Plant Cell Or Cell Line, Per Se (e.g., Transgenic, Mutant, Etc.); Composition Thereof; Process Of Propagating, Maintaining, Or Preserving Plant Cell Or Cell Line; Process Of Isolating Or Separating A Plant Cell Or Cell Line; Process Of Regenerating Plant Cells Into Tissue, Plant Part, Or Plant, Per Se, Where No Genotypic Change Occurs; Medium Therefore Patents (Class 435/410)
  • Patent number: 8772605
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 09R348B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 09R348B2R2. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 09R348B2R2 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 09R348B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Ross Rosenbaum
  • Publication number: 20140186512
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Cucumis sativus, in particular to a new variety of Cucumis sativus designated NUN 32029 CUS plants, seeds and cucumber fruits thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: Jos Suelmann
  • Publication number: 20140189904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia Lam seed which has a solid main vein and narrow base leaves, dark green outer leaves, short core, absence of fringe burn, and absence of tipburn. A specific embodiment is designated 41-69 RZ, referred to as Actarus. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia Lam plant produced by growing the “41-69 RZ” (“Actarus”) seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-69 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventor: Adrianus Martinus Jozef Ammerlaan
  • Publication number: 20140189895
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of artificially repressing gene expression, which is simpler to design than conventional methods (the RNAi, ribozyme and antisense methods) and which allows for easier confirmation of the effect. A method of inhibiting the translation reaction of a target gene, comprising cutting out a part of the poly(A) tail and/or 3?-terminal sequence of the target mRNA is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: YOSHINDO INC., PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tadashi Wada, Kei Takeda, Hiroshi Handa
  • Publication number: 20140186395
    Abstract: Described are methods for determining the permissiveness of a cell for a virus that is a member of the family Arteriviridae or Coronaviridae or Asfarviridae, in particular, for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV). Further described are methods and compositions related to the generation of host cells permissive for a virus that is a member of the family Arteriviridae or Coronaviridae or Asfarviridae, in particular, for PRRSV. Methods of utilzing the cells thus identified or thus generated, in preparing a culture of a virus that is a member of the family Arteriviridae or Coronaviridae or Asfarviridae, as well as the use of the virus for the purpose of vaccine production or diagnosis, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Peter Delputte, Hans Nauwynck, Hanne Van Gorp
  • Patent number: 8766065
    Abstract: A Zantedeschia variety designated 110066-21104 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Zantedeschia 110066-21104, the plants of Zantedeschia 110066-21104, plant parts of Zantedeschia 110066-21104, and methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant produced by crossing Zantedeschia 110066-21104 with itself or with another Zantedeschia variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic Zantedeschia plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Zantedeschia varieties, or breeding varieties, and plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110066-21104, methods for producing other Zantedeschia varieties, hybrids, or plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110066-21104, and to the Zantedeschia plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Golden State Bulb Growers, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter M. Beckman
  • Patent number: 8766039
    Abstract: A lettuce cultivar designated Gaviota is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Gaviota, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Gaviota and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Gaviota with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Gaviota, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Gaviota and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Gaviota with another lettuce cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
    Inventor: Monia Skrsyniarz
  • Patent number: 8766066
    Abstract: A Zantedeschia variety designated 110067-52451 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Zantedeschia 110067-52451, the plants of Zantedeschia 110067-52451, plant parts of Zantedeschia variety 110067-52451, and methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant produced by crossing Zantedeschia 110067-52451 with itself or with another Zantedeschia variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic Zantedeschia plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Zantedeschia varieties, or breeding varieties, and plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110067-52451, methods for producing other Zantedeschia varieties, hybrids, or plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110067-52451, and to the Zantedeschia plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Golden State Bulb Growers, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter M. Beckman
  • Patent number: 8766067
    Abstract: A Zantedeschia variety designated 110224-64275 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Zantedeschia 110224-64275, the plants of Zantedeschia 110224-64275, plant parts of Zantedeschia 110224-64275, and methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant produced by crossing Zantedeschia 110224-64275 with itself or with another Zantedeschia variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic Zantedeschia plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Zantedeschia varieties, or breeding varieties, and plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110224-64275, methods for producing other Zantedeschia varieties, hybrids, or plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110224-64275, and to the Zantedeschia plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Golden State Bulb Growers, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter M. Beckman
  • Patent number: 8766040
    Abstract: New Brassica Ogura fertility restorer lines with a shortened Raphanus fragment are provided. The new lines lack the OPC2 marker and are capable of fully restoring fertility in Ogura cytoplasmic male sterile (cms) plants. The improved lines were developed using a new breeding method. The new breeding method can be used to shorten an exotic insertion comprising a gene of interest in any plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayantilal Patel, Lomas Tulsieram, Yongping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140182019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Brassica oleracea plants resistant to clubroot. The invention further relates to parts of these plants, to seeds and to other propagation material, and to the progeny of these plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Johannes Maria VAN DEN NIEUWENHUIZEN, Evgeny NOVOSELOV, Matthieu DETAVERNIER
  • Publication number: 20140182006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants of a carrot variety NUN 89201 and seeds and progeny thereof. The invention further relates to methods for producing a carrot plant by traditional breeding methods. The invention further relates to a method for producing a carrot plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Roger Freeman
  • Publication number: 20140182007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants of a carrot variety NUN 85021 CAC and seeds and progeny thereof. The invention further relates to methods for producing a carrot plant by traditional breeding methods. The invention further relates to a method for producing a carrot plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Roger Freeman
  • Patent number: 8759631
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 25261523 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 25261523, to the plants of soybean cultivar 25261523, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 25261523, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 25261523. 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 25261523. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 25261523, 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 25261523 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 8759646
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to an altered flower shape in plants belonging to the genera Osteospermum and Dimorphoteca, which is induced by a mutant allele, as well as to the method of breeding Osteospermum and Dimorphoteca plants having this altered flower shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andrea Dohm, Ulrich Sander, Nils Klemm
  • Patent number: 8759067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to potato virus NIa protease variants or fragments thereof, polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc.
    Inventors: Ellen Chi, Michael Hunter, Ronald Swanson
  • Patent number: 8759048
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collecting, purifying, and/or extracting ethanol produced during anaerobic metabolism by aquatic plants is provided. The system includes a cell containing water and an aquatic plant, an ethanol extraction assembly in fluid communication with the cell for removing ethanol from the water. Ethanol is released by the aquatic plant by initiating an anaerobic process in the plant such as by regulating the photosynthesis inducing light that reaches the aquatic plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Aquatech Bioenergy LLC
    Inventor: Tony A. Hagen
  • Publication number: 20140173770
    Abstract: Methods and means are provided to modify in a targeted manner the genome of a cotton plant using a double stranded DNA break inducing enzyme and embryogenic callus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience NV
    Inventor: Katelijn D'Halluin
  • Publication number: 20140173772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants of a carrot variety NUN 85190 and seeds and progeny thereof. The invention further relates to methods for producing a carrot plant by traditional breeding methods. The invention further relates to a method for producing a carrot plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Roger Freeman
  • Patent number: 8754293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants of a lettuce variety NUN 6741 (referred to as “INTRED”) and seeds and progeny thereof. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant by traditional breeding methods. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventors: Jan van Schijndel, Johan van Zee
  • Publication number: 20140165225
    Abstract: A novel pea cultivar designated FP2311 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of pea cultivar FP2311, to the plants of pea cultivar FP2311, and parts thereof, for example pollen, ovule, berry or pod. The invention also relates to methods for producing a pea plant by crossing the cultivar FP2311 with itself or another pea line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a pea 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 pea lines derived from the pea cultivar FP2311.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AgraPlus Inc.
    Inventor: Roxanne Mainz
  • Patent number: 8748125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-steroidal ligands for use in nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system, and a method to modulate exogenous gene expression in which an ecdysone receptor complex comprising: a DNA binding domain; a ligand binding domain; a transactivation domain; and a ligand is contacted with a DNA construct comprising: the exogenous gene and a response element; wherein the exogenous gene is under the control of the response element and binding of the DNA binding domain to the response element in the presence of the ligand results in activation or suppression of the gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Intrexon Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Eugene Hormann, Colin M. Tice, Orestes Chortyk, Howard Smith, Thomas Meteyer
  • Publication number: 20140157446
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV0104YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV0104YL and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash 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: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventor: William C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140157450
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for unique watermelon plants with a desired sex expression phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with a desired sex expression phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with a desired sex expression phenotype are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventors: Hussein Abdel-Haleem, Steven Knapp, Cecilia McGregor, Jason Prothro
  • Publication number: 20140157449
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV0201YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV0201YL and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash 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: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventor: William Clyde Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140157447
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV0153YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV0153YL and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash 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: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
    Inventor: William C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8742226
    Abstract: The cotton variety FM 9103GT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 9103GT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of FM 9103GT and to plants of FM 9103GT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from FM 9103GT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: David Becker, Margaret Shields
  • Patent number: 8741634
    Abstract: Five novel plant transcription terminators MYB2, KTI1, PIP1, EF1A2, and MTH1 are isolated from soybean and their functions in the regulation of RNA transcription and processing in plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Zhongsen Li
  • Patent number: 8742206
    Abstract: Spinach having significantly more leaves per plant as compared to known spinach and, inter alia, cells of these plants, seeds and other propagation material as well as harvestable parts of these plants, and methods for obtaining, and using and uses of these plants and parts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Hugo Den Braber, Beatrice Ingrid Lindhout
  • Patent number: 8735662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lettuce variety NUN 7824 LT (referred to as “Salmon”) having resistance against downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) and lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) and which has very intense red colored and glossy leaves. The invention further relates to methods for producing the new lettuce variety and representative seed having been deposited under Accession No. NCIMB——————.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Schijndel
  • Patent number: 8735649
    Abstract: A series of independent non-transgenic mutations found at the waxy loci of wheat; wheat plants having these mutations in their waxy loci; and a method of creating and finding similar and/or additional mutations of the waxy by screening pooled and/or individual wheat plants. The wheat plants of the present invention exhibiting altered waxy activity in the wheat without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes. The invention also includes food and non-food products as well as non-food products that incorporate seeds from the wheat plants having non-transgenic mutations in one or more waxy genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan I Fuerstenberg, Ann J. Slade
  • Patent number: 8729341
    Abstract: The invention is generally related to methods of generating plants transformed with novel autonomous mini-chromosomes. Mini-chromosomes with novel compositions and structures are used to transform plants cells which are in turn used to generate the plant. Methods for generating the plant include methods for delivering the mini-chromosome into plant cell to transform the cell, methods for selecting the transformed cell, and methods for isolating plants transformed with the mini-chromosome. Plants generated in the present invention contain novel genes introduced into their genome by integration into existing chromosomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: University of Chicago, Chromatin Inc.
    Inventors: Helge Zieler, James Jin, Jennifer M. Mach, Gary W. Rudgers, Daphne Preuss, Mich B. Hein, Gregory P. Copenhaver, Kevin Keith
  • Patent number: 8722972
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Rawhide and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Yaojin Peng, Min Lin
  • Patent number: 8722991
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 17110882 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 17110882, to the plants of soybean cultivar 17110882, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 17110882, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 17110882. 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 17110882. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 17110882, 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 17110882 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 8722971
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Abilene and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Yaojin Peng, Min Lin
  • Patent number: 8716460
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding avirulence proteins or polypeptides of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae DC 3000, or nucleic acid molecules which are complementary thereto. Expression vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants which include the DNA molecules of the present invention are also disclosed. Another aspect relates to the isolated proteins or polypeptides and compositions containing the same. The various nucleic acid molecules and proteins of the present invention can be used to impart disease resistance to a plant, make a plant hypersusceptible to colonization by nonpathogenic bacteria, modify a metabolic pathway in a cell, cause eukaryotic cell death and treat a cancerous condition, as well as inhibit programmed cell death.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignees: Kansas State University Research Foundation, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: James R. Alfano, Alan Collmer, Samuel W. Cartinhour, David J. Schneider, Xiaoyan Tang
  • Patent number: 8715959
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of biotechnology or genetic engineering. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of gene expression. More specifically, this invention relates to novel substitution mutant receptors and their use in a Group H nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system and methods of modulating the expression of a gene in a host cell for applications such as gene therapy, large scale production of proteins and antibodies, cell-based high throughput screening assays, functional genomics and regulation of traits in transgenic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Intrexon Corporation
    Inventors: Subba Reddy Palli, Mohan Basavaraju Kumar, Dean Ervin Cress, Ted Tsutomu Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20140121392
    Abstract: A polyploid castor plant being at least as fertile as a diploid castor plant isogenic to the polyploid castor plant when grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Kaiima Bio Agritech Ltd.
    Inventors: Amit AVIDOV, Alon Lerner
  • Publication number: 20140120237
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Cucumis melo, in particular to a new variety of Cucumis melo reticulatus designated NUN 0030 ME, plants, seeds and melon fruits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicants: LABORATOIRE ASL, NUNHEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Jean Paul Ginoux
  • Publication number: 20140120578
    Abstract: Materials and Methods are provided for making plants (e.g., Nicotiana varieties) that are suitable for producing therapeutic polypeptides suitable for administration to humans and animals, particularly by making TAL effector endonuclease-induced mutations in genes encoding xylosyltransferases and fucosyltransferases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicants: Medicago Inc., Cellectis SA
    Inventors: Luc Mathis, Daniel F. Voytas, Jin Li, Feng Zhang, Thomas Stoddard, Marc-André D'Aoust
  • Patent number: 8710302
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce sister lines designated PX06514083, PX06514153, PX06514201 and PX06514204. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of these sister lines, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of sister line PX06514083, PX06514153, PX06514201 or PX06514204 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such a sister line, including the gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: William Waycott
  • Patent number: 8710201
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ceres, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolai Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Brover, Kenneth Feldmann
  • Patent number: 8710300
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the identification and use of EG261, homologs of EG261, orthologs of EG261, and paralogs of EG261. Modulation of the expression of EG261 in plants can alter pathogen tolerance and/or resistance e.g. expression of EG261 can confer soybeans with enhanced tolerance and/or resistance to soybean cyst nematodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Evolutionary Genomics Inc
    Inventor: Walter Messier
  • Patent number: 8709810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of plant cell cultures belonging to the Dendrobium Phalaenopsis, Ansellia, Polyrrhiza, Vanilla, Cattleya and Vanda genera and their use in cosmetic, nutritional and pharmaceutical fields. In particular, the present invention regards a selected cell culture of meristematic cells of plants belonging to the Dendrobium Phalaenopsis, Ansellia, Polyrrhiza, Vanilla, Cattleya and Vanda genera characterized in that it contains an amount of phenylpropanoids greater than 0.1% expressed on the cell dry weight and an amount of hydrosoluble polysaccharides greater than 5% expressed on the cell dry weight, as well as preparations, pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions or food supplements containing the cell culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: I.R.B. Istituto di Ricerche Biotechnologiche S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giovanna Pressi, Roberto Dal Toso, Elena Sgaravatti
  • Patent number: 8710207
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to compositions, organisms, systems, and methods for expressing a gene product in a plant using a expression control sequence (ECS) operable in monocots and/or dicots. For example, (i) an isolated nucleic acid may comprise an ECS (e.g., a sugarcane bacilliform virus promoter) and, optionally, an exogenous nucleic acid (ExNA) operably linked to the ECS; (ii) an expression vector may comprise an ECS; an ExNA; and, optionally, a 3? termination sequence, wherein the ECS has promoter activity sufficient to express the ExNA in at least one monocot and at least one dicot; (iii) a microorganism, plant cell, or plant may comprise an isolated nucleic acid; (iv) a method for constitutively expressing an ExNA in a plant (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University Systems
    Inventors: T. Erik Mirkov, Jong Won Park, San-Ji Gao
  • Publication number: 20140115741
    Abstract: Methods for conveying Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis (FOM) race 1,2 resistance into non-resistant melon germplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include introgressing FOM race 1,2 resistance into a non-resistant melon using one or more nucleic acid markers for marker-assisted selection among melon lines to be used in a melon breeding program, wherein the markers are linked to FOM race 1,2 resistance. Also provided are quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with resistance to FOM race 1,2; isolated and purified genetic markers associated with FOM race 1,2 resistance; melon plants, seeds, and tissue cultures produced by any of the disclosed methods; fruit and seed produced by the disclosed melon plants; and compositions including amplification primer pairs capable of initiating DNA polymerization by a DNA polymerase on melon nucleic acid templates to generate melon marker amplicons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Bruno FONCELLE, Gregori BONNET, Marc OLIVER
  • Publication number: 20140115734
    Abstract: A rice cultivar designated Calhikari-202 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar Calhikari-202, to the plants of rice Calhikari-202 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar Calhikari-202 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar Calhikari-202 with another rice cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140115733
    Abstract: A lettuce cultivar, designated Fusion, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Fusion, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Fusion and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Fusion with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Fusion, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Fusion and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Fusion with another lettuce cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ORSETTI SEED COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: GREGORY PAUL ORSETTI
  • Patent number: 8703428
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and method for characterizing a single live-cell response to a stimulus with a biosensor imaging system having cells immobilized on the biosensor at a resolution level of a single cell, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Ye Fang, Ann M. Ferrie, Qi Wu
  • Publication number: 20140109251
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Cucumis melo, in particular to a new variety of Cucumis melo reticulatus designated NUN 26171 MEM, plants, seeds and melon fruits
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventor: Jean Paul Ginoux