SEED SOWER

Pending Patents Published August 8, 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. 

The USDA Seed Liaison helps those who work with seeds to navigate a complex system by increasing transparency about intellectual property related to seeds, among other things. Learn more about the Seed Liaison initiative.

STEVIA EXTRACTS

SOYBEAN VARIETY CL1945514

SOYBEAN VARIETY CL1923940

SOYBEAN VARIETY 01091552

This list includes the titles of all U.S. patent applications published on August 8, 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 

Patents can have more than one classification. There may be other classifications of interest to plant breeders. View all classifications for A01H.

To assist the reader in understanding each patent application, each title below is followed by the application's abstract and its independent claims.

The abstract is a short summary of the invention that allows the reader to understand the gist of disclosed invention. Independent (standalone) claims define the scope of the patent protection being sought. Independent claims may also be followed by one or more dependent claims, which are not listed here in the interest of brevity. A number of patents from the same applicant with similar abstracts, titles, and claims are listed along with a representative example of the abstract and independent claims in each patent.

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STEVIA EXTRACTS

Applicants: PURECIRCLE SDN. BHD.; THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

Abstract: A Stevia extract made from leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant is described. The extract has desired levels of steviol glycosides and is useful in food, beverage, and other consumable products.

Independent Claims:

5. A Stevia untreated aqueous extract solution comprising RebM, wherein the RebM is extracted from leaves of a cultivar that has been selectively bred to yield a concentration of RebM that is above its common relative concentration of 1.4%; wherein the common relative concentration is a relative concentration calculated as follows: Relative concentration of steviol glycoside=[concentration of steviol glycoside (% wt/wt on dry basis)/total steviol glycosides content (% wt/wt on dry basis)]?100.

SOYBEAN VARIETY CL1945514

Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG

Abstract: The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety CL1923017, CL1923048, CL1923819, CL1923940, CL1923860, CL1923072, CL1923908, CL1944752, CL1944558, CL1944786, CL1945742, CL1945662, and/or CL1945514 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety CL1923017, CL1923048, CL1923819, CL1923940, CL1923860, CL1923072, CL1923908, CL1944752, CL1944558, CL1944786, CL1945742, CL1945662, and/or CL1945514 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1923017, CL1923048, CL1923819, CL1923940, CL1923860, CL1923072, CL1923908, CL1944752, CL1944558, CL1944786, CL1945742, CL1945662, and/or CL1945514, e.g., in a breeding program.

Independent Claims:

1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety CL1945514, wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety CL1945514 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-____.

18. A method comprising isolating nucleic acids from a plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety CL1945514, analyzing said nucleic acids to produce data, and recording the data for soybean variety CL1945514.

SOYBEAN VARIETY CL1923940

Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG

Abstract: The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety CL1923017, CL1923048, CL1923819, CL1923940, CL1923860, CL1923072, CL1923908, CL1944752, CL1944558, CL1944786, CL1945742, CL1945662, and/or CL1945514 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety CL1923017, CL1923048, CL1923819, CL1923940, CL1923860, CL1923072, CL1923908, CL1944752, CL1944558, CL1944786, CL1945742, CL1945662, and/or CL1945514 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1923017, CL1923048, CL1923819, CL1923940, CL1923860, CL1923072, CL1923908, CL1944752, CL1944558, CL1944786, CL1945742, CL1945662, and/or CL1945514, e.g., in a breeding program.

Independent Claims:

1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety CL1923940, wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety CL1923940 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-______.

18. A method comprising isolating nucleic acids from a plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety CL1923940, analyzing said nucleic acids to produce data, and recording the data for soybean variety CL1923940.

SOYBEAN VARIETY 01091552

Applicants: Monsanto Technology LLC

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091552. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091552. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091552 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091552 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Independent Claims:

1. A plant of soybean variety 01091552, wherein representative seed of said soybean variety have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202108073

3. A seed of soybean variety 01091552, wherein representative seed of said soybean variety have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202108073.

10. A plant of soybean variety 01091552 further comprising a single locus conversion, wherein said plant otherwise comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of said soybean variety, and wherein representative seed of said soybean variety have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202108073.