing even after harvesting has been paused. Additionally, such configurations can minimize the amount of time required to warm the hydraulic fluid to a steady operational temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FireFly Automatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Aposhian, Eric E. Aston, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake
  • Patent number: 11357178
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of screening tobacco germplasm for resistance to Alternaria alternata by ripening seedling leaves. The method includes ripening seedling leaves, spray inoculation, disease induction, and evaluation of disease resistance. Dense planting, fertilizer control, and potassium increment were used to forcibly ripening seedling leaves. A hospitable environment was simulated to induce disease in the ripened leaves. These treatments reduce differences in leaf maturity and avoid environmental changes. The technique of the disclosure provides greater accuracy and repeatability than the current technique of screening brown spot resistance, and offers the advantages of simple operation, reduced cost, space requirement, and labor intensity, high selection efficiency, and an accurate screening of tobacco phenotypes with resistance to brown spot, etc., used for large-scale screening of tobacco varieties with resistance to brown spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences
    Inventors: Dunhuang Fang, Bingguang Xiao, Zhijun Tong, Yahui Wang, Fangchan Jiao, Yihan Zhang, Xuejun Chen, Jianmin Zeng
  • Patent number: 11357179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a distributor apparatus adapted for positioning individual pieces of a length of growth medium cut into pieces of suitable size into a propagation tray. The distributor apparatus comprises a plurality of distributor units configured to move between a loading position and an unloading position. Each distributor unit comprises an open-ended channel or cavity adapted for receiving a whole number of growth medium pieces. The distributor units, in a loading position, are positioned relatively to each other such that their open-ended channels or cavities are disposed in continuation to each other to form a receiving unit with an open-ended channel or cavity adapted for receiving a single length of growth medium pieces. The distributor units, when in an unloading position, are rotated, relative to their loading position, such that their open-ended channels or cavities are disposed parallel relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Ellepot A/S
    Inventor: Peter Meldgaard Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 11357180
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein provide a system for improved control and monitoring of a movable tower in an irrigation system. A computer controller associated with a tower of an irrigation system receives an indication of parameter modification. The system is then able to change parameters at a component of the tower control system based on the received parameters. The system stores the current drive value at a station to control drive. If the stored drive value is above a threshold level, a drive signal is provided to a motor. The system is operable to selectively apply a drive signal at a tower. The system provides the ability to digitally modify a threshold that is used in a machine run-mode to operate the motor at a tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: REINKE MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
    Inventors: Monte Keith Stouffer, Hal Reece Hockersmith
  • Patent number: 11357181
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to providing power and data to an irrigation device. In some embodiments, encoder for an irrigation control unit that provides power and data to an irrigation device over a multi-wire path comprises: an AC to DC converter to convert an input AC signal into a DC voltage; an AC signal generator to generate an output AC signal modulated with data; a control circuit to provide a modulation control signal to the AC signal generator to control generation and modulation of the output AC signal, the data modulated on the output AC signal comprising commands in accordance with irrigation programming; and a multi-wire interface coupled to the AC signal generator to electrically couple to a multi-wire path extending into a landscape and to which irrigation devices may be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Harvey J. Nickerson, Bradley H. Dolbin, Jonathan I. Marsters, Anderson Micu
  • Patent number: 11357182
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system and method for interfacing with an irrigation controller based on rainfall, the system comprising: an interface unit including a housing and a control unit within the housing and configured to: cause an interruption of one or more watering schedules executed by the irrigation controller, which is separate from the interface unit, based on signaling received from a rain sensor including hygroscopic material, when a sensed expansion of the hygroscopic material is above a set rainfall accumulation threshold parameter, the rain sensor being separate from the interface unit and the hygroscopic material being configured to expand in response to being contacted by the rainfall and to contract in response to an absence of the rainfall; and remove the interruption after a completion of a predetermined interval of time after a sensed contraction of the hygroscopic material indicative of a rainfall stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Steven W. Weiler, Harvey J. Nickerson
  • Patent number: 11357183
    Abstract: Pelagic, surface floating, macroalga, Sargassum is harvested at large scale from a free-roaming farm floating freely on the ocean surface, monitored and tracked with GPS drifters and contained only by naturally occurring circular currents known as eddies or gyres, without aquaculture equipment. The farming technique occurs in open ocean through the utilization of system design and technology. Satellite imagery is interpreted to locate naturally occurring Sargassum aggregations or mats. Harvest vessel(s) travel to an identified mat, where only a portion of the natural mat is harvested as starter culture for a free-roaming farm. Cuttings are left behind to become new plants to restore the “mother mat” for no net loss of habitat and for migration for cohabitating organisms. The remainder of the biomass is transported to the identified free-roaming farm site which is in a suitable Eddie. GPS drifters are adhered with seedlings until the crop is ready for harvest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Alyson Myers
  • Patent number: 11357184
    Abstract: Methods for combining fusarium resistance and peppers and the fusarium resistant peppers produced by the method are disclosed. The invention relates to the plants and seeds of fusarium resistant pepper plants and to methods for producing a fusarium resistant pepper plant by crossing the fusarium resistant pepper plant with itself or another cultivar. The invention also relates to methods for producing locus conversion plants and genetically modified plants of fusarium resistant pepper plants and to the plants produced by those methods. This invention also relates to fusarium resistant pepper cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from fusarium resistant pepper plants, to methods for producing other fusarium resistant pepper cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from fusarium resistant pepper plants and to the fusarium resistant pepper plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Sakata Seed America, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Quintana, Marco Hernandez Bello, Suraj Gurung, Tatiana Simkova
  • Patent number: 11357185
    Abstract: Molecular markers useful for identifying, selecting, and/or providing soybean plants displaying tolerance, improved tolerance, or susceptibility to iron deficiency, methods of their use, and compositions having one or more marker loci are provided. Methods comprise detecting at least one marker locus, detecting a haplotype, and/or detecting a marker profile. Methods may further comprise crossing a selected soybean plant with a second soybean plant. Isolated polynucleotides, primers, probes, kits, systems, as well as soybean plants, seeds, and parts thereof are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik, Landon Linn Ries, Joshua Michael Shendelman, Jordan Dustin Spear
  • Patent number: 11357186
    Abstract: The present invention provides medium compositions and methods for the regeneration of the whole plant from explants obtained from plants belonging to the Malvaceae family, particularly the Abelmoschus genus, more preferably Abelmoschus esculentus L, through somatic embryogenesis. The present invention also provides an efficient methodology for genetic transformation of plants belonging to the Malvaceae family through somatic embryogenesis in semisolid culture with the use of the Agrobacterium. The present invention is also related to a method for the development of virus-resistant transgenic plants belonging to the Malvaceae family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: RASI SEEDS PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Poovannan Kandasami, Sabaripriya Ravindran, Mohanraj Perumal, Manonmani Elangovan, Packialakshmi Maruthayee Rajendran, Saravanakumar Marappan, Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Ramasami Muthugounder
  • Patent number: 11357187
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to lettuce variety NUN 06186 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. Lettuce variety NUN 06186 LTL is a Romaine Mediterranean lettuce variety for the summer season, comprising resistance to Bremia lactucae B1:16-35 EU, Nasonovia ribisnigri Biotype Nr:0, and Lettuce Necrotic Spot Virus (LNSV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Juan Francisco Munoz Munoz
  • Patent number: 11357188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-858 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-858 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-858 RZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Clément Michel Bernard Morice, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Patent number: 11357189
    Abstract: This invention relates to crop plants of which the fruit dehiscence properties are modulated. More specifically the invention relates to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering, or delaying seed shattering until after harvest, in plants, while maintaining at the same time an agronomically relevant threshability of the pods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED US LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Laga, Bart den Boer, Bart Lambert
  • Patent number: 11357190
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of cucumber hybrid SVCN0656, cucumber inbred line API-M313306GY, and cucumber inbred line APD-M316-0902MO. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid SVCN0656, cucumber inbred line API-M313306GY, and cucumber inbred line APD-M316-0902MO and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a cucumber plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid SVCN0656, cucumber inbred line API-M313306GY, and cucumber inbred line APD-M316-0902MO comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Nischit Shetty
  • Patent number: 11357191
    Abstract: The herbicide-tolerant rice cultivar designated “PVL01” and its hybrids and derivatives are disclosed. The present invention provides a method for producing rice, wherein said rice is tolerant to a quizalofop herbicide or tolerant to a tepraloxdyim herbicide; wherein said rice belongs to any of (a) variety “PVL01” or (b) a hybrid, derivative, or progeny of “PVL01”. Further provided are methods for producing a hybrid or a new variety by crossing the rice variety “PVL01” with another rice line, one or more times. In another embodiment, this invention allows for single-gene converted plants of “PVL01”. In another embodiment, this invention provides regenerable cells for use in tissue culture of rice plant “PVL01”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Steven D. Linscombe
  • Patent number: 11357192
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of corn hybrid SVSC2876 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn hybrid SVSC2876 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn 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: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Kendell B Hellewell
  • Patent number: 11357193
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011101. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011101, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011101 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 CH011101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Buffard, Jeffrey M. Sernett, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 11357194
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011071. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011071, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011071 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 CH011071.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Rafael A. Mateo, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 11357195
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV413662. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV413662, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV413662 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 CV413662 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 CV413662.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jon Popi
  • Patent number: 11357196
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011053. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011053, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011053 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 CH011053.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Buffard, Jeffrey M. Sernett, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 11357197
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011064. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011064, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011064 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 CH011064.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Fufa H. Birru, Rafael A. Mateo, Richard G. Stelpflug
  • Patent number: 11357198
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011088. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011088, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011088 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 CH011088.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatnagar, Gregory J. Holland, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 11357199
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 94150027 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 94150027, to the plants of soybean cultivar 94150027, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 94150027, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 94150027. 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 94150027. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 94150027, 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 94150027 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11357200
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 92131600 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92131600, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92131600, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92131600, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92131600. 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 92131600. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92131600, 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 92131600 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 11357201
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 94411660 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 94411660, to the plants of soybean cultivar 94411660, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 94411660, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 94411660. 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 94411660. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 94411660, 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 94411660 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 11357202
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 92440084 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92440084, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92440084, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92440084, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92440084. 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 92440084. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92440084, 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 92440084 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11357203
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 93250796 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93250796, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93250796, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93250796, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93250796. 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 93250796. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93250796, 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 93250796 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 11357204
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 98110801 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 98110801, to the plants of soybean cultivar 98110801, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 98110801, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 98110801. 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 98110801. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98110801, 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 98110801 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason