Patents Issued in December 10, 2024
  • Patent number: PP36299
    Abstract: A new lemon tree named ‘PLBA1’, which originated as a spontaneous mutation of ‘Eureka’ lemon and is distinguished by its light yellowish-pink-fleshed fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Michel Bachès
  • Patent number: PP36300
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of blackberry plant named ‘DrisBlackThirtyThree’, particularly selected for its yield potential, fruit size and flavor, shelf-life, spinelessness, and its moderate resistance to Fusarium wilt, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin R. Sills, Yunwen Wang, Mark F. Crusha, John Fangary
  • Patent number: PP36301
    Abstract: A new and distinct Physocarpus cultivar named ‘GRDARK01’ is disclosed, characterized by very dark purple foliage. Plants are compact, bushy and dense. The new cultivar is a Physocarpus, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Guido Rouwette
  • Patent number: PP36302
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Buxus plant named ‘NSBBL’ is disclosed, characterized by large, round leaves maintaining deep green color throughout winter. Plants are very cold hardy with round, compact habits. The new cultivar is a Buxus, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.
    Inventor: Norman Schniegenberg
  • Patent number: PP36303
    Abstract: A new hop plant particularly distinguished by being a triploid plant with a cylindrical to club plant shape, alpha acids in cones of 15.1%, ratio of beta acids to alpha acids of 18.5%, humulene ratio to caryophyllene of 107%, and a citrus flavor, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Sapporo Breweries Limited
    Inventors: Seigi Kuji, Yutaka Itoga, Koichiro Koie, Mitsuhiro Uemoto, Yuto Furukawa, Masanobu Goto, Katsuyoshi Shimaoka
  • Patent number: PP36304
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Camellia plant named ‘FARROWCJWD’ is disclosed, characterized by abundant production of fully double, pure white flowers, and glossy, dark green foliage. Plants are well-branched, with good container performance and cold hardy to at least USDA zone 7 and possibly 6b. The new cultivar is a Camellia, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.
    Inventor: Michael W. Farrow
  • Patent number: PP36305
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘HYLV17520’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright to broadly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; strong and sturdy stems; freely flowering habit; panicles with yellowish green-colored sterile flowers that become reddish pink in color with subsequent development; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KWEKERIJ LENDERT de VOS B.V.
    Inventor: Lendert de Vos
  • Patent number: PP36306
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘Bailmaceight’ that is characterized by its dark green foliage with red stems, its pure white inflorescences that are not affected by soil pH, and its strong reblooming habit; blooming from summer to until frost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: BAILEY NURSERIES INC.
    Inventors: Justin Schulze, Oren McBee, David Jonathan Roberts
  • Patent number: PP36307
    Abstract: The unique annual herbaceous Cannabis plant variety ‘21AF0716’ is provided. The variety can be distinguished by its outstanding features of increased resistance to powdery mildow, higher total yield, and larger inflorescences compared to its parents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: CURALEAF DH, INC.
    Inventor: Caitlin Watt
  • Patent number: PP36308
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Baptisia plant named ‘PIIBAP-01-21’, characterized by its dusky purple stems, peduncles, and pedicels fading to green as they age, purplish-blue flowers with a hidden pale yellow-green keel, dark olive-green tri-foliate foliage, upright uniform, vase shaped plant habit, and produces abundant flowers and flower stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Premier Introductions Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dirr, Jeff Beasley, Mark Griffin
  • Patent number: PP36309
    Abstract: A new Pelargonium plant named PEQZ0106 particularly distinguished by white colored inflorescences with a large vivid rose spot in the middle of the floret, held above medium green foliage, on a mounding plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Ronald Christiaan Snijder
  • Patent number: PP36310
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2180756’, characterized by its upright to outwardly arching and uniform plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; ovate to narrowly ovate to close to narrowly deltoid dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; inflorescences that are positioned within to slightly above the foliar plane on strong and erect scapes; broadly ovate and strongly concave purplish pink and yellowish green-colored spathes and light purplish pink and yellowish green-colored spadices; and durable spathes that impart good inflorescence longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Dijk
  • Patent number: PP36311
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2494662’, characterized by its upright to outwardly arching and uniform plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; narrowly cordate dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; inflorescences that are positioned within to slightly above the foliar plane on strong and erect scapes; broadly cordate dark reddish orange-colored spathes and white and yellow-colored spadices; and durable spathes that impart good inflorescence longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Dijk
  • Patent number: PP36312
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2704879’, characterized by its upright to outwardly arching and uniform plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; narrowly cordate to close to sagittate dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; inflorescences that are positioned within to slightly above the foliar plane on strong and erect scapes; broadly cordate white and red bi-colored spathes and red purple and red-colored spadices; and durable spathes that impart good inflorescence longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Dijk
  • Patent number: PP36313
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2437252’, characterized by its upright to outwardly arching and uniform plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; ovate to close to narrowly deltoid dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; inflorescences that are positioned within to slightly above the foliar plane on strong and erect scapes; narrowly ovate light red-colored spathes and yellowish pink-colored spadices; and durable spathes that impart good inflorescence longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Dijk
  • Patent number: PP36314
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Gaura plant named ‘DGAUDARIP’ is disclosed, characterized by a semi-upright habit, and very good branching. Plants produce abundant, deep pink colored flowers and begin to bloom carly, from spring to summer. The new cultivar is a Gaura, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Danziger “DAN” Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gavriel Danziger
  • Patent number: PP36315
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named ‘HG01’ is disclosed, characterized by large, red flowers with short, strong stems, and leaves that stay green while flowering. Plants are compact, and disease-resistant. The new variety is a Papaver, normally produced as a cut flower and potentially useful as an ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Herbert Oudshoorn
  • Patent number: RE50228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: THREAD WALLETS LLC
    Inventors: Colby S. Bauer, McKenzie K. Bauer
  • Patent number: RE50229
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry adds incidental information including information regarding a kind concerning each of a plurality of regions in a heart to an analysis result of each of the regions. The analysis result is obtained by analyzing medical data. The processing circuitry determines a display position of the analysis result of each of the regions based on the incidental information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Fukuda, Yasuhiko Abe, Tetsuya Kawagishi, Koji Ando, Mitsuo Akiyama
  • Patent number: RE50230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)-related conditions, and in particular to methods of treatment of HIF-related conditions comprising the administration of a composition comprising transferrins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: David A. Ross, Ralph Christian Crumine
  • Patent number: RE50231
    Abstract: A golf club head including a club face defined by a toe end, a heel end, a top rail and a sole. The golf club head including a plurality of grooves disposed on the club face between the top rail and the sole. Each groove extends between the toe end and the heel end. Depths of the grooves vary in a direction extending between the top rail and the sole and in a direction extending between the heel end and the toe end. Widths of each of the plurality of grooves vary in a direction extending between the heel end and the toe end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony D. Serrano, Paul D. Wood, Bradley D. Schweigert, Calvin S. Wang, John A. Solheim
  • Patent number: RE50232
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a body provided with a laundry inlet; and a door configured to open or close the laundry inlet, wherein the door includes a door frame having a first opening portion facing the laundry inlet and a second opening portion corresponding to a display module mounted at an inside in a state that the door is closed; and a door cover coupled to the door frame to form an appearance of the door, the door cover includes a non-light-transmitting region, and a first light transmitting region corresponding to the first opening portion and a second light transmitting region corresponding to the second opening portion within the non-light-transmitting region, and a mounting guide for an alignment between the first opening portion and the first light transmitting region and an alignment between the second opening portion and the second light transmitting region is provided on at least one of the door frame and door cover during mutual coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongwoo Kwon, Seungji Yong, Kangwoon Cheon, Jaehoon Choi, Jungjin Park
  • Patent number: RE50233
    Abstract: Methods and systems for integral storage and blending of the materials used in oilfield operations are disclosed. A modular integrated material blending and storage system includes a first module comprising a storage unit, a second module comprising a liquid additive storage unit and a pump for maintaining pressure at an outlet of the liquid additive storage unit. The system further includes a third module comprising a pre-gel blender. An output of each of the first module, the second module and the third module is located above a blender and gravity directs the contents of the first module, the second module and the third module to the blender. The system also includes a pump that directs the output of the blender to a desired down hole location. The pump may be powered by natural gas or electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard R. Case, Ed B. Hagan, Calvin L. Stegemoeller, Ron Hyden
  • Patent number: RE50234
    Abstract: Provided is a back light unit comprising a plurality of LED light source formed on a printed circuit board and a resin layer which is laminated on the LED light source and forwardly induces diffusion of the emitted light wherein the resin layer is made of synthetic resin comprising an oligomer. According to the present invention, an essential light guide plate for a general back light unit configuration is removed and a resin layer mainly consisting of an oligomer is used to guide the light source, and thereby decreasing the number of the light source, minimizing luminance variation when the unit is lighted at a high temperature and kept it for a predetermined time period, and implementing excellent heat-resistant property and optical property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sic Hur, Peng Sam Park, Tae Oun Jung, Kwang Ho Park, Moo Ryong Park
  • Patent number: RE50235
    Abstract: A personal vaporizer has an atomizer module having a heating element and an atomizer cup for receiving vaporizing medium. A flow module is releasably attached to the atomizer module. The flow module intakes ambient air and directs the air into a vaporizing chamber at and adjacent the atomizer cup, where the air mixes with atomized medium to form a vapor. The vapor exits the vaporizing chamber via one or more exit passages defined through the flow module. Vapor is directed from the exit passages into a mouthpiece and further into the user's mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Lubby Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: J. Christian Rado
  • Patent number: RE50236
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device according to an embodiment includes, for example, a board, a first electronic component, and a heat dissipation member. The board includes a first face. The heat dissipation member is disposed at a side opposite to the first face of the first electronic component. The heat dissipation member is thermally connected to the first electronic component. The heat dissipation member includes a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a plurality of third extending portions. The first extending portion extends along the first face. The second extending portion is positioned away, in a direction that intersects the first face, from the first extending portion by a space. The second extending portion extends along the first face. The plurality of the third extending portions are connected to the first extending portion and the second extending portion. The plurality of the third extending portions are positioned away from each other by a space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoya Kamimura
  • Patent number: 12161058
    Abstract: Arrangement for positioning mechanisms of seed drill machines for transport, preferably of the “auto trailer” type, including at least one toolholder bar, with their respective sowing units, divided into a central piece coupled to the structure of the chassis, and two side pieces, one at each side of the central piece, which pivot in a horizontal plane for being folded, with the corresponding sowing units, from the working position of the seed drill to the transport position parallel to the longitudinal axis of the chassis. The toolholder bar is mounted on a cart attached by guide plates to a lift tower and moves both up and down along lift tower by triggering hydraulic cylinders. The lift tower is coupled to mobility device, with the toolholder bars and sowing units, from the working position to the transport position of the seed drill, and vice versa. The transport position is defined in a section of the drawbar next to the attachment end of a transportation tractor of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Tedeschi Maquinarias S.A.
    Inventors: Hugo Mario Tedeschi, Oscar Guillermo Ponzio, Norberto Agustin Tedeschi
  • Patent number: 12161059
    Abstract: The invention(s) include systems and methods for receiving and processing agriculture-associated samples with sample processing architecture structured to rapidly return outputs characterizing effects of agriculture inputs and practices over time. Control instructions based upon outputs of the systems and methods are then executed for maintaining or improving performance of crops and agriculture sites (e.g., in relation to yield, in relation to nutrient characteristics) in a sustainable manner (e.g., environmentally sustainable manner). System and method outputs can further be used to affect modifications to product treatments generated by associated manufacturers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Biome Makers Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Acedo, Nabeel Imam, Felipe Engelberger, Ariel Romeo-Cares, Héctor Ortega-Arranz, Eneas Marin, Daniel Almonacid, Adrian Ferrero, Beatriz Garcia-Jimenez, Lisa Röttjers
  • Patent number: 12161060
    Abstract: A mobile turf sprayer operates to spray a product onto a turf site. In some embodiments the mobile turf sprayer identifies a plurality of regions of the turf site to be sprayed and automatically sprays product onto those regions as the mobile turf sprayer moves about the turf site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: William J. Jugovich, Todd A. Otto, Steven R. Peterson, Brannon W. Polk, Steve A. Swinney, II
  • Patent number: 12161061
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a body frame, a seat disposed on the body frame, a wheel attached to the body frame to be driven by an electric motor, a battery to supply electric power to the electric motor via an inverter and an electrical component, a plate member placed inside a covered space with a top being covered and on which the inverter and the electrical component are mounted, and a guide supported by the body frame to drawably guide the plate member from a position inside the covered space to a position outside the covered space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nishizawa, Kohei Ogura, Masato Arata, Daisuke Kono
  • Patent number: 12161062
    Abstract: A multiple Hirth joint for permitting linear and angular adjustment of an upper control arm with respect to a lower control arm. The joint includes a multiple Hirth interface having a slot through it, a confronting single Hirth interface, and an actuator. The actuator permits manual loosening and tightening of the multiple Hirth interface and single Hirth interface to permit linear and angular adjustment. Loosening of the actuator simultaneously permits linear and angular adjustment and tightening of the actuator simultaneously lock the joint into the selected linear and angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ariens Company
    Inventors: Eric Otto Freienmuth, Ross Michael Seefeldt
  • Patent number: 12161063
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring the operational status of passive lift supports includes an actuatable component configured to be moved across a range of movement between a first position and a second position, and an actuator coupled to the component and being configured to actuate the component across the range of movement. The system also includes a passive lift support coupled to the component and being configured to provide a supplemental actuation force as the actuator is being used to actuate the component across the range of movement. In addition, the system includes a computing system configured to monitor a load-related parameter indicative of a load being carried by the actuator. The computing system is further configured to determine an operational status of the passive lift support based at least in part on the monitored load-related parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Frank R. G. Duquesne, Craig Michael Cless, Nathan E. Isaac, Gilles Mommerency
  • Patent number: 12161064
    Abstract: A harvesting reel includes a reel frame and a rotating assembly. The reel frame includes two cam assemblies and a cover. The first cam assembly defines a first cam track, and the second cam assembly defines a second cam track. The rotating assembly carries a plurality of reel bats configured to revolve around the longitudinal axis of the rotating assembly and a plurality of reel tines fixed to each reel bat. Each reel bat is coupled to a first cam follower and a second cam follower. The first cam follower of each reel bat travels within the first cam track, the second cam follower of each reel bat travels within the second cam track, and a position and an orientation of each reel bat are defined by the cam tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Stelcl
  • Patent number: 12161065
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and apparatuses for processing agricultural and other grains. The systems and apparatuses include integrated units for cleaning, drying, weighing, classifying, packaging, labelling, tracking, and load monitoring of grains. In some embodiments, the systems and apparatuses include a cleaning unit for depositing and sifting grains, a drying unit for moving grains through a hot environment, a grain weighing and classification unit, and a packaging and labelling unit for vacuum sealing and labelling grains, all in one integrated unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Imperio Assessoria Em Informacoes LTDA
    Inventors: Sergio Joanyr de Barros, Maria Angela Prates, Lucas Luz Duarte, Sergio Yokogawa
  • Patent number: 12161066
    Abstract: A cleaning mechanism of a combine harvester, for cleaning threshed and separated crop material, including a grain pan for receiving threshed and separated crop material and transporting the crop material rearwardly; a chaffer installed proximate the grain pan for receiving material from the grain pan where the chaffer includes a plurality of longitudinal channels with non-planar surfaces giving each channel a curved or trapezoidal cross section and at least two of the chaffer channels have an asymmetric non-planar surface with a greater part of the surface area facing the side portions of the chaffer; and a fan that causes an air flow through the chaffer to lift up discardable parts from the crop material and transport the discardable parts out of the combine harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Alastair Cameron Morrison, Morten Leth Bilde, Andrew White
  • Patent number: 12161067
    Abstract: A fiber mat includes natural wood fibers formed into an elongated strip having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a first plurality of channels extending into the elongated strip, each of the first plurality of channels having a channel depth being different in a central portion of the mat than in an edge portion of the mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.
    Inventors: Daniel Scott Norden, Ryan Michael Knauer, Nathan Albert Carney, Stanton Reid Smith, Gary Lane Bowers, Kevin Scott Spittle
  • Patent number: 12161068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hub comprising i) a first hub member, comprising a first plurality of spar receiving zones; and ii) a second hub member, comprising a second plurality of spar receiving zones; wherein: a) the first and second hub members are located immediately adjacent to each other and share a common, substantially central axis; b) the first hub member is not identical to the second hub member; and c) each spar receiving zone of the first and second plurality of spar receiving zones is adapted to receive a spar, wherein the spar is adapted to link two hubs. The present invention further relates to methods of assembling three dimensional structures incorporating such hubs, including but not limited to trellis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventors: Peter William Scott, Jennifer Norton Grimwade
  • Patent number: 12161069
    Abstract: A mycological composite material is made by inoculating a substrate of fibrous material with an inoculum of mycelial tissue; rolling the inoculated substrate into a roll; and thereafter incubating the rolled inoculated substrate for a time sufficient for the mycelial tissue to grow hyphae that enmesh with the substrate to form a cohesive unified filamentous network with the rolled inoculated substrate being characterized in being flexible. The rolled inoculated substrate is subsequently processed by subjecting lengths of the roll to heat and pressure in molds to form rigid products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ecovative LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Daniel Betts, Gregory John Tudryn, Courtney Elizabeth Hart
  • Patent number: 12161070
    Abstract: A synthetic soil substrate system has a plurality of synthetic soil substrate layers that are individually designed to promote plant growth as the roots grow into the layer and as a function of the growth stage. The synthetic soil substrate layers may be planar or may be concentrically arranged with a first synthetic soil substrate ring layer being configured inside of a second synthetic soil substrate ring layer. A synthetic soil substrate has pores that are configured for plant growth and retention and/or deliver of water and growth additives. The average pore size of a first synthetic soil substrate layer may be substantially different from the average pore size of an adjacent synthetic soil substrate layer. Also, the pore structure or shape of the pores may be different between synthetic soil substrate layers, The synthetic soil substrate may have an integral growth additive retained in the pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Jay Daniel Sexton
  • Patent number: 12161071
    Abstract: A pressure regulator valve for regulating pressures within a portion of an irrigation system, can also be used to shut off downstream flow into the portion of the irrigation system in response to an incoming command arriving via an incoming port into the regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NETAFIM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bar Gazit, Gad Peleg
  • Patent number: 12161072
    Abstract: An irrigation control device comprises a coil adapted to develop an electromagnetic flux sufficient to cause actuation of irrigation equipment. Control circuitry is electrically coupled to the coil to receive control signals from an irrigation control unit and to control the flux at the coil. A housing covers at least a portion of both the coil and the control circuitry, the housing including a threaded end configured to thread the irrigation control device to a valve assembly to be actuated by the electromagnetic flux of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Crist, Matthew S. Prucinsky
  • Patent number: 12161073
    Abstract: Crop input application systems, methods and apparatus are provided. In some embodiments, an irrigation system is provided with a reel in fluid communication with a wellhead, secondary cart or fluid supply line outlet. In some embodiments, a drop assembly is incorporated in an irrigation system. In some embodiments, a crop applicator system traverses a field portion at a first speed in a first direction and then traverses the field portion at a second, lower speed in a second, opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MA Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gregg A. Sauder, Timothy Sauder, Justin L. Koch, Nowell Moore, Jonathan T. Welte, Reid Aberle, Steven Nuest
  • Patent number: 12161074
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a potting apparatus, which includes a drill that is repositionable relative to a pot-driving conveyor such that the potting apparatus may be placed in a first potting configuration or a second potting configuration. In the first potting configuration, the drill is in a first position relative to the pot-driving conveyor such that the apparatus can provide the requisite drilling functionality for potting plant life with smaller vertical profiles. In the second potting configuration, the drill is in a second position relative to the pot-driving conveyor to provide sufficient vertical clearance above the pot-driving conveyor for potting plant life with larger vertical profiles. The potting apparatus may further include a soil delivery system adapted to receive and dispense soil to the pot-driving conveyor and a drive system operatively connected to the pot-driving conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Carlos Mitchell Ellis
  • Patent number: 12161075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants having the activity of a haploid inducer comprising mutations in certain regions of the KINETOCHORE NULL2 (KNL2) protein in a plant, in particular within the SANTA domain. Provided are methods of generating haploid cells and doubled haploid cells as well as corresponding plants and plant parts. The present invention also relates to a method for identification of a plant in a plant population, wherein the plant has at least one mutation in the KNL2 protein, in particular within the SANTA domain, which confers activity of a haploid inducer. Further provided is a set of oligonucleotides for the identification of a plant having activity of a haploid inducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Monika Kloiber-Maitz, Milena Ouzunova, Frank Breuer
  • Patent number: 12161076
    Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PPWU07B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PPWU07B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PPWU07B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PPWU07B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PPWU07B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PPWU07B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: William Joseph Laskar, Cristiano Lemes Da Silva, Kyle Jay Lively, Gregory Charles Marshall, James Joseph Uphaus
  • Patent number: 12161077
    Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated CB18615S2, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line CB18615S2, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line CB18615S2 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line CB with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line CB and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure 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 CB18615S2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: KWS SAAT SE &Co. KGaA, Limagrain Europe S.A.
    Inventor: Adam Mahan
  • Patent number: 12161078
    Abstract: The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety CW1760018-1, CW1760013-1, CW1760013-2, CW1760018-2, CW1760277, CW1760842, CW1760068, CW1760276, CW1860859, and/or EW1860673 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety CW1760018-1, CW1760013-1, CW1760013-2, CW1760018-2, CW1760277, CW1760842, CW1760068, CW1760276, CW1860859, and/or EW1860673 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CW1760018-1, CW1760013-1, CW1760013-2, CW1760018-2, CW1760277, CW1760842, CW1760068, CW1760276, CW1860859, and/or EW1860673, e.g., in a breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Jacob Charles Delheimer
  • Patent number: 12161079
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 in a breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Clay Brady Cole, Brian Scott Erdahl, Karen Maureen Gallo
  • Patent number: 12161080
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 in a breeding program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventors: Clay Brady Cole, Brian Scott Erdahl, Karen Maureen Gallo
  • Patent number: 12161081
    Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper line SBR-8T18-6550. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SBR-8T18-6550 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper 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 pepper line SBR-8T18-6550 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventor: Brian J. Just