Plant Cell Or Cell Line, Per Se, Contains Exogenous Or Foreign Nucleic Acid Patents (Class 435/419)
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Patent number: 9930846Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1462706 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1462706 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1462706 in a breeding program.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventors: Joseph William Strottman, Brian Erdahl
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Patent number: 9924647Abstract: A potato cultivar designated X17 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar X17, to the seeds of potato cultivar X17, to the plants of potato cultivar X17, to the plant parts of potato cultivar X17, to food products produced from potato cultivar X17, and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar X17 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety X17, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar X17 and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: J.R. Simplot CompanyInventors: Craig Richael, Hua Yan, Jolyn Rasmussen, Hui Duan, Nicolas Champouret, Alexi Balmuth, Jingsong Ye
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Patent number: 9924664Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH267119. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH267119, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH267119 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 CH267119.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Richard G. Stelpflug
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Patent number: 9926571Abstract: A variety of methods and compostions are provided, including methods and compositions for targeted modification of a specific target site in a cell or organism, methods for integrating polynucleotides of interest, methods to assess promoter activity, directly select transformed organisms, minimize or eliminate expression resulting from random integration into the genome of an organism, such as a plant, remove polynucleotides of interest, combine multiple transfer cassettes, invert or excize a polynucleotide, silence a gene, and identify and/or characterize transcriptional regulating regions. The methods involve the introduction of a cell proliferation factor and a double-strand break-inducing enzyme into an organism.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: William Gordon-Kamm, Keith Lowe, David J Peterson, Christopher Scelonge, Grace M St Clair, Bing-Bing Wang
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Patent number: 9926579Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIONInventors: Surinder Pal Singh, Stanley Suresh Robert, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Xue-Rong Zhou, James Robertson Petrie, Allan Graham Green
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Patent number: 9924666Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH909416. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH909416, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH909416 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 CH909416.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Richard G. Stelpflug
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Patent number: 9918441Abstract: A potato cultivar designated V11 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato cultivar V11, to the seeds of potato cultivar V11, to the plants of potato V11, to the plant parts of potato cultivar V11, to food products produced from potato cultivar V11, and to methods for producing a potato plant produced by crossing potato cultivar V11 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety V11, to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar V11 and to the potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: J.R. Simplot CompanyInventors: Troy Weeks, Craig Richael, Caius Rommens, Hua Yan, Jingsong Ye
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Patent number: 9879271Abstract: Compositions and methods for the expression of one or more coding sequences are provided which use an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) from Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV) to facilitate translation and expression of a polypeptide from an mRNA strand.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Aurelie Mamisoa Rakotondrafara, Jincan Zhang
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Patent number: 9873884Abstract: The present application discloses polynucleotide fragment(s) encoding a male reproductive tissue-specific promoter obtained from a family member of the SWEET gene family of Eucalyptus camaldulensis, as well as a polynucleotide sequence comprising the promoter fragment and an operably-linked heterologous polynucleotide, and a method of using the polynucleotide sequence to express a heterologous polynucleotide exclusively in male reproductive tissues of a plant.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: ITC LimitedInventors: Boby Vattekkattu Unnikrishnan, Gurumurthy Demlapura Shankaranarayana
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Patent number: 9873882Abstract: Methods and means are provided to enhance the selective expression of transgenes under control of a fiber-selective promoter, in fiber cells, particularly cotton fiber cells by including target sites for naturally occurring microRNAs with a specific expression profile, particularly with a differential expression profile between cells leading to fibers and other cells of the fiber producing plant, into the transcribed region of genes of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignees: Bayer CropScience NV, Texas Tech UniversityInventors: Frank Meulewaeter, Zhixin Xie, Gengxiang Jia, Arnab Ghosh, Forrest Sheng Bao
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Patent number: 9861066Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CC1415432 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CC1415432 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CC1415432 in a breeding program.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Syngenta Participations AGInventor: Clay Brady Cole
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Patent number: 9848550Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH067384. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH067384, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH067384 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 CH067384.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Richard G. Stelpflug
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Patent number: 9848549Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH065590. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH065590, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH065590 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 CH065590.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Rafael A. Mateo, Jon Popi
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Patent number: 9834783Abstract: The present invention provides the identification and use of EG261, homologs of EG261, orthologs of EG261, paralogs of EG261, and fragments and variations thereof for altering, e.g. increasing, pathogen tolerance and/or resistance in plants.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: EG Crop Science, Inc.Inventor: Walter Messier
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Patent number: 9809828Abstract: We describe a plant cell which is modified by the inclusion of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a regulator of auxin signalling and which is adapted for expression in a gravity sensing cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: University of LeedsInventors: Stefan Kepinski, Martin Kieffer, Suruchi Roychoudhry
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Patent number: 9796985Abstract: The present invention includes an expression cassette containing a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide; and a host cell, transgenic plant (e.g., a dicot or monocot), transformed seed, and transgenic rootstock containing said expression cassette. Methods for desensitizing a plant to endogenous cytokinin; increasing seed, embryo or cotyledon size or weight; increasing the seed yield of a plant; and/or increasing the size of the root or root meristem or formation of lateral or adventitious roots are provided. In some embodiments, expression of the polypeptide is under control of a seed-preferred, embryo-preferred or root-preferred promoter.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: Trustees of Dartmouth College, The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillInventors: G. Eric Schaller, Hyo-Jung Kim, Joseph Kieber
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Patent number: 9788498Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH144350. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH144350, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH144350 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 CH144350.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventor: Richard G. Stelpflug
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Patent number: 9765356Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae in transgenic plants and/or plant cells. In these plants, the ethylene signaling pathway and/or activity of the ethylene signaling compounds is changed. This is achieved by priming the ethylene signaling pathway in these plants in comparison to wild type plants and/or wild type plant cells. Depending on the activating or inhibitory function of a particular signaling compound overexpression or knock-down of the cognate gene might be used.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBHInventor: Holger Schultheiss
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Patent number: 9765308Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules from cannabis has been isolated and characterized and encode polypeptides having aromatic prenyltransferase activity. Expression or over-expression of the nucleic acids alters levels of cannabinoid compounds. The polypeptides may be used in vivo or in vitro to produce cannabinoid compounds.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignees: The University of Saskatchewan, National Research Council of CanadaInventors: Jonathan E. Page, Zakia Boubakir
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Patent number: 9748438Abstract: A nanostructure semiconductor light emitting device includes: a base layer formed of a first-conductivity type nitride semiconductor material; and a plurality of light emitting nanostructures disposed on the base layer to be spaced apart from each other, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting nanostructures includes: a nanocore formed of a first conductivity-type nitride semiconductor material, an active layer disposed on a surface of the nanocore and including a quantum well which is divided into first and second regions having different indium (In) composition ratios in a thickness direction thereof; and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, and an In composition ratio in the first region is higher than an In composition ratio in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung Sub Kim, Yeon Woo Seo, Dong Gun Lee, Byung Kyu Chung, Dae Myung Chun, Soo Jeong Choi
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Patent number: 9743630Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058664. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058664. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058664 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058664 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: David R. Wooten, Jr., Jennifer L. Yates
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Patent number: 9737000Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV0143YG and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV0143YG 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: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: William Clyde Johnson
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Patent number: 9736999Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV3451YG and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV3451YG 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: William Clyde Johnson
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Patent number: 9719102Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided which allow for a single microRNA (miRNA) to reduce the level of expression of at least two members of the same protein and/or gene family. While a single 21 base pair miRNA can cause cleavage of a variety of species of mRNAs, an entire gene family cannot be silenced unless that gene family shares near identity within a 21 base pair region that is also able to be cleaved by a single miRNA. In certain embodiments, all members of a given protein and/or gene family can be suppressed with a miRNA expression construct disclosed herein even if they do not share near identity within a 21 base pair region that is also able to function as a miRNA. Such methods and compositions employ miRNA expression constructs having a structure such that the most abundant form of miRNA produced from the construct is a 22-nucleotide miRNA.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Brian McGonigle
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Patent number: 9718759Abstract: The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid or microbial lipid comprising docosapentaenoic acid, and processes for producing the extracted lipid.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, NUSEED PTY LTD, GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Pushkar Shrestha, Jason Timothy McAllister, Robert Charles De Feyter, Malcolm David Devine
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Patent number: 9706725Abstract: A celery cultivar, designated TBG 27, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 27, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 27 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 27 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 27, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 27 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 27 with another celery cultivar.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: A. Duda & Sons, Inc.Inventor: Lawrence K. Pierce
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Patent number: 9701977Abstract: Prephenate dehydrogenases and arogenate dehydrogenase polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences are provided herein. These polypeptides are all insensitive to effector based feedback inhibition. Polypeptides with these activities and lacking feedback inhibition by the product were not previously identified and characterized from plants. The polypeptides may be used to generate constructs and transgenic cells or plants. Methods of increasing production of products of the tyrosine or HPP pathway by increasing expression of the polynucleotides provided herein in plants or cells overexpressing the polypeptides are provided. In addition overexpression of the polypeptides in plant cells increases resistance to herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Hiroshi A. Maeda, Craig Albert Schenck
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Patent number: 9693555Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticide preparations and methods based on RNAi technology. The invention discloses target genes (fragments) useful in the control of Lepidoptera insects. Nucleic acid inhibitors or hosts expressing the nucleic acid inhibitors, based on the nucleic acid sequences of these target genes, can effectively kill Lepidoptera insects. The invention also discloses applications using the nucleic acid inhibitors or hosts expressing the nucleic acid inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Haichao Li, Xuexia Miao, Hao Zhang, Yubing Wang, Yongping Huang
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Patent number: 9695437Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated COP1 nucleic acid sequence from a maize plant and the isolated COP1 nucleic acid sequence is named as ZmCOP1. The present invention also relates to a method of using the ZmCOP1 nucleic acid sequence to control the shade avoidance response of a crop plant for high density farming and yield enhancement.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Nordine Cheikh, Molian Deng, Philip W. Miller, Nanfei Xu
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Patent number: 9675017Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV0474YG and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV0474YG 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: William Clyde Johnson
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Patent number: 9677056Abstract: Methods are provided for modifying and screening for carotenoid biosynthesis in a plant. The methods are useful for enhancing plant adaptation to climate change and food security, providing increased carotenoid content to a plant, improving stress resistance to climate changes in a plant, and for selecting plants having improved stress resistance to climate changes.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Research Foundation of The City University of New YorkInventors: Eleanore T. Wurtzel, Maria Shumskaya
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Patent number: 9670469Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferase, and particularly to a novel UDP-glycosyltransferase derived from ginseng and use thereof, a method for preparing glycosylated ginsenoside by converting protopanaxadiol (PPD)-type ginsenoside using the UDP-glycosyltransferase, a composition for converting the PPD-type ginsenoside into glycosylated ginsenoside, comprising the UDP-glycosyltransferase, a transformant or a culture thereof as active ingredients, a method for enhancing the expression of the UDP-glycosyltransferase using MeJA (methyl jasmonate), and a composition for enhancing the expression of the UDP-glycosyltransferase, which comprises MeJA as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignees: INTELLIGENT SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY CENTER, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Sun-Chang Kim, Gil Tsu Choi, Suk Chae Jung, Woo Hyun Kim, Wan Taek Im, Yeon Lee
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Patent number: 9669104Abstract: A nanocomplex useful for efficient transfection and delivery of biomolecules comprising amphipathic peptide sequence is provided. For example, amphipathic peptides for the delivery of biomolecules to eukaryotic cells are provided. These peptide based vectors can form stable nanocomplex with biomolecules mainly with nucleic acids and can deliver it efficiently to cells. The complexation can be done non-covalently with small as well as large biomolecules.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventors: Munia Ganguli, Rajpal, Shivangi Shivpuri
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Patent number: 9631000Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides are provided. Each of the isolated polynucleotides comprise a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NOs:130-258 and 536-791, wherein the polypeptide is capable of regulating cotton fiber development. Also provided are methods of using such polynucleotides for improving fiber quality and/or yield of a fiber producing plant, as well as methods of using such polynucleotides for producing plants having increased biomass/vigor/yield.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Evogene Ltd.Inventors: Sharon Ayal, Hagai Karchi, Evgenia Gold, Laura Bekerman
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Patent number: 9617555Abstract: Compositions and methods include genetically encoding and expressing a novel delta-9 desaturase in plant cells. In some embodiments, methods of expressing nucleic acids in a plant cell to take advantage of the delta-9 desaturase enzyme's activity, such that the percent composition of saturated fatty acids in plant seeds is decreased and there is a concomitant increase in ?9 fatty acids. In other embodiments, amino acid sequences have delta-9 desaturase activity. Methods can involve expression of delta-9 desaturase in plant cells, plant materials, and whole plants for the purpose of increasing the amount of mono unsaturated fatty acids in whole plants, plant seeds, and plant materials, for example, seeds.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Daniel J. Gachotte, Ann Owens Merlo, Mark A. Thompson, Terence A. Walsh, Beth Rubin Wilson, Mary Welter
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Patent number: 9617557Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for increasing various plant yield-related traits by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a GRF polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having increased expression of a nucleic acid encoding a GRF polypeptide, which plants have increased yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbHInventors: Christophe Reuzeau, Ana Isabel Sanz Molinero, Valerie Frankard, Ramon Serrano Salom, José Miguel Mulet Salort
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Patent number: 9610334Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignees: Istituto Superiore di Sanita, NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Rinaldo Zurbriggen, Flavia De Bernardis, Antonio Cassone, Silvia Rasi
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Patent number: 9578822Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV8575YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV8575YL 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: William Clyde Johnson
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Patent number: 9574218Abstract: A method for the secretory production of a glycoprotein having a human-type sugar chain, comprising a step of introducing a gene of an enzyme capable of performing a transfer reaction of a galactose residue to a non-reducing terminal acetylglucosamine residue, and a gene of heterologous glycoprotein, to obtain a transformed plant cell, a step of culturing the plant cell, and a step of recovering the culture medium of the plant cell. The method further includes isolating the glycoprotein from the culture medium and contacting the isolated glycoprotein with a sialic acid transferase to add a sialic acid residue attached to the galactose residue in the N-glycan.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Phyton Holdings, LLCInventors: Kazuhito Fujiyama, Tatsuji Seki, Toshiomi Yoshida
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Patent number: 9556226Abstract: Compositions with antifungal activity and methods of using such compositions are provided herein. In particular the compositions are peptides of SEQ ID NO: 1 and variations thereof. The peptides may contain L or D amino acids and may be circularized, dimerized or otherwise modified to make the compositions resistant to proteolysis. The compositions may be used to inhibit microbial growth and in particular fungal growth.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam, David S. McNabb, Yazan Hussien Akkam, Duy Tu Nguyen
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Patent number: 9556450Abstract: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter that is functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a DTP21 polypeptide.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, JAPAN TOBACCO INC, PIONEER HI-BRED INTL INC.Inventors: Marc C Albertsen, Yukoh Hiei, Teruyuki Imayama, Masakazu Kashihara, Norio Kato, Toshihiko Komari, Toshiyuki Komori, Stanley Luck, Ichiro Oka, Hajime Sakai, Yoshimitsu Takakura, Scott V Tingey, Satoru Usami
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Patent number: 9540627Abstract: The present invention relates compositions and methods for identifying, isolating, and characterizing herbicide tolerant mutations in monocot plastidic acetyl-CoA carboxylases using a model system.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Leon Neuteboom, Sherry R. Whitt, John A. McElver, Jill M. Stevenson-Paulik, S. Luke Mankin
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Patent number: 9510528Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV8655YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV8655YL 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: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: William Clyde Johnson
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Patent number: 9506077Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for targeting peptides, polypeptides, and proteins to plastids of plastid-containing cells. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns chloroplast transit peptides that may direct a polypeptide to a plastid, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns methods for producing a transgenic plant material (e.g., a transgenic plant) comprising a chloroplast transit peptide, as well as plant materials produced by such methods, and plant commodity products produced therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Justin M Lira, Robert Cicchillo, Carla N Yerkes, Andrew E Robinson
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Patent number: 9497910Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV0116YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV0116YL 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: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.Inventor: William Clyde Johnson
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Patent number: 9485928Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100464. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100464, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100464 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 CH100464.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Michael Dragonuk, Chris Eichhorn, Magen Starr Eller, Peter Guzman, Gregory J. Holland, Michael A. Josephs, Jeffrey L. McElroy, Laron L. Peters, Christopher L. Souder
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Patent number: 9453183Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIONInventors: Surinder Pal Singh, Stanley Suresh Robert, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Xue-Rong Zhou, James Robertson Petrie, Allan Graham Green
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Patent number: 9428759Abstract: Described herein are methods for enhancing the production of phenolic compounds from Theobroma cacao. For example, the devices and methods described herein increase the production of phenolic compounds from cocoa plants, which has industrial and economic value. The phenolic compounds produced by the devices and methods do not require the ultra purification that is common in conventional or commercial methods. The devices and methods described herein also enhance the growth rate of plants.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Casa Luker S.A.Inventor: Raul Cuero Rengifo
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Patent number: 9422532Abstract: The gene encoding N-methylputrescine oxidase (MPO) and constructs comprising such DNA are provided, including methods of regulating MPO expression independently or with other alkaloid biosynthesis genes to modulate alkaloid production in plants and host cells. MPO genes or fragments thereof are useful for reducing pyrrolidine or tropane alkaloid production in plants, for increasing pyrrolidine or tropane alkaloid production in plants, and for producing an MPO enzyme in host cells.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: 22nd Century Limited, LLCInventors: Jonathan E. Page, Enwu Liu
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Patent number: 9340776Abstract: Compositions and methods include genetically encoding and expressing a novel ?9-18:0-ACP desaturase in plant cells. In some embodiments, nucleic acid molecules encode the novel ?9-18:0-ACP desaturase. In other embodiments, amino acid sequences have ?9-18:0-ACP desaturase activity. Methods can involve expression of ?9-18:0-ACP desaturase in plant cells, plant materials, and whole plants for the purpose of increasing the amount of unusual fatty acids in whole plants, plant seeds, and plant materials, for example, seeds.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, Brookhaven Science Associates, LLCInventors: John Shanklin, Tam Huu Nguyen, Terence A. Walsh, Mark S. Pidkowich, Edward J. Whittle