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David A. Somers
Also filed as: SOMERS DAVID · SOMERS DAVID A · SOMERS DAVID ALAN
28 granted patents·5 pending applications·815 citations·filing 1990–2024
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33 records- 0198US5162602ACorn plants tolerant to sethoxydim and haloxyfop herbicidesUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 10, 1992·167 cites·12 claims
- 0296US5428001AMethod for combating weeds among maize plantsUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 27, 1995·23 cites·15 claims
- 0396US5290696AMethod for imparting cyclohexanedione and/or aryloxyphenoxypropanioc acid herbicide tolerance to maize plantsUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 1, 1994·34 cites·5 claims
- 0496US2025137002A1Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 0595US8030544B2Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 4, 2011·24 cites·10 claims
- 0694US9714428B2Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 25, 2017·3 cites·22 claims
- 0792US12195736B2Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 14, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 0892US8466345B2Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMARTINELL BRIAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 18, 2013·14 cites·8 claims
- 0991US8872000B2Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 28, 2014·4 cites·4 claims
- 1091US6759573B2Method to enhance agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plantsUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 6, 2004·29 cites·17 claims
- 1190US8357834B2Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 22, 2013·4 cites·50 claims
- 1286US6414222B1Gene combinations for herbicide tolerance in cornUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 2, 2002·99 cites·31 claims
- 1384US6489462B1Sugarcane bacilliform virus promoterUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 3, 2002·17 cites·14 claims
- 1484US6143952AModified pseudomonas oleovorans phaC1 nucleic acids encoding bispecific polyhydroxyalkanoate polymeraseUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 7, 2000·35 cites·24 claims
- 1583US6069298AMethods and an acetyl CoA carboxylase gene for conferring herbicide tolerance and an alteration in oil content of plantsUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1995·Granted May 30, 2000·48 cites·11 claims
- 1681US10907167B2Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 2, 2021·0 cites·28 claims
- 1780US11807858B2Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 7, 2023·0 cites·22 claims
- 1877US5545545ALysine-insensitive maize dihydrodipicolinic acid synthaseUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 13, 1996·76 cites·27 claims
- 1977US5498544AMethod and an acetyl CoA carboxylase gene for conferring herbicide toleranceUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 12, 1996·50 cites·6 claims
- 2075US2018023090A1Methods for plant transformation using spectinomycin selectionMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 2174US5994123ASugarcane bacilliform virus promoterUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 30, 1999·25 cites·15 claims
- 2272US7696408B2Method to enhance Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plantsUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 13, 2010·2 cites·19 claims
- 2371US6222099B1Transgenic plants expressing maize acetyl COA carboxylase gene and method of altering oil contentUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 24, 2001·30 cites·34 claims
- 2469US6268550B1Methods and a maize acetyl CoA carboxylase gene for altering the oil content of plantsUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 31, 2001·20 cites·25 claims
- 2569US6103956APolyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis in plantsUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 15, 2000·33 cites·30 claims
- 2669US5773269AFertile transgenic oat plantsUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 30, 1998·41 cites·15 claims
- 2769US2023057290A1Methods for plastid transformationMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2867US5914450AGlutenin genes and their usesUS AGRICULTURE·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 22, 1999·16 cites·18 claims
- 2964US6146867AMethods for expressing a maize acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in host cells and encoded protein produced therebyUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 14, 2000·14 cites·21 claims
- 3057US2011015084A1Methods for Identifying Genetic LinkageMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3147US6093569ASugarcane bacilliform virus promoterUNIV MINNESOTA·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 25, 2000·6 cites·28 claims
- 3247US2016264983A1Methods for plastid transformationMONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3335US5985351AGlutenin genes and their usesUS AGRICULTURE·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 16, 1999·1 cites·1 claims
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