Haploid Patents (Class 800/299)
  • Methods and compositions for genome editing via haploid induction
    Patent number: 11401524
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for improved plant breeding using gene editing and haploid induction are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Charles L. Armstrong, Edward J. Cargill, Fenggao Dong, Jonathan C. Lamb, Huachun W. Larue, Richard J. Lawrence, Thomas S. Ream
  • Maize inbred PH1JPA
    Patent number: 9018483
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1JPA and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1JPA with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1JPA through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1JPA or a locus conversion of PH1JPA with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventor: Khusi Ram Tiwari
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20150113676
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Thomas R. Adams, Julie A. Alvarez, Mahindra Anuradha, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Kristen A. Bennett, Robert J. Bensen, Paolo Castiglioni, Richard E. Cerny, Xianfeng Chen, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Farah Deeba, Jill Deikman, Molian Deng, Meghan Galligan-Donnarummo, Stephen Duff, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Mary Fernandes, Karen Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Jacqueline E. Heard, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Dangyang Ke, John R. Ledeaux, Garrett J. Lee, Savitha Madappa, Donald E. Nelson, Obed Patty, Badami S. Pranesh, Qungang Qi, Ramachandra Dhanalakshmi, G. Ramamohan, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A. Sanders, Sangeetha Singh, Thomas J. Savage, Beth Savidge, Char Shobha, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Padmini Sudarshana, Sreekanta Navarathna Suma, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Dale L. Val, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi Vidya, Jingrui Wu, Zhidong Xie, Nanfei Xu, Wei Zheng, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah
  • ISOLATED NOVEL NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN MOLECULES FROM CORN AND METHODS OF USING THOSE MOLECULES TO GENERATE TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20150113680
    Abstract: This disclosure provides purified nucleic acids and polypeptides. Also provided are transgenic plants, seeds, and plant cells containing DNA for expression of the proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants, methods of making such plants and methods of making agricultural commodity including seeds and hybrid seeds from such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: David K. KOVALIC, Jack E. TABASKA, Bo-Xing QIU, Wei WU
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20150089684
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Adrian Lund, Terry Bradshaw
  • Maize hybrid X85C457
    Patent number: 8975492
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X85C457 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X85C457 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85C457 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X85C457, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85C457. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85C457.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Lori Lisa Carrigan, Gustavo Marcelo Garcia, Steven Paul King
  • Maize hybrid X08B746
    Patent number: 8975491
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08B746 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08B746 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08B746 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08B746, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08B746. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08B746.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Barker, Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Mark Cooper
  • Method for producing haploid, doubled haploid and/or dihaploid plants by gynogenesis
    Patent number: 8969658
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing haploid H, doubled haploid HD and/or dihaploid DH plants, the HD and DH being homozygous or essentially homozygous, this method being a method such as those which come under the technique of gynogenesis induced by irradiated pollen. This method comprises a step of irradiating the reproductive material of the male parent at a dose of between 160 and 190 gamma ray and/or a step of selecting the haploid H and/or DH plants by using one or more molecular marker(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: HM. Clause
    Inventors: Muriel Archipiano, Daniele Hosemans, Eric Lionneton, Agnes Vermuelen
  • Inbred maize variety PHVZN
    Patent number: 8962952
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PHVZN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHVZN with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHVZN through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHVZN or a locus conversion of PHVZN with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventor: Robert Lee Segebart
  • Maize hybrid X08C961
    Patent number: 8957289
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C961 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C961 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C961 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C961, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C961. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C961.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International
    Inventors: Mark Cooper, Thomas Charles Barker
  • Plant capable of bearing seedless fruits and method of producing variety bearing seedless fruits
    Patent number: 8957286
    Abstract: Provided are a plant capable of bearing seedless fruits stably over several generations, a seedless fruit generated from this plant, a method of producing a variety capable of readily and reliably bearing seedless fruits, a variety produced by this production method, and a seedless fruit generated from the thus produced variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Takeshi Shirai
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20150047069
    Abstract: This disclosure describes screening a population of transgenic plants derived from plant cells transformed with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins with homeobox domains to identify plant cells of specific transgenic events that are useful for imparting enhanced traits to transgenic crop plants. Traits include enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, increased yield, enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced tolerance to cold stress and/or improved seed compositions. Also disclosed are transgenic seeds for growing a transgenic plant having the recombinant DNA in its genome and exhibiting the screened enhance trait. Also disclosed are methods for generating seed and plants based on the transgenic events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Paul S. Chomet, Donald C. Anstrom, Jacqueline E. Heard, Adrian Lund, Jill Deikman
  • Maize hybrid X08C872
    Patent number: 8937228
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C872 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C872 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C872 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C872, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C872. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C872.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Dennis James Dolan, Thomas Charles Barker, Travis J. Lee
  • Maize hybrid X13C737
    Patent number: 8937227
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13C737 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13C737 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C737 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C737, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C737. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C737.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Andrew Jon Ross, Terry R. Colbert, Gary Edward Henke
  • Maize inbred PH1W2K
    Patent number: 8927832
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1W2K and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1W2K with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1W2K through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1W2K or a locus conversion of PH1W2K with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Stephen Joseph Szalma, Lori Lisa Carrigan
  • Maize hybrid X95C366
    Patent number: 8927828
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95C366 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95C366 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95C366 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95C366, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95C366. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95C366.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, Todd Elliott Piper, Lori Lisa Carrigan, Thomas Craig Kevern
  • Maize hybrid X13C685W
    Patent number: 8927827
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13C685W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13C685W with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C685W through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C685W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C685W. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C685W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Dennis James Dolan, Charles Thomas Cunnyngham
  • Maize inbred PH24DJ
    Patent number: 8927831
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH24DJ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH24DJ with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH24DJ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH24DJ or a locus conversion of PH24DJ with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Thomas Craig Kevern, David Walter Whitaker
  • Maize inbred PH24DS
    Patent number: 8921672
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH24DS and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH24DS with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH24DS through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH24DS or a locus conversion of PH24DS with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Thomas Craig Kevern, David Walter Whitaker
  • Maize inbred PH18RC
    Patent number: 8916756
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH18RC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH18RC with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18RC through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH18RC or a locus conversion of PH18RC with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventor: Todd Elliott Piper
  • Lolium multiflorum line inducing genome loss
    Patent number: 8912388
    Abstract: Dihaploid homozygous Fescue species may be produced by interspecific hybridization of Fescue with novel ryegrass, Lolium multiflorum, lines, that induce genome loss. Plants that are dihaploid homozygous Lolium and amphidiploids are also produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Bryan K. Kindiger
  • Maize inbred PH1DDG
    Patent number: 8912413
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1DDG and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1DDG with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1DDG or a locus conversion of PH1DDG with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventor: Edwin Michael Grote
  • Maize inbred PH18WG
    Patent number: 8912414
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH18WG and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH18WG with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18WG through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH18WG or a locus conversion of PH18WG with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc
    Inventor: Lori Lisa Carrigan
  • Maize inbred PH13JW
    Patent number: 8907186
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH13JW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH13JW with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH13JW through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH13JW or a locus conversion of PH13JW with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Todd Elliott Piper, Jay Robert Hotchkiss
  • Maize variety hybrid X08A238
    Patent number: 8865977
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08A238 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08A238 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08A238 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08A238, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08A238. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08A238.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: William Andrew Wilson, Geoffrey Ian Graham, David Walter Whitaker
  • Doubling of chromosomes in haploid embryos
    Patent number: 8859846
    Abstract: Methods for producing doubled haploid corn (Zea mays) plants, seeds, and plant cells are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanne E. Barton, Sheila E. Maddock, Xinli E. Wu, Zuo-Yu Zhao, Mark E. Williams, Tanveer Hussain, William J. Gordon-Kamm
  • Maize variety hybrid X08A233
    Patent number: 8853502
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08A233 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08A233 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08A233 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08A233, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08A233. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08A233.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Geoffrey Ian Graham, Gary Edward Henke
  • Genomically multiplied rapeseed plants, compositions derived therefrom and uses of same
    Patent number: 8772581
    Abstract: A rapeseed plant having a multiplied genome being at least as fertile as a euploid rapeseed plant isogenic to the genomically multiplied plant grown under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kaiima Bio Agritech Ltd.
    Inventors: Amit Avidov, Alon Lerner
  • Methods for plant seed production
    Patent number: 8772582
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing seeds in watermelon. In one embodiment methods are provided comprising grafting of a seed parent onto a stress tolerant rootstock, pollinating the seed parent with pollen from a pollen donor, and cultivating the seed parent until seed is formed. In specific embodiments, triploid seeds produced by a method of the invention are rendered conspicuously distinguishable from tetraploid seeds, and thus readily selected manually or by an automated machine. Methods for increasing seed yield and/or quality are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Benito Juarez, Terry Walker, Fred McCuistion, Greg Tolla
  • Maize variety hybrid X13B663
    Patent number: 8766056
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13B663 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B663 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B663 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B663, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B663. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B663.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Michael Phillip Jines, Dennis James Dolan, David L. Benson, Gary Edward Henke
  • Maize variety hybrid X13B631
    Patent number: 8766057
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13B631 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B631 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B631 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B631, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B631. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B631.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Michael Phillip Jines, Geoffrey Ian Graham, Stephen Michael Dofing, Gary Edward Henke
  • Inbred corn line XHN26
    Patent number: 8754304
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated XHN26, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line XHN26, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line XHN26 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line XHN26 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHN26, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHN26 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventor: David H. Meyer
  • Maize hybrid X08C962
    Patent number: 8754306
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C962 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C962 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C962 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C962, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C962. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C962.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cooper, William Andrew Wilson, Travis J. Lee
  • VARIETY CORN LINE MFX7589
    Publication number: 20140137288
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated MFX7589, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line MFX7589 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line MFX7589, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line MFX7589, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventor: David L. BECK
  • Cucumber plants with a compact growing habit
    Patent number: 8710303
    Abstract: The invention relates to the breeding of cucumbers, and especially to a new cucumber plant with a valuable new characteristic. This new characteristic leads to an improvement in the growth properties and so to a simplification and improvement of cucumber cultivation. Seeds according to the invention and methods for introducing the new characteristic into other cucumber plants are also covered. Self-pollination and cross-pollination of the plants according to the invention are described, as well as the production of doubled haploids from these plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventors: Jack Crienen, Gerhard T. M. Reuling, Bart Segers, Marion Van de Wal
  • Maize variety hybrid X18B733
    Patent number: 8704051
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18B733 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18B733 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18B733 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18B733, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18B733. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18B733.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Joseph D. Anderson, Khusi Ram Tiwari
  • Maize variety inbred PH1CJ9
    Patent number: 8704054
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1CJ9 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1CJ9 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1CJ9 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1CJ9 or a locus conversion of PH1CJ9 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: David Walter Whitaker, Robert Lee Segebart
  • Maize variety hybrid X18B731
    Patent number: 8692083
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18B731 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18B731 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18B731 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18B731, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18B731. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18B731.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: William Andrew Wilson, Khusi Ram Tiwari, David Walter Whitaker, Terry R. Colbert, David B. Fischer, Gary Edward Henke, Terrill E. Williams
  • Maize variety hybrid X08B703
    Patent number: 8686246
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08B703 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08B703 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08B703 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08B703, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08B703. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08B703.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Russell L. Fox, Matthew David Smalley, Travis J. Lee
  • Maize hybrid X08C971
    Patent number: 8686249
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C971 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C971 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C971 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C971, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C971. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C971.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: David Walter Whitaker, William Andrew Wilson, Matthew David Smalley
  • Maize variety hybrid X13B641
    Patent number: 8686245
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13B641 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B641 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B641 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B641, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B641. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B641.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Terry R. Colbert, Luis A. Verde Chifflet
  • Maize hybrid X05B912
    Patent number: 8686248
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05B912 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X05B912 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05B912 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05B912, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05B912. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05B912.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, William Andrew Wilson, Mark Cooper
  • Maize variety hybrid X18B741
    Patent number: 8674188
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18B741 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18B741 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18B741 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18B741, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18B741. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18B741.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: William Andrew Wilson, Joseph D. Anderson, Thomas Russell Henry, Terry R. Colbert, Daniel P. Gorman, Randall Newton Holley, Khusi Ram Tiwari
  • Maize variety hybrid X7H283
    Patent number: 8664485
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X7H283 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X7H283 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7H283 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7H283, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7H283. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7H283.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Cunnyngham
  • Maize variety hybrid X05B914
    Patent number: 8664484
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05B914 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X05B914 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05B914 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05B914, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05B914. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05B914.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Barker, Matthew David Smalley, Travis J. Lee
  • Maize variety hybrid X13B636
    Patent number: 8658869
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13B636 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B636 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B636 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B636, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B636. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B636.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr., Lora Lynn Kilgore-Norquest, Travis J. Lee
  • Maize variety hybrid X08B813
    Patent number: 8637747
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08B813 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08B813 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08B813 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08B813, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08B813. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08B813.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Barker, Timothy James Masek, Lora Lynn Kilgore-Norquest, Travis J. Lee
  • Maize variety hybrid X6K291
    Patent number: 8629335
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X6K291 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X6K291 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X6K291 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X6K291, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X6K291. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X6K291.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: David Walter Whitaker, David B. Fischer
  • Generation of haploid plants and improved plant breeding
    Patent number: 8618354
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for generating haploid organisms are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Simon Chan, Ravi Maruthachalam
  • Maize variety hybrid X13B645
    Patent number: 8618375
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13B645 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B645 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B645 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B645, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B645. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B645.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Mark David Hoffbeck, Russell L. Fox, Luis A. Verde Chifflet