16th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120096575 | TOMATO HYBRID PS02420487 AND PARENT LINES THEREOF - The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02420487 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02420487 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato 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. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096576 | LETTUCE VARIETY RED BLUFF - A lettuce cultivar, designated Red Bluff, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of lettuce cultivar Red Bluff and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff with another lettuce cultivar. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096577 | Inbred Broccoli Line BRM50-3906 - Inbred broccoli lines, designated BRM50-3906 are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred broccoli lines BRM50-3906, to the plants of inbred broccoli lines BRM50-3906, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line BRM50-3906 with itself or another broccoli line. The invention further relates to hybrid broccoli seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line BRM50-3906 with another broccoli line. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096578 | Lettuce Variety Redglace - The present invention relates to a lettuce variety NUN 9044 LT (referred to as “REDGLACE”) having resistance against at least strains Bl: 1 to Bl: 26 of downy mildew ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120096579 | Zantedeschia Variety 110066-21104 | 2012-04-19 |
20120096580 | Zantedeschia Variety 110224-64275 | 2012-04-19 |
20120096581 | METHODS OF PRODUCING POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE MUTANTS AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention comprises crystalline polyketide synthases, isolated non-native polyketide synthases having the structural coordinates of said crystalline polyketide synthases, and nucleic acid encoding such non-native polyketide synthases. Also disclosed are methods of producing mutant polyketide synthases, and methods of altering the activity and/or substrate specificity of putative polyketide synthases. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096582 | RICE TRANSGENIC EVENT 17053 AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a transgenic rice event 17053 and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products derived from event 17053. The present invention also provides polynucleotides specific for event 17053 and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising polynucleotides specific for event 17053. The invention also provides methods related to event 17053. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096583 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED GENE EXPRESSION THROUGH INTRON FREE ENERGY REDUCTION - The present invention provides a method for selecting an intron for enhanced expression of a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide, comprising: a) determining a mean free energy value per base pair of one or more introns; b) determining a mean IMEter score of the one or more introns of (a); and c) selecting an intron having a mean free energy value per base pair of below about −0.268 kcal/mol/bp and a mean IMEter score of at least about −0.034/bp, thereby selecting an intron for enhanced expression of a nucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide, wherein expression of a nucleotide sequence operably associated with the selected intron is enhanced as compared to expression of a nucleotide sequence not operably associated with an intron having a mean free energy value per base pair of below about −0.268 kcal/mol/bp and a mean IMEter score of at least about −0.034/bp. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096584 | NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICS - The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated low light sensitivity and modulated flowering time. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having such modulated growth or phenotype characteristics that are altered with respect to wild type plants grown under similar conditions. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096585 | SYSTEM FOR EXPRESSION OF GENES IN PLANTS - The present invention provides trans-complementation systems for expressing gene products in plants. In general, the invention provides systems including a carrier vector and a producer vector, both based on plant viruses. The producer vector is defective for at least one function needed for successful systemic infection of a plant, e.g., replication, cell-to-cell movement, or long distance movement. The carrier vector supplies the missing function in trans. Certain producer vectors lack a functional coat protein coding sequence, in which case the corresponding producer vector supplies coat protein in trans. The invention also provides novel plant viral vectors and methods of use, e.g., to produce polypeptides or active RNAs in plants. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096586 | MARKERLESS TRANSFORMATION - Methods for identification of successful transformation without a need for in vitro selection are provided. Direct detection of nucleotide sequences of interest is described which eliminate the need for use of ancillary nucleotide sequences. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096587 | ISOLATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES, AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR INCREASING NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY, YIELD, GROWTH RATE, VIGOR, BIOMASS, OIL CONTENT, AND/OR ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE - Provided are methods of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:1-467, 785-3047; or an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:468-784, 3048-4333, 4335-4682. Also provided isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-467, 785-3047, which can be used to increase nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096588 | DGAT GENES FROM OLEAGINOUS ORGANISMS FOR INCREASED SEED STORAGE LIPID PRODUCTION AND ALTERED FATTY ACID PROFILES IN OILSEED PLANTS - Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. DGAT genes from oleaginous organisms are used to achieve the increase in seed storage lipids. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096589 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANT HAVING DELPHINIDIN-CONTAINING PETALS - Disclosed are: a method for producing a chrysanthemum plant having delphinidin-containing petals using a transcriptional regulatory region for a chrysanthemum-derived flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) gene; and a chrysanthemum plant, a progeny or a vegetative proliferation product of the plant, or a part or a tissue of the plant, the progeny or the vegetative proliferation product, and particularly a petal or a cut flower of the plant. In the method for producing a chrysanthemum plant having delphinidin-containing petals, a flavonoid 3′,5′-hydroxylase (F3′5′H) is caused to be expressed in a chrysanthemum plant using a transcriptional regulatory region for a chrysanthemum-derived flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) gene. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096590 | METHODS FOR INCREASING PLANT CELL PROLIFERATION BY FUNCTIONALLY INHIBITING A PLANT CYCLIN INHIBITOR GENE - The present invention provides methods for modulating the growth and/or yield of plants. In particular the methods comprise the use of agents which functionally inhibit the expression of plant D-like cyclin inhibitors including isolated polynucleotide sequences which interact with DNA or RNA encoding proteins capable of binding plant D-like cyclins. Further, the present invention provides recombinant polynucleotide sequences, vectors and host cells which encode proteins capable of binding to and inactivating the activity of plant D-like cyclin/cyclin dependent kinase complexes preventing plant cells from exiting the cell cycle. Methods for determining and agents which are inhibitors of the BRO cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor proteins which are capable of modulating plant cell cycle progression are also provided. Methods for the production of transgenic plant cells and plants with increased growth rates and yields when compared to wild-type plants are also provided. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096591 | Identification and Validation of Novel Targets for Agrochemicals - The invention relates to a method for identifying and validating plant targets for agrochemicals, comprising the steps of determining gene or protein expression profiles in function of the progression of an essential biological process in a plant subsequent downregulation of expression of said gene or protein in a plant cell. More particularly, the effects of downregulation of the candidate target gene were directly monitored on plants locally infected with a vector mediating viral induced gene suppression in that infected plant area. The invention also relates to isolated plant genes encoding proteins involved in plant growth and development. The invention also relates to plants tolerant to agrochemicals such as herbicides or pesticides. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096592 | Plants Having Enhanced Yield-Related Traits and a Method for Making the Same - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a BET1-like polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding this BET1-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096593 | Plants Having Enhanced Yield-Related Traits And/Or Enhanced Abiotic Stress Tolerance And A Method For Making The Same - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a LDOX (leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase) polypeptide, a nucleic acid encoding a YRP5, a nucleic acid encoding a CK1 (Casein Kinase type I) polypeptide, a nucleic acid encoding a bHLH12-like (basic Helix Loop Helix group polypeptide, a nucleic acid encoding an ADH2 polypeptide or a nucleic acid encoding a GCN5-like polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an LDOX polypeptide, or a YRP5 polypeptide, or a CK1 polypeptide, or a bHLH12-like polypeptide, or an ADH2 polypeptide, or a GCN5-like polypeptide, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. The invention also provides hitherto unknown CK1-encoding nucleic acids and hitherto unknown bHLH12-like-encoding nucleic acids useful in per-forming the methods of the invention. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096594 | Soybean Transformation Method - A method is disclosed for the | 2012-04-19 |
20120096595 | VIRUS INDUCED GENE SILENCING (VIGS) FOR FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF GENES IN COTTON - The invention relates to the functional analysis of genes in cotton by employing the Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) method. More specifically this method induces gene silencing in cotton with the help of the Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV) vectors RNA1 and RNA2 and phenotypic effects on the cotton plant can be analysed Moreover this invention also provides transient expression vector TRV RNA2 in order to transiently express genes in cotton plants and plant tissue under the influence of a strong subgenomic promoter. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096596 | REGULATORS INVOLVED IN MUSHROOM FORMATION - The invention relates to a fungus or a mushroom and to a method of producing it wherein the fungus/mushroom has an increased expression level of a polypeptide and/or has a decreased expression level of a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 40% amino acid identity or similarity with a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:1-200 and/or that has at least 50% amino acid identity or similarity with a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:201-208. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096597 | Polypeptides having Beta-glucosidase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096598 | TRICHODERMA STRAINS THAT INDUCE RESISTANCE TO PLANT DISEASES AND/OR INCREASE PLANT GROWTH - A method for enhancing growth of plants comprising contacting a | 2012-04-19 |
20120096599 | Nucleic Acid Molecules and Other Molecules Associated with Plants and Uses Thereof for Plant Improvement - Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096600 | METHODS AND MEANS FOR OBTAINING PLANTS WITH ENHANCED GLYPHOSATE TOLERANCE - The present invention relates to plants with a chimeric DNA molecule encoding a glyphosate tolerant EPSPS enzyme under the control of a plant constitutive promoter and a replacement histone intron 1, thereby conferring enhanced glyphosate tolerance to said plants. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096601 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL IMAGING - A system and method for optically imaging a sample. The method and system uses a controlled scatterer of light positioned in the near field of a sample. The extinguished power from an incident field, which illuminates both the sample and the controlled scatterer, is then measured as a function of the controlled scatterer position and is used to mathematically reconstruct an image of the sample. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096602 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE FUNCTIONALISATION OF AFM TIPS - The present invention includes an apparatus that holds the probes to a solid support throughout the passages of the functionalisation process, thus avoiding user-dependent breakage or damage of the fragile AFM cantilevers. The apparatus allows the tips of the AFM probes to be placed face-down, which avoids the deposition of contaminants on their functional side. The device also allows functionalising the tips with small liquid volumes and cleaning. The present invention includes a functionalisation process preventing non-specific adsorption of molecules on the tip. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096603 | Rosa hybrida shrub named 'AUSquirk" - A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSquirk’. The ‘AUSquirk’ rose is a plant having rosette-shaped white blooms, very bushy growth, matt green foliage, a long flowering season and being particularly disease resistant. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096604 | Rosa hybrida shrub named 'AUStobias' - A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUStobias’. The ‘AUStobias’ rose is a plant suitable for repeat flowering production having flowers with buds that start as rounded cups with larger outer petals, enclosing numerous smaller petals within, and that open into perfect rose pink rosette-shaped flowers, with the outer petals forming a perfectly-rounded rim in the form of a saucer. The plant habit of the rose is relatively upright but quite bushy and compact. Initially the fragrance of the flowers is soft myrrh, and as the flower ages it becomes more fruity with a distinct clove character. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096605 | Rosa hybrida shrub named 'AUSlounge' - A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSlounge’. The ‘AUSlounge’ rose is a plant suitable for repeat flowering production having flowers that are of medium size, tough and reliable, and have a deep glowing pink. In addition, the flowers are shallowly cupped at first, but as they age the outer petals reflex back and reveal a button eye. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096606 | Rosa hybrida shrub named 'AUSpanier' - A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSpanier’. The ‘AUSpanier’ rose is a plant having a large airy shrub with dainty gray-green foliage. The flowers of the plant are held on by thin, wiry stems and are a soft rose pink and semi-double in form that open to provide a camellia-like bloom. The fragrance of the rose is predominately myrrh, developing musk as the flower ages. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096607 | Rosa hybrida shrub named 'AUSkitchen' - A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSkitchen’. The ‘AUSkitchen’ rose is a plant suitable for repeat flowering production having flowers with the full-petalled character of an English Rose that are a deep pink, almost red, and that gradually fade to a pure deep pink and are borne on large, pyramidal clusters. The rose is very disease resistant with thick, glossy foliage. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096608 | Hybrid tea rose plant named 'Meicalanq' - A new and distinct Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided that commonly commences blooming early in the season and forms abundantly and substantially continuously attractive pure white very double blossoms which display a very strong fragrance. The growth habit is semi-erect, and very strong vegetation is formed. The vegetation is decorative and very dense and bears a glossy aspect on the upper surface. No particular disease problem has been observed. The plant is particularly well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096609 | Apple tree rootstock named 'G.969' - A new and distinct variety of apple tree | 2012-04-19 |
20120096610 | PEACH TREE, 'BURPEACHTWENTYFIVE' - A new and distinct variety of peach tree ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120096611 | Late harvest avocado tree - A new avocado tree has an intermediate growth pattern, with fruit that mature from the end of March through mid-May. The fruit are found in a diversity of shapes, and large lenticles are found on the skin as the fruit ripens. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096612 | Chinese Dogwood Tree Named 'Losely' - A Chinese dogwood named ‘Losely’, a rounded shrubby tree distinguished by the new leaf growth turning bright yellow in mid summer. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096613 | Helichrysum plant named 'Harvest Merlot' - A plant variety of the | 2012-04-19 |