US 2003/0126635 A1 · Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers

Abstract

Utilizing phenotypic markers in seeds or plants to allow qualitative detection of a proprietary trait in the harvest, to allow a quantitative calculation of the amount of the trait, and to facilitate the calculation and collection of fees for the trait. The phenotypic markers of the seeds can be the seed coat color, and said seeds can be homozygous or heterozygous for the phenotypic difference of seed coat color. Commercial cultivars of seeds with the phenotypic difference of seed color may be grown to include several different seed colors. Trait fees may be assessed on all grain with the proprietary trait, whether the grain was produced from purchased seed or from seed saved from a previous harvest.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A method for recovering licensing fees from growers of seeds or plants containing proprietary traits comprising a phenotypic marker, grown to produce grain with a proprietary trait or traits comprising:

i) accepting harvested grain from the grower at a predetermined collection point;
ii) taking a sample from the harvested grain;
iii) determining the presence of the proprietary trait in the harvested grain either by the grower's declaration of its presence, or through detection of the phenotypic marker in the sample;
iv) calculating the licensing fee based on the presence of the proprietary trait in the grain;
and
v) collecting the licensing fee.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/214,931Filed 8 Aug 2002

Priority

9 Feb 2001

Published

3 Jul 2003

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

A01H 6/542
Leguminosae or Fabaceae, e.g. soybean, alfalfa or peanut: glycine max [soybean]
A01H 1/04
Processes for modifying genotypes ; Plants characterised by associated natural traits: processes of selection involving genotypic or phenotypic…
A01H 5/10
Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant parts; Angiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy: seeds
C12N 15/8209
Methods for introducing genetic material into plant cells, e.g. DNA, RNA, stable or transient incorporation, tissue culture methods adapted for…:…

Family

Application60/267,551Us provisional application · filed 9 Feb 2001

Application60/327,801Us provisional application · filed 9 Oct 2001

Application10/071,272Continuation in part · filed 8 Feb 2002

Application10/214,931Continuation in part · filed 8 Aug 2002

US 2003/0056243 A1Published application

US 6,865,556 B2Related patent

US 7,402,731 B2Related patent

US 2003/0126635 A1This patent

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Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers

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Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers

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Abstract

Claims11