SEED SOWER
Pending Patents Published January 18, 2024
Welcome to the weekly edition of Seed Sower, which shares a list of pending patents published the previous week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. These patent applications cover seed-bearing plants and non-transgenic plant breeding methods only.
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HYBRID TOMATO PLANT NAMED RED CORAL
HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-CH0359 RZ
TOMATO HYBRID SVTH2909 AND PARENTS THEREOF
PEPPER HYBRID SVHE8261
MUSTARD GREEN PLANTS NAMED ‘PWRG-1’, ‘PWRG-2,’ and ‘PWSGC’
SOYBEAN CULTIVAR ES1667778
INIR17 TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH JUNCTION SEQUENCE DELETIONS
INIR4 TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH JUNCTION SEQUENCE DELETIONS
This list includes the titles of all U.S. patent applications published on January 18, 2024 with the following Cooperative Plant Classification:
A01H: New plants or {non-transgenic} processes for obtaining them; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques | 6: Angiosperms, i.e. Flowering plants, characterised by their botanic taxonomy
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HYBRID TOMATO PLANT NAMED RED CORAL
Applicants: HM.CLAUSE, Inc.
Abstract: A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated RED CORAL is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated RED CORAL, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated RED CORAL, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato RED CORAL with itself or another tomato plant.
Independent Claims:
1. A seed of hybrid tomato designated RED CORAL, wherein a representative sample of seed of said hybrid has been deposited under NCIMB No ______.
17. A method of producing a plant of hybrid tomato designated RED CORAL comprising at least one desired trait, the method comprising introducing a single locus conversion conferring the desired trait into hybrid tomato designated RED CORAL, whereby a plant of hybrid tomato designated RED CORAL comprising the desired trait is produced.
HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-CH0359 RZ
Applicants: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-CH0359 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-CH0359 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-CH0359 RZ.
Independent Claims:
1. A tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plant of hybrid variety 72-CH0359 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44158.
10. A method of vegetatively propagating a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0359 RZ comprising the steps of: (a) collecting tissue used in vegetative propagation from a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0359 RZ, representative seed which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44158, and (b) producing a rooted plant from said tissue.
13. A method for producing a seed of a 72-CH0359 RZ-derived tomato plant comprising (a) crossing a plant of tomato variety 72-CH0359 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44158, with itself or with a second tomato plant, and (b) whereby seed of a 72-CH0359 RZ-derived tomato plant forms.
15. A method of producing a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0359 RZ comprising at least one new trait, the method comprising introducing a mutation or transgene conferring the at least one new trait into a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0359 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44158.
TOMATO HYBRID SVTH2909 AND PARENTS THEREOF
Applicants: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTH2909 and tomato line FIR-A818-0160. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH2909 and tomato line FIR-A818-0160 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH2909 and tomato line FIR-A818-0160 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
Independent Claims:
1. A tomato plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of tomato line FIR-A818-0160, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206010.
15. A tomato plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of tomato line FIR-A818-0160, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206010, further comprising a transgene.
17. A tomato plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of tomato line FIR-A818-0160, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206010, further comprising a single locus conversion.
PEPPER HYBRID SVHE8261
*NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE MAILED BEFORE EARLIEST PUBLICATION*
Applicants: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
Independent Claims:
1. A pepper plant of pepper hybrid SVHE8261, wherein said plant comprises a first set of chromosomes and a second set of chromosomes, wherein said first set of chromosomes is a set of the chromosomes of pepper line HAP 114-1128, and said second set of chromosomes is a set of the chromosomes of pepper line HAP-FD16-1384, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11356 and NCMA Accession No. 202112013, respectively.
15. A pepper plant of pepper hybrid SVHE8261, wherein said plant comprises a first set of chromosomes and a second set of chromosomes, wherein said first set of chromosomes is a set of the chromosomes of pepper line HAP 114-1128, and said second set of chromosomes is a set of the chromosomes of pepper line HAP-FD16-1384, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11356 and NCMA Accession No. 202112013, respectively, further comprising a transgene.
17. A pepper plant of pepper hybrid SVHE8261, wherein said plant comprises a first set of chromosomes and a second set of chromosomes, wherein said first set of chromosomes is a set of the chromosomes of pepper line HAP 114-1128, and said second set of chromosomes is a set of the chromosomes of pepper line HAP-FD16-1384, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11356 and NCMA Accession No. 202112013, respectively, further comprising a single locus conversion.
MUSTARD GREEN PLANTS NAMED ‘PWRG-1’, ‘PWRG-2,’ and ‘PWSGC’
Applicants: Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Brassica juncea varieties designated PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC, which have a reduced pungent flavor and/or odor traits. The invention provides seeds of the varieties PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC, plants and parts thereof of the varieties, a tissue culture derived from the varieties, hybrids produced from varieties, and lines derived from varieties, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC plants, hybrid plants, and lines derived from varieties PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC. In addition, products produced from the plants of the present invention are provided.
Independent Claims:
1. A Brassica juncea seed, the Brassica juncea seed designated as PWRG-1, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127617; PWRG-2, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127618; or PWSGC, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127619.
4. A Brassica juncea plant, or a part thereof, having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of PWRG-1, the Brassica juncea variety PWRG-1 having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127617; PWRG-2, the Brassica juncea variety PWRG-2 having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127618; or PWSGC, the Brassica juncea variety PWSGC having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127619.
17. A method for producing a PWRG-1-, PWRG-2-, or PWSGC-derived Brassica juncea plant comprising: (a) crossing Brassica juncea variety PWRG-1, PWRG-2, or PWSGC with a second Brassica juncea plant to yield progeny Brassica juncea seed, representative seed of said Brassica juncea PWRG-1 variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127617; representative seed of said Brassica juncea PWRG-2 variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127618; or representative seed of said Brassica juncea PWSGC variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127617; and (b) growing said progeny Brassica juncea seed, under plant growth conditions, to yield said PWRG-1-, PWRG-2-, or PWSGC-derived Brassica juncea plant.
26. A plant, seed, or plant part comprising in its genome a combination of edited myrosinase genes, the combination of edited myrosinase genes (a) comprising the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1-3 and 8-19; (b) comprising the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1-15; or (c) comprising the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs:20-27.
SOYBEAN CULTIVAR ES1667778
Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 in a breeding program.
Independent Claims:
1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety ES1667778 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number ______.
18. A method comprising isolating nucleic acids from a plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety ES1667778, analyzing said nucleic acids to produce data, and recording the data for soybean variety ES1667778.
INIR17 TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH JUNCTION SEQUENCE DELETIONS
Applicants: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Abstract: Transgenic INIR17 maize plants comprising an ecry3.1Ab expression cassette linked to a secondary nopaline synthase terminator element which lack a selectable marker gene and/or which comprise modifications that provide for facile excision of the INIR17 transgenic locus from the maize plant genome are provided. Genomic DNA of INIR17 transgenic plants, detection of INIR17 plants and products thereof, methods of making INIR17 plants, and use of INIR17 plants to facilitate breeding are disclosed.
Independent Claims:
1. A transgenic maize plant cell comprising a transgenic locus comprising the DNA molecule of SEQ ID NO: 33, 29, 30, 32, 26, 27, 34, 36, or an allelic variant thereof.
4. A transgenic maize plant seed comprising a transgenic locus comprising the DNA molecule of SEQ ID NO: 33, 29, 30, 32, 26, 27, 34, 36, or an allelic variant thereof.
5. A transgenic maize plant comprising a transgenic locus comprising the DNA molecule of SEQ ID NO: 33, 29, 30, 32, 26, 27, 34, 36, or an allelic variant thereof.
9. A DNA molecule comprising SEQ ID NO: 16, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, or 40.
14. A method of excising a transgenic locus comprising a DNA molecule of SEQ ID NO: 33, 29, 30, or an allelic variant thereof from the genome of a maize plant cell, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the genome of the maize plant cell with: (i) an RNA dependent DNA endonuclease (RdDe); and (ii) a guide RNA (gRNA) capable of hybridizing to the guide RNA hybridization site of the originator guide RNA recognition site (OgRRS) and the cognate guide RNA recognition site (CgRRS) of the transgenic locus; wherein the RdDe recognizes a OgRRS/gRNA and a CgRRS/gRNA hybridization complex; and, (b) selecting a transgenic plant cell, transgenic plant part, or transgenic plant wherein the transgenic locus flanked by the OgRRS and the CgRRS has been excised.
18. A method of modifying a transgenic maize plant cell comprising: obtaining a 5307 maize event plant cell, a representative sample of which was deposited at the ATCC under accession No. PTA-9561, comprising a nucleotide sequence comprising a CMP promoter, a eCry3.1Ab coding region which is operably linked to said promoter, a first nopaline synthase (NOS) terminator element which is operably linked to said eCry3.1Ab coding region, a ZmUbiInt promoter and an operably linked phosphomannose isomerase coding region, and a second NOS terminator element; and modifying said nucleotide sequence to eliminate functionality of said phosphomannose isomerase coding region and/or to substantially, essentially, or completely remove said phosphomannose isomerase coding region, and optionally to eliminate functionality of, or substantially, essentially, or completely remove, said first NOS terminator, said ZmUbiInt promoter, and said operably linked phosphomannose isomerase coding region.
19. A method of modifying a transgenic maize plant cell comprising: obtaining a 5307 maize event plant cell, a representative sample of which was deposited at the ATCC under accession No. PTA-9561, comprising a nucleotide sequence comprising a 5′ junction polynucleotide, a CMP promoter, a eCry3.1Ab coding region which is operably linked to said promoter, a first nopaline synthase (NOS) terminator element which is operably linked to said eCry3.1Ab coding region, a ZmUbiInt promoter and an operably linked phosphomannose isomerase coding region, and a second NOS terminator element; and modifying said nucleotide sequence to: (i) substantially, essentially, or completely remove said first NOS terminator, said ZmUbiInt promoter, and said operably linked phosphomannose isomerase coding region; and (ii) delete and/or substitute one or more nucleotides of said 5′ junction polynucleotide, optionally wherein one or more nucleotides or a polynucleotide sequence comprising a CgRRS are inserted into said junction polynucleotide.
20. A method of making transgenic maize plant cell comprising an INIR17 transgenic locus comprising: (a) contacting the transgenic plant genome of a maize 5307 plant cell with: (i) a first set of gene editing molecules comprising a first site-specific nuclease which introduces at least one first double stranded DNA break in a 5′ junction polynucleotide of a 5307 transgenic locus; and (ii) a second set of gene editing molecules comprising a second site-specific nuclease which introduces a second double stranded DNA break between the eCry3.1Ab coding sequence and the first nopaline synthase (NOS) terminator of said 5307 transgenic locus and a third site specific nuclease which introduces a third double stranded DNA break between the phosphomannose isomerase coding region and DNA encoding the second nopaline synthase (nos) terminator element of said 5307 transgenic locus; and (b) selecting a transgenic maize plant cell, transgenic maize callus, and/or a transgenic maize plant comprising an INIR17 transgenic locus wherein one or more nucleotides of said 5′ junction polynucleotide have been deleted and/or substituted, wherein the CMP promoter, the eCry3.1Ab coding region which is operably linked to the CMP promoter, and the second NOS terminator element of said 5307 transgenic locus are present, and wherein DNA of said 5307 transgenic locus comprising the first NOS terminator, the ZmUbiInt promoter and the phosphomannose isomerase coding region is absent, thereby making a transgenic maize plant cell comprising an INIR17 transgenic locus.
INIR4 TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH JUNCTION SEQUENCE DELETIONS
Applicants: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Abstract: Transgenic INIR4 maize plants comprising modifications of the DAS59122-7 maize locus which provide for facile excision of the modified DAS59122-7 transgenic locus or portions thereof, methods of making such plants, and use of such plants to facilitate breeding are disclosed.
Independent Claims:
1. A transgenic maize plant cell comprising an INIR4 transgenic locus comprising an originator guide RNA recognition site (OgRRS) in a first DNA junction polynucleotide of a DAS59122-7 transgenic locus and a cognate guide RNA recognition site (CgRRS) in a second DNA junction polynucleotide of the DAS59122-7 transgenic locus.
2. A transgenic maize plant cell comprising an INIR4 transgenic locus comprising an insertion and/or substitution of DNA in a DNA junction polynucleotide of a DAS59122-7 transgenic locus with DNA comprising a cognate guide RNA recognition site (CgRRS) or a deletion in a 5′ or 3′ junction polynucleotide of a DAS59122-7 transgenic locus.
12. A DNA molecule comprising SEQ ID NO: 8, 17, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 23, 24, 26, 27, or 28.
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