US010167482B2 (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 10 , 167, 482 B2 Coffin (45 ) Date of Patent: Jan . 1 , 2019 ( 54 ) GENES AND USES FOR PLANT WO WO - 2008153927 A3 12 / 2008 WO W O - 2009091518 A2 7 / 2009 ENHANCEMENT WO WO - 2009134339 A2 11 / 2009 (71 ) Applicant : Monsanto Technology LLC , St. Louis , MO (US ) OTHER PUBLICATIONS ( 72 ) Inventor: Marie Coffin , Cary , NC (US ) Weigel et al 2000 (Plant Physiology 122 : p . 1003 - 1013 ). * Theologis et al 2000 (Nature 408 : p . 816 - 820 ) . * ( 73 ) Assignee : Monsanto Technology LLC , St. Louis , “ European Application Serial No . 14181041. 6 , Communication Pursuant to Article 94 ( 3 ) EPC dated Feb . 13 , 2017 ” , 3 pgs. MO (US ) “ European Application Serial No . 14181041 . 6 , Office Action dated Mar . 2 , 2015 ” , 2 pgs. 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Transgenic seed for crops with enhanced agronomic traits 2003 / 0233675 Al 12 / 2003 Cao et al. are provided by trait - improving recombinant DNA in the 2004 /0123343 AL 6 / 2004 La Rosa et al. nucleus of cells of the seed where plants grown from such 2004 / 0216190 A1 10 / 2004 Kovalic 2006 /0048240 A1 3 / 2006 Alexandrov et al . transgenic seed exhibit one or more enhanced traits as 2006 /0150283 A1 7 / 2006 Alexandrov et al . compared to a control plant . Of particular interest are 2011/ 0214199 AL 9 / 2011 Coffin transgenic plants that have increased yield . The present 2013 / 0305398 A1 11 / 2013 Coffin invention also provides recombinant DNA molecules for expression of a protein , and recombinant DNA molecules FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS for suppression of a protein . WO WO - 2006076423 A2 7 / 2006 WO WO - 2007044043 A2 4 / 2007 13 Claims, 7 Drawing Sheets WO W O - 2008153927 A2 12 / 2008 Specification includes a Sequence Listing . 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